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. Xylem
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
2. Nocturnal
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
3. Yacht
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Being without or almost without hope
4. Tranquility
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
5. Tempo
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.