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Common Core State Standard
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.
This Week's Word In The News 

RESIDENCY

DEFINITION:
A stage of postgraduate medical training.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The rural residency program provides doctors with the specialized training they need to work in rural areas and recruit them to remain in those communities once their three-year residency program is completed.
The Rocky Mount Telegram, 12/04/2023

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words

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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. Random

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

The arrangement of events in time


2. Vaccine

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal

One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.


3. Cower

The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal

One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

To cringe in fear


4. Nebula

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief


5. Formidable

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.


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