School words and subject words
Grade 8 Reading Worksheet - Challenge Me
Circle the best answer.
Milo reads: “Substantiate your claim with two facts and one quotation from the article.” What must the student do?
- Back up the claim with two facts, and add one quotation from the article.
- Back up the article with two facts, and add one quotation from the claim.
- Back up the claim with two facts, and leave the quotation out.
- Argue against the claim with two facts, and add one quotation from the article.
Noah reads: “Extrapolate from the chart by predicting next year's attendance and explaining your reasoning.” What must the student do?
- Continue the trend to estimate next year's attendance, then explain how you did it.
- Add up the last three years of attendance, then explain the total.
- Continue the trend to estimate next year's attendance, and skip the reasoning.
- Continue the trend to estimate last year's attendance, then explain how you did it.
Pia reads: “Reconcile the two accounts by listing where they agree and explaining one difference.” What must the student do?
- Pick the better account, then explain why the other one is wrong.
- Make the accounts fit together by listing where they differ, then explain one agreement.
- Make the accounts fit together by listing where they agree, then explain one difference.
- Make the accounts fit together by listing where they agree, and ignore the differences.
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Dictionary entry (written by PencilGo)
Force (noun): 1. a push or pull on an object that can change how it moves; 2. an organized group of people with a shared job, such as a police force; 3. pressure used to make someone do something.
Tala reads: “The force of gravity pulls the apple toward the ground.” Using the entry, which sense of force fits?
- pressure used to make someone do something
- an apple falling toward the ground
- an organized group of people with a shared job
- a push or pull that can change how an object moves
Dictionary entry (written by PencilGo)
Revolution (noun): 1. the overthrow of a government by its own people; 2. one full turn of an object around a center, such as a planet around a star; 3. a sudden, big change in how people do something.
Zee reads: “Earth completes one revolution around the Sun in about 365 days.” Using the entry, which sense of revolution fits?
- a sudden, big change in how people do things
- the star at the center of our solar system
- one full trip of an object around a center
- the overthrow of a government by its people
Dictionary entry (written by PencilGo)
Degree (noun): 1. a unit for measuring angles or temperature; 2. an amount or level of something, as in a high degree of skill; 3. a title earned by finishing a course of study at a college.
Ari reads: “The corner measures ninety degrees, so it is a right angle.” Using the entry, which sense of degree fits?
- a unit for measuring angles
- a corner where two lines meet
- an amount or level of something
- a title earned at a college
Bo reads two science words: weathering and erosion. Which statement tells what each one means?
- Both words mean rock breaking into smaller pieces where it sits.
- Weathering carries the pieces away; erosion breaks rock into smaller pieces where it sits.
- Weathering breaks rock into smaller pieces where it sits; erosion carries the pieces away.
- Weathering breaks rock into smaller pieces where it sits; erosion turns rock into new rock.
Kira reads two science words: reflection and refraction. Which statement tells what each one means?
- Both words mean light bending as it enters a new material.
- Reflection is light bouncing off a surface; refraction is light bending as it enters a new material.
- Reflection is light bending as it enters a new material; refraction is light bouncing off a surface.
- Reflection is light bouncing off a surface; refraction is light turning into heat.
Jun reads two English words: tone and mood. Which statement tells what each one means?
- Tone is the author's attitude toward the subject; mood is the order of events.
- Tone is the author's attitude toward the subject; mood is the feeling readers get.
- Both words mean the feeling readers get from the text.
- Tone is the feeling readers get; mood is the author's attitude toward the subject.
Esme reads two history terms: primary source and secondary source. Which statement tells what each one means?
- A primary source studies the event later; a secondary source dates from the event, like a diary.
- A primary source dates from the event, like a diary; a secondary source cannot be trusted.
- A primary source dates from the event, like a diary; a secondary source studies it later.
- Both terms mean a book written long after the event.