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. Phloem
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
2. Formidable
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
3. Boycott
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
4. Stereotype
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► To condescend to give or grant
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
5. Ozone
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
