Resources for Teachers and Students
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 Elementary 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. deft
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
2. terse
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
3. except
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
4. influence
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
5. recluse
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
Additional resources
Lessons & Classroom Activities
- Cartoons for the Classroom
- Front Page Talking Points
- This Week in History
- News Video
- Science Webcasts
- Headline Geography
Resources by grade level