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Common Core State Standard
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.
This Week's Word In The News 

DETECTION

DEFINITION:
The action or process of identifying the presence of something concealed.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
He added that the district is also examining “various weapon detection systems on the market to see if any of them might be viable for us,” as well as state-of-the-art camera technology.
The Albuquerque Journal, 09/15/2025

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School 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. Nocturnal

The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

To cringe in fear

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night


2. Ellipse

To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal


3. Strategy

An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.

The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation


4. Omnivore

A rebirth or revival.

To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles


5. Participle

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.


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