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. Quarantine
► Being without or almost without hope
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
2. Exult
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
3. Heritage
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
4. Hologram
► The arrangement of events in time
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
5. Solstice
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
