Brown Girl Dreaming Academic Vocabulary

Brown Girl Dreaming Academic Vocabulary Quiz

Vocabulary words

appropriate
authority
consequence
element
justify

Poll

How well do you know your vocabulary words?

• Is Mrs. Feliciano crazy? I've never heard of these words in my life!

• I know some of these words because we talked about them in class.

• I'm familiar with the words because I completed my vocabulary assignment.

• I'm ready to get a 100% on my vocabulary quiz!

Multiple Choice

Which word means: suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.?

• appropriate

• authority

• consequence

• element

• justify

Multiple Choice

Which word means: the power to determine, adjudicate, or otherwise settle issues or disputes; jurisdiction; the right to control, command, or determine?

• appropriate

• authority

• consequence

• element

• justify

Multiple Choice

Who is the authority figure at HOME?

Multiple Choice

This person is an authority figure at SCHOOL.

Multiple Choice

Which word means: the effect, result, or outcome of something occurring earlier?

• appropriate

• authority

• consequence

• element

• justify

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a positive consequence?

• A new construction job on the highway has given 20 people a job that needed one.

• A factory causes pollution in a river that is near it.

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a negative consequence?

• A new bridge is made over a river to help people get to work faster.

• A new homeless shelter is made from cut down trees to give people a place to live.

Multiple Choice

Which word means: a component or constituent of a whole or one of the parts into which a whole may be resolved by analysis?

• appropriate

• authority

• consequence

• element

• justify

Multiple Choice

Which word means: to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right?

• appropriate

• authority

• consequence

• element

• justify

Multiple Choice

Your anger does not justify your actions. What is the meaning of the word?

• show or prove to be right or reasonable

• locate your answer

• show to be true

Multiple Choice

My mom told me to justify my room. Is the word used correctly?

• used correctly

• used incorrectly

Multiple Choice

Which word means suitable or fitting for a particular occasion or place?​

• authority
• elements
• consequences
• justify
• appropriate

Drag and Drop

Once upon a time, in the quirky world of sixth grade, there was a teacher named Mrs. Kumer. Mrs. Kumer had an uncanny ​

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over her classroom, and she was known for her love of science experiments. One day, she decided to teach her students about the ​

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of not using the ​

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elements in a potion.

She stood at the front of the class with a mischievous glint in her eye and said, "Today, my dear students, we shall ​

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the importance of using the right​

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in our experiments." With that, she pulled out a large cauldron and began to mix colorful liquids and powders.But here's where the story takes a hilarious twist. Instead of using the expected scientific elements, Mrs. Kumer added something unexpected—a giant rubber ducky! The class erupted in laughter as they watched the ducky bobbing up and down in the bubbling cauldron.

Mrs. Kumer, undeterred by the giggles, declared, "Behold, the incredible consequences of mixing rubber ducky with science!" She dipped a ladle into the cauldron and served up rubber ducky soup, which she claimed was her secret invention.

The students couldn't stop laughing as they sipped the "ducky elixir," and they learned an important lesson that day – that even the most serious of subjects could be approached with humor and creativity.

From that day forward, Mrs. Kumer's class became famous for its unique experiments and the teacher who knew how to mix just the right amount of silliness with her authority in the classroom. And so, the legend of Mrs. Kumer, the rubber ducky scientist, lived on, inspiring generations of sixth graders to approach learning with a sense of fun and adventure.

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