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. Kilometer
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
2. Quarantine
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► A proportional part or share.
3. Silhouette
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
4. Despondent
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Being without or almost without hope
5. Rainforest
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.