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 phase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to it's overall meaning or function in a sentence.
Words in the News Quiz
5 Elementary 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. function
► Capable of doing many things competently
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► What something does or is used for.
2. jargon
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
3. significance
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
4. classify
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
5. majority
► More than half (50%) of some group
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)