Frindle Chapters 1-15

According to Nick, what made Mrs. Granger look like a giant?

• her height

• her hair

• her eyes

• her shoes

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

Nick did several things in Miss Deaver's 3rd grade class to make it a tropical island. Which of the following did Nick not do?

• turn up the thermostat

• put sand on the floor

• bring a turtle

• get the kids to change into shorts and t-shirts

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What question did Nick ask Mrs. Granger on the first day of 5th grade?

• Why do you like words?

• Where did all the words come from?

• Why do we need a dictionary?

• Why do we have to do 35 vocabulary words each night?

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

What was Nick's plan for giving his report?

• Nickwanted to make his report the best one Mrs. Granger has ever seen?

• Nick was going to copy all the words in the dictionary and read them to the class.

• Nick was going to make a long report to take most of the class period so Mrs. Granger could not teach a lesson.

• Nick wanted all the students to help him with his report.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

Did Nick's plan work?

• Yes. Mrs. Granger did not have any time left at the end of class.

• No. Mrs. Granger still managed to get the entire lesson finished in the last 8 minutes of class.

• No. Mrs. Granger called the principal to make Nick give his report to her.

• Yes. Mrs. Granger loved Nick's report and gave him "free time" the rest of the afternoon.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

There were several things that happened that led Nick to the idea of renaming a pen a "frindle". Which of the following is not one of those ideas?

• Nick has to look up 35 words in the dictionary.

• Nick asks "Who says 'dog' means dog?" Mrs. Granger replies, "You do."

• Janet finds a pen in the street.

• Nick remembers calling his cassette player gwagala and his parents understood what he meant.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

What does Mrs. Granger do to students who use the word "frindle"?

• She makes them sit at lunch without talking.

• She calls their parents.

• She makes them stay after school for detention and write the sentence "I am writing this punishment with a pen" 100 times.

• She will not let them use a pen.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What effect did Mrs. Granger's punishment have on the kids?

• They didn't use the word as much any more.

• It didn't work. The kids continued to use the word even more than before.

• The kids tried to get Nick to stop using the word "frindle".

• The kids hated the word.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

Who is Judy Morgan?

• a 6th grade teacher

• a television reporter for CBS Evening News

• a classmate of Nick's

• a newspaper reporter for The Westfield Gazette

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

After there was an article written about the 5th graders using the word "frindle", what did other kids around town start doing?

• Other kids started using the word "frindle" themselves.

• They made fun of the 5th graders.

• Other kids started creating their own words.

• The students all made fun of Mrs. Granger.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9