Unit 1: Meeting Challenges

Words that are spelled and pronounced the same, but have different meanings.

The family anticipated a tornado after watching the clouds rotate.  Anticipated means...

The boy came up with an ingenious idea for his Science Fair project.  Ingenious means...

I recently went to the dentist to fill a cavity.  Recently means...

Types of Sentences: Would you take this note to the office for me?

Authors write for many reasons.  The 3 main reasons are to persuade, inform, and...

What is a Labyrinth?

The woman wore an elegant dress to the ball.  Elegant means...

Types of Sentences: Mrs.Smith went shopping at the grocery store.

Types of Sentences: Sharpen your pencil and sit down.

Homonym: The young swallow stayed in its nest.  Swallow means...

Having the ability to change

confined; put in jail

The underlying meaning of a story, or the main message that the story is trying to convey 

Tells Who or What in a sentence

unhappy, sad, miserable

Sentence that contains two simple sentences joined by a comma or a conjunction and, but, or or.

A clause that does not make sense by itself

Tells what the subject is or does; usually starts with a verb

Words that mean "the opposite"