6th Grade ELA

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Across
  1. 3. Two ________, two hyphens, or a set of parentheses can be used around non-essential information in a sentence
  2. 6. words like friendly, courageous, and irresponsible are all character _______
  3. 9. the turning point of the plot
  4. 10. Pronouns (he, she, they, it, I) are used to replace _________ in a sentence
  5. 13. to study closely, break into parts and examine
  6. 14. root word meangin "to carry"
  7. 15. a lesson or message the author is trying to convey
  8. 16. root word meaning "water"
  9. 17. What Grandma Dowdel trapped with stinky cheese
  10. 20. The "R" in CER
  11. 22. book club book - The Girl in the _______
  12. 24. the project you are creating that you will get back in 8th grade = time __________
  13. 26. a part of speech that can be an action or a linking ___________
  14. 27. a search engine. NOT a source.
  15. 28. as strong as the western wind is an example of a ________
  16. 29. evidence must be trustworthy or ____________
  17. 30. Mrs. Chun's first name
Down
  1. 1. the best college; the university that Mrs. Chun attended for her Bachelor's degree.
  2. 2. quotation marks always go around _________
  3. 4. "Dear Basketball" is a poem by the late basketballer Kobe _______
  4. 5. an audio file that listeners can access at any time - we made debate versions of these
  5. 7. phrases that tell what something feels, sounds, smells, tastes, or looks like are ________ details
  6. 8. is an online encyclopedia that can be publicly edited and changed, so it is not necessarily trustworthy
  7. 11. an extreme exaggeration
  8. 12. you should always start a new ________ with a new speaker or new topic
  9. 17. the last paragraph of an essay is called the ______
  10. 18. What the "A" in ELA stands for
  11. 19. the main character in New Kid is named _______
  12. 21. Proper nouns - the specific names of people, places, and things - should ALWAYS be ____________
  13. 23. another word for a story
  14. 25. the main character in A Long Way from Chicago
  15. 27. ______ and Latin - languages of our root words