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Translate Tempus Fugit into English

(a)  

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CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Translate Carpe Diem into English

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

This famous Latin phrase appears on currency. What is it?

(a)  

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CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Translate Ad Astra Per Aspera

(a)  

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CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.5.3A

How do you say nothing new under the sun in Latin?

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

When Kaitlin was young, she visited Rome with her family. She saw the famous chapel painted by Michelangelo. Later she told her parents, "I loved the Sixteenth Chapel. It was beautiful." Her parents began to giggle at her ___________. After a moment, they explained that the chapel's name was really the Sistine Chapel.

• demise

• emissary

• wordbound

• malapropism

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Ms. Waxman was ________ when she arrived on Monday morning to discover that all the tables in 6th grade were glued to the ceiling. Then she realized that it was April Fools' day. She knew that the 6th grade students had decided to play a prank on their teachers. However, she still wondered how they managed to accomplish this astonishing trick.

• jovial

• calamity

• aghast

• disposition

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

During game five of the World Series, Anthony Rizzo made __________ glances to his teammate who was at bat, before he stole second base. He did not want the Houston Astros to see these glances because he feared that the Astros would catch him stealing the base and then he would be tagged out. Rizzo had a better chance of successfully stealing the base if only his Chicago Cubs teammates saw his stealthy signal.

• despondent

• furtive

• lilting

• peril

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The students __________ through the forest at the Olympic Park Institute. They were eager to arrive at the peak of Mount Storm King.

• traipsed

• weary

• bestowed

• drudgery

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Chariot races were held here

(a)  

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2