Vocabulary

Name a good characteristic of a news feature

A good characteristic of a news feature is going to answer a question about the topic.

Innovative

Adjective New, original New or original Antonyms: old worn I just bought a innovative car.

Spontaneously

Adverb Automatically, immediately Suddenly and without a plan. Thinking, scheduled I spontaneously had a craving for ice cream.

perpetually

Adverb Constant, forever Always Antonym: Never Why is this person perpetually late to meetings?

The epilogue

After the win against the team was able to go get more than $57,000 dollars to help them get into college.

What did Courtney Otto do to prove her fullest potential perceived by herself and others?

Courtney overcame her fear of public speaking and it lead to competing and winning an award.

What was the author's purpose for writing this article

Encourage student to get involved in extracurricular activities.

Summarize this article in one sentence.

Four undocumented teenage Mexican immigrants go against the odds to win a ROV (underwater robot) competition

What was Frank Szwankowski contribution to the Carl Hayden team?

Frank motivated the team to help them be a better team to win.

The result

The Carl Hayden high school made it and won a lot of the awards if they keep it up they can go far they also won the whole Marine Technology ROV. Championship and they have more winnings with less money.

The competition

The Carl Hayden's team had bold ideas using PVC, water etc. but even the uneven playing field gave MIT and other schools a run for their money.

Why did the author include the "underwater task performance" diagram in the story?

The author wanted to show us how well the robot was designed.

What is the general purpose of captions below photographs in non-fictional texts

The caption tells you what is going on in the pictures and more specifically what roles the team members had in the article

The team

The team consists of four undocumented Mexican teenage immigrants who all have different skills to try making and an underwater robot.

If Courtney and Taylor could agree on something, what would it be?

They have to manage their time because school work and extracurricular activities are hard to balance.

contenplate

Verb Consider, think To think carefully about something Antonym hurry, rush I have to contemplate when I am answering every question .

Procrastinate

Verb Delay, pause To delay doing something. Rush, hurry I always have to procrastinate everything.

designate

Verb Label, call To name or to show Antonyms: lose, hide I had to designate my paper so the teacher new who I was.

implement

Verb Achieve, carry out To perform, to do Antonyms: fail, forget I try to implement my goal of running 6 minuet miles.

Which of the 5 W's answers the question about the topic in the following sentence? IT IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO EXPLORE INTERESTS, TAKE IN NEW EXPERIENCES, AND GET CONNECTED TO THEIR SCHOOL.

Why or what

Disciplined

adjective Control , careful Self controlled Antonyms: confused or disorganized I'm very disciplined when walking into a dark room.