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. Spectrum
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
2. Levee
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
3. Cower
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► The arrangement of events in time
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
4. Light-Year
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
5. Sacrifice
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation