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. Labyrinth
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
2. Light-Year
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
3. Symbiosis
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
4. Sacrifice
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
5. Strategy
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
