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. Jovial
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
2. Wretched
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
3. Salmonella
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
4. Recede
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
5. Guerrilla
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
