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. topic
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
2. brackish
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
3. contributions
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
4. terse
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
5. replenish
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► The brink of a dangerous situation.