Frindle Chapter 3

Read the folllowing sentence from chapter 3: "Mrs. Granger's class was all business."

This shows the reader that Mrs. Granger's class is very -

• fun

• quiet

• serious

• scary

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which of the following sentences from the chapter supports the idea that Mrs. Granger's class "was all business"?

• "But then came period seven."

• "Tremble, circular, or orchestra --the list went on and on."

• "Mrs. Granger paused to catch her breath, and Nick's hand shot up."

• "No let up for thirty-seven minutes straight."

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Read this sentence from the chapter:

"Nick was an expert at asking the delaying question --also known as the teacher-stopper, or the guaranteed-time-waster."

This sentence shows the reader that Nick is --

• mishchievous

• unintelligent

• courageous

• lazy

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

"...Nick could feel a homework assignment coming the way a farmer can feel a rainstorm."

This is an example of which of the following

• alliteration (repeated sounds; the same letter or sound at the beginning of words within a sentence)

• figurative language (use of a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning.)

• first person point of view (someone telling you his or her story)

• persuasive argument (uses logic and reason to show that one idea is more legitimate than another)

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"It was the perfect thought grenade---KA POW!"

The author uses onomatopoeia to

• show how strick Mrs. Granger is

• describe how Mrs. Granger feels

• show that Nick is confident his plan will be successful

• show that Nick's classmates think he is funny

At the end of the chapter Mrs. Granger smiles "too sweetly" at Nick and assigns him extra homework. She does this because

• she knows he was trying to trick her into forgetting to assign homework

• she doesn't know the answer to his question, so she wants him to look it up himself.

• Ms. Deaver told her to watch out for Nick.

• she truly thought that Nick was interested in dictionaries and thought he would enjoy the research.

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2