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. Deduction
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
2. Guru
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
3. Guerrilla
► A proportional part or share.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
4. Vaccine
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
5. Immune
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates