Language Arts Jeopardy!

1. Language Arts Jeopardy! “Transported by Language” By: Kari Figgins

2. Description of Presentation This presentation will be based on the television show Jeopardy, to explore the wonderful world of Language Arts for children. spelling poetry verbs nouns synonyms

3. The Answer Board

4. $300.00 QUESTION • Choose the word that is spelled incorrectly • river • lake • ocean • brooke ANSWER d. brooke is spelled brook

5. $500.00 QUESTION ANSWER • Choose the word that is spelled incorrectly • mouse • rabbitt • kitten • flamingo b. rabbitt is spelled rabbit

6. $700.00 QUESTION • Choose the word that is spelled incorrectly • experiment • science • atom • labratory ANSWER d. laboratory is spelled laboratory

7. $ 1,000.00 QUESTION ANSWER • Choose the word that is spelled incorrectly • calendar • decade • anniversery • century c. anniversery is spelled anniversary

8. $300.00 QUESTION ANSWER • Choose the best synonym for thorn • edge • bramble • tooth • sharp bramble

9. $500.00 QUESTION • Choose the best synonyms for sweltering • smoky • Warm blooded • fiery • hot ANSWER hot

10. $700.00 QUESTION ANSWER • Choose the best synonym for willful • obstinate • unruly • persistant • hesitant obstinate

11. $ 1,000.00 QUESTION ANSWER • Choose the best synonym for considerate • friendly • nice • thoughtful • happy thoughtful

12. $300.00 QUESTION "Haiku" is a traditional form of Japanese poetry.  Haiku poems consist of 3 lines.  The first and last lines of a Haiku have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables.  The lines rarely rhyme. (True or False) ANSWER True

13. $500.00 QUESTION An example of: Haiku, Stanza, or Prose. I AM FAST AND FUNby Tasha (Age 9) I am fast and fun.I can dream, dreams that nobody has dreamt before.I would go on adventures all over the world.I want to write out my imagination.I enjoy seeing peace. The Stanza poetry style, in which a group of lines of poetry (usually 4 or more) arranged according to a fixed plan. Answer

14. $700.00 QUESTION • This poem is by what poet: Nothing Gold Can Stay Nature's first green is gold,Her hardest hue to hold,Her early leaf's a flower;But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to grief,So dawn goes down to day.Nothing gold can stay. The Poem Nothing Gold Can Stay is by Robert Frost ANSWER

15. $ 1,000.00 QUESTION Example of limerick poem: There once was a clover named Kate,Who sat on the edge of a plate,The fancy folk dined,On foods of all kind,Then tossed her at quarter past eight. (Which lines rhyme?) Lines 1, 2, and 5.  ANSWER

16. $300.00 QUESTION Which word is a noun: • run • car • drive • happily • red ANSWER b. car

17. $500.00 QUESTION Which word is a noun: • exit • titanic • enter • courage • read d. courage ANSWER

18. $700.00 QUESTION Which word is a noun: • student • studious • study • stupefy ANSWER • a. student

19. $ 1,000.00 QUESTION Which word is a noun: a. walk b. justice c. giggle d. type b. justice ANSWER

20. $300.00 QUESTION b. read ANSWER Which word is a verb: a. cake b. read c. math d. purple

21. $500.00 ANSWER • QUESTION • Past tenses: • read • wrote • added • run What is the past tense of these verbs: a. read b. write c. add d. ran

22. $700.00 QUESTION toppled In this sentence which word is the verb? The silly baby toppled the large tower of blocks. ANSWER

23. $ 1,000.00 QUESTION • These magazines are cheap. An example of a linking verb is: • These magazines are cheap. • I don’t like those crackers • You look silly in that wig. ANSWER