Language Arts Jeopardy

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Language Arts Jeopardy
Created by
Tracey Minauro
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Grammar
Writing
Forms of Poetry
Childrens Literature
Potpourri
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Grammar Answer for 100

• What is an adjective?

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Writing Answer for 100

• What is an Introduction?

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Forms of Poetry Answer for 100

• What is a Five Senses Poem?

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Childrens Literature Answer for 100

• What is Charlottes Web?

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Potpourri Answer for 100

• What is a dictionary?

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Grammar Answer for 200

• What is an explanation point?

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Writing Answer for 200

• What are the stages of writing?

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Forms of Poetry Answer for 200

• What is a Couplet?

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Childrens Literature Answer for 200

• What is Hogwarts School of
• Witchcraft and Wizardry?

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Potpourri Answer for 200

• What is fiction?
  
  

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Grammar Answer for 300

• What is a linking verb.

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Writing Answer for 300

• What is indent?

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Forms of Poetry Answer for 300

• What is a Concrete Poem?

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Childrens Literature Answer for 300

• Who is Judy Blume?

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Potpourri Answer for 300

• What is a synonym?

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Grammar Answer for 400

• What is a compound sentence?

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Writing Answer for 400

• What is the body?

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Forms of Poetry Answer for 400

• What is a Limerick?

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Childrens Literature Answer for 400

• What is the Magic Tree House series?

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Potpourri Answer for 400

• What is a suffix?

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Grammar Answer for 500

• What is can run very fast?

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Writing Answer for 500

• What is an outline?

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Forms of Poetry Answer for 500

• What is a Haiku?

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Childrens Literature Answer for 500

• Who is Dr. Suess?

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Potpourri Answer for 500

• What is an index?

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Grammar for 100

• Words that describe a noun or
  
  pronoun.

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Writing for 100

• The beginning of an essay that
  catches a readers interest and
  identifies the main idea.

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Forms of Poetry for 100

• A poem that uses your senses to describe the
  color of a subject, what it tastes like, sounds
  like, smells like, looks like and how it makes
  you feel.

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Childrens Literature for 100

• Wilbur, Charlotte and Fern are the main
  characters of this book.

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Potpourri for 100

• A type of source used to check spelling and
  find definitions.

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Grammar for 200

• This is used at the end of a sentence that
  expresses strong feeling.

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Writing for 200

• Brainstorming, prewriting, drafting,
  editing and publishing are all identified as
  the five_______.

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Forms of Poetry for 200

• This type of poem has two lines that rhyme
  and are about the same length.

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Childrens Literature for 200

• This school of magic is the main setting of
  the Harry Potter series of novels.

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Potpourri for 200

• A type of book or story with imaginary
  characters and events.

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Grammar for 300

• Is, are, am, was, and where are all
  examples of_________.

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Writing for 300

• When starting a new paragraph within a paper,
  you should always______.

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Forms of Poetry for 300

• Words that are arranged in a shape that show
  the idea of the poem.

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Childrens Literature for 300

• This author wrote popular childrens books such
  as Freckle Juice, Tales of the Fourth Grade
  Nothing and Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great.

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Potpourri for 300

• A word that has the same or similar meaning as
  another word (big, large).

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Grammar for 400

• This is formed when two sentences are joined
  together by a conjunction.

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Writing for 400

• The middle structure of a paper that give
  supporting details to the main idea within the
  paragraphs.

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Forms of Poetry for 400

• A short poem that is 5 lines long lines 1, 2,
  and 5 rhyme and lines 3 and 4 rhyme.

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Childrens Literature for 400

• Jack and Annie, who are the main characters
  of this book series, take readers on many
  adventures such as visiting different periods of
  time and places around the world.

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Potpourri for 400

• This is added to the end of a word to give the
  word a different meaning (careful).

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Grammar for 500

• Identify the complete predicate in the
  following sentence
• Our dog can run very fast.

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Writing for 500

• This should be used to organize the details of
  a paper before writing the rough draft.

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Forms of Poetry for 500

• A Japanese form of poetry that has a three
  line pattern five syllables in the first line,
  seven syllables in the second line and five
  syllables in the third.

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Childrens Literature for 500

• This famous authors birthday is celebrated in
  many schools during the month of March.

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Potpourri for 500

• An alphabetical listing of all the important
  topics that is located in the back of a book.

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References

• Internet School Library Media Center. (n.d.).
  Forms of poetry for children. Retrieved May 9,
  2006 from ISLMC website
• http//falcon.jmu.edu/ramseyil/poeform.
  htm
• Kemper, D., Meyer, V., Sebranek, P. (1996).
  Writers Inc. A student handbook for writing and
  learning. Wilmington, MA Write Source.
• Renz, H. (2005, May). Five Senses Poem.
  Retrieved May 9, 2006 from
• http//www.redmond.k12.or.us/patrick/renz/pdf/po
  etry/5senses.pdf
• Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. (n.d.). List
  of childrens literature authors. Retrieved May
  9, 2006, from Wikipedias website
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_childrens_
  literature_authors