Hello all my ELA colleagues! I want to see your mind soccer questions. Post them here so we can share. Mine will be posted soon.

Here are my questions. Many of them will not apply to everyone because they are specific for lessons I have done with my students. However, you can sift through them and take the ones you like. Please post more so I can expand my list as well!

1. Name Aritstotle’s three kinds of actions free people can do?
2. What is theoretical action?
3. What is poietical action?
4. What is practical action?
5. Give an example of theoria or theoretical action.
6. Give an example of poiesis or poietical action.
7. Give an example of praxis or practical action.
8. What are the eight parts of speech?
9. Give an example of a proper noun.
10. Give an example of a common noun.
11. Give an example of a verb.
12. Give an example of an adjective.
13. What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?
14. Give an example of an adverb.
15. Give an example of a preposition.
16. Give an example of an interjection.
17. Give an example of a conjunction.
18. What are conjunctions used for?
19. Give an example of a pronoun.
20. What does it mean to analyze something?
21. What does it mean to justify what you are doing?
22. Give some examples of things that can be categorized?
23. What does it mean if a person or thing is isolated?
24. What does it mean to distinguish between things?
25. What is an interpretation?
26. What is a plot?
27. Explain all the parts of a plot.
28. What is the difference between rising action and falling action?
29. What is a climax?
30. What is a resolution?
31. What is a theme?
32. What is a character?
33. What are the five ways that an author can show indirect characterization?
34. What is figurative language?
35. Give an example of a simile.
36. Give an example of a metaphor.
37. Give an example of an idiom.
38. Give an example of personification.
39. Give an example of a hyperbole.
40. Finish this analogy: Dog is to bark as cat is to _________.
41. Finish this analogy: Boy is to girl as man is to _________.
42. Finish this analogy: Student is to classroom as _________ is to __________.
43. Finish this analogy: Eat is to hungry as drink is to _________.
44. Finish this analogy: Read is to book as ________ is to __________.
45. Give an example of an onomatopoeia.
46. What is the difference between a simple and a compound sentence?
47. What does a compound sentence need to have?
48. What does FANBOYS stand for?
49. What two things does a complete sentence have to have?
50. What are quotation marks for?
51. What are the three types of punctuation that can go at the end of a sentence?
52. What punctuation do you use in a sentence when you want the reader to pause?
53. What is a synonym?
54. Give an example of a pair of synonyms.
55. What is an antonym?
56. Give an example of a pair of antonyms.
57. What was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famous for?
58. What is a root word?
59. Give an example of a root word.
60. What is an affix?
61. What are the two kinds of affixes?
62. What is the difference between a prefix and a suffix?
63. Give an example of a prefix.
64. Give an example of a suffix.
65. What do affixes do to root words?
66. Sometimes when you add a suffix to a word you have to change the __________.
67. What kind of punctuation is used to show ownership of something and is followed by an S?
68. Who is the president of the United States?
69. Who is the vice president of the United States?
70. Name someone who ran against the president of the United States in the last election.
71. What does RBL stand for?
72. What are Model tickets used for?
73. What is rule 1?
74. What is rule 2?
75. What is rule 3?
76. What is rule 4?
77. What is rule 5?
78. What does the subject of a sentence show?
79. What does the verb of a sentence show?
80. What is a direct object?
81. What questions do direct objects answer?
82. What questions do prepositional phrases or adverbs answer?
83. What is a conjunction?
84. What does an adjective do?
85. Give an example of a sentence with a prepositional phrase.
86. Give an example of a sentence with an adjective.
87. Give an example of a sentence with a conjunction.
88. Give an example of a compound sentence.
89. What was the theme of Amigo Brothers?
90. What are some other words or phrases that mean the same as THEME?
91. Explain why we play Super Speed.
92. Name a common theme throughout literature. (that has not been stated already in this game)
93. Restate this sentence in academic language: We gotta be home before 3:00.
94. Restate this sentence in academic language: I seen a dog get hit by a car.
95. Restate this sentence in academic language: That one yours and mines is over there.
96. Restate this sentence in academic language: Hey! Lemme get that pencil!
97. Restate this sentence in academic language: Yesterday she’s all like mean to me at lunch.
98. Restate this sentence in academic language: My mom be outside waiting for me at 2:30.
99. Restate this sentence in academic language: You wanna come to my house Saturday?
100. Restate this sentence in academic language: This work is freaking boring!
101. Restate this sentence in academic language: What period we got next?
102. Restate this sentence in academic language: I’m gonna get me some Cheetos in lunch time.
103. Use the word CATEGORY in a sentence.
104. Use the word JUSTIFY in a sentence.
105. Use the word ISOLATE in a sentence.
106. Use the word DISTINGUISH in a sentence.
107. Use the word ANALYZE in a sentence.
108. Use the word COMPARE in a sentence.
109. Use the word CONTRAST in a sentence.
110. Use the word INFER in a sentence.
111. What does it mean to reflect on something?
112. What does it mean to elaborate on something?
113. Use the word ELABORATE in a sentence?
114. What does it mean to determine something?
115. Use the word DETERMINE in a sentence.
116. What does it mean to predict?
117. Use the word PREDICT in a sentence.
118. Give an example of something specific you can predict.
119. What does it mean to emphasize something?
120. Name something that is emphasized at school?
121. Use the word EMPHASIZE in a sentence.
122. Name and define a vocabulary word you used recently in Language Arts.
123. Name and define a vocabulary word you used recently in Social Studies.
124. Name and define a vocabulary word you used recently in Math.
125. Name and define a vocabulary word you used recently in Science.
126. Name two main characters from The Outsiders.
127. Give some examples of some members of the Scorpions.

Angela ... those are fantastic! Here are some additional suggestions:

1. What is the title of the poem that begins (ends, contains) (insert the appropriate line of any poem).
2. Who are three characters in (insert name of any story or novel).
3. In (insert title of story or novel) who says, (insert quotation).
4. What are the three kinds of endmarks?
5. What does this gesture mean? (keep it clean! I'm thinking of gestures you use to teach core concepts!)
6. What is the climax of (insert title of any story or novel)?
7. What is a three word alliteration that contains the word "frog" (substitute any other noun)?
8. Who is the first speaking character in (insert the title of any story or novel)?
9. What is one difference between x and y (insert any two concepts, parts of speech, stories, novels, anything relevent to your class)?
10. What is one similarity between x and y (same as above?)
11. Use "because" in a sentence.
12. Use "because" in a sentence fragment.
12. Use "because" and "therefore" in a sentence, without using the word "and."
13. What is a seven (or any number) word sentence that contains the word (insert any key word from your course ... specifying word length forces students to revise sentences.)
14. Use x (any vocabulary word) in a sentence that shows you understand what the word means.
15. Use x ( any vocabulary word) in a sentence that shows you don't understand what the word means (often in WBT we want students to make mistakes on purpose, to vivify the difference between right and wrong answers.)
16. Without using the word "and," use x and y (any two vocabulary words in a sentence).

Just did it in Math and I never would have thought of using the 5 rules as questions. Thanks for that one.