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Common Core State Standard
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.
This Week's Word In The News 

INCARCERATED

DEFINITION:
Confined in a jail or prison.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is restricting access to rehabilitative programming for incarcerated people as it clamps down on overtime spending before the end of its financial year.
The Los Angeles Times, 06/29/2026

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. Protagonist

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.


2. Sect

A schedule of prices or fees.

To cringe in fear

A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.


3. Antibody

A rebirth or revival.

Having a backbone or spinal column.

To proclaim publicly

A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus


4. Nebula

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.


5. Metaphor

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.


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