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. Vertebrate
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
2. Tempo
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
3. Omnivore
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
4. Rainforest
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
5. Polygon
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates