LS.CCS.4/5/6 Grades 3-12: Students are asked to determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words through multiple choice vocabulary quizzes. Quizzes are designed to help students demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in words, acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words, and gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to its overall meaning or function in a sentence.
Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words
Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
Then see if you can find the word in your newspaper -- the print edition, the website or the digital edition and copy the sentence for context. NOTE: High School words are much harder to find!
1. Marsupial
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
2. Jaunty
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
3. Sect
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
4. Plateau
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
5. Nocturnal
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.