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
► Being without or almost without hope
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
2. Nocturnal
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
3. Quarantine
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
4. Xylem
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► To condescend to give or grant
5. Bizarre
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief