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

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RL.6.1

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."

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RL.6.1

"...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

• metaphor

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

• persuasive argument

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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

The author uses figurative language 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

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.1

Read the following sentence from chapter 4:

“It was sort of like trying to read the ingredients on a shampoo bottle.”

This is an example of—

• metaphor (figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common)

• simile (a comparison of two or more things using the words "like" or "as"

• alliteration (occurs when words that start with the same sound, not just the same letter, are used repeatedly in a phrase or sentence)

• idiom (phrases that have a meaning that is very different from its literal meaning)

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which of the following best describes how Nick feels about his homework assignment?

• overwhelmed and disappointed

• excited and focused

• confused and sad

• interested and productive

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

Read this paragraph from the passage:

“Nick decided that giving the report could actually be fun. He could make it into something special. After all, Mrs. Granger had asked for it.”

Based on this paragraph, which of the following is the most likely prediction?

• Nick will give up on the report and only turn in the vocabulary words.

• Nick will try to impress Mrs. Granger with his report.

• Nick will ask his older brother to write the report for him.

• Nick is going to turn his report into something that Mrs. Granger will not like.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

Hesitated

• halted

• unsure

• quickly

• never happening

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4