Muggie Maggie

What did Maggie say she would do about cursive when she got older?

• teach it

• pretend she never learned it

• decide not to write it

• design a computer program for her iPad

What was Maggie's big news after her first day of 3rd grade?

• she would learn multiplication

• she was going to go straight to 4th grade

• her best friend was moving

• the class was going to start cursive that week

Mrs. Leeper asked Maggie to stay after school after Maggie

• pushed the desk into Kirby's stomach

• spent the day working on roller coasters

• read a book and ignored cursive

• refused to be message monitor

When Mrs. Leeper said Maggie's cursive was untidy, Maggie said that

• cursive was supposed to be untidy

• she felt rushed

• she was doing the best she could

• she was writing like a grown up

When Mr. Galloway asked why Maggie didn't want to write cursive, she

• said she had no idea what he was talking about

• pointed out that Gifted and Talented students don't write cursive

• said she didn't want to and that she used a computer

• said no one writes cursive anymore

Why did Maggie continue her revolt even though she was bored with not writing cursive?

• she was trying to teach her parents a lesson

• she was protecting her pride

• Jo Ann told her to

• she felt too behind her class to ever catch up

What job did Mrs. Leeper give Maggie?

• attendance monitor

• worksheet collector

• light monitor

• message monitor

Kirby said Mrs. Leeper made Maggie message monitor because

• Mr. Galloway told her to punish Maggie

• Maggie was teachers pet

• Mrs. Leeper knew she couldn't snoop at the notes

• Kirby never said that

When Maggie could finally write cursive, she told her dad -

• he needed to tell the school psychologist

• she was so thankful he taught her how to write cursive

• his cursive inspired her

• he should learn to close his loops and write neater

Maggie told Mrs. Leeper she was writing with her left hand because

• she does everything left handed

• she could ONLY write in cursive with her left hand

• her right hand hurt from practicing too much

• that was the way her mother wrote