Wednesday Wars - "January"

What prank does Doug Swieteck's brother play? 

• Puts newspaper pictures of Holling all over school. 
• Number 166
• He let Sycorax and Caliban go. 
• Cream puffs in the closet.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

Why is Holling's sister upset? 

• She put the pictures up of Holling. 
• Holling is going away to the Alabama Military institute. 
• The school dress code.  
• Her father is Businessman of the Year.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

What school event is going on during the month of January?

• NY Standardized Achievement Tests
• Holling is moving to Alabama. 
• Sentence Diagramming
• Hoodhood & Associates are invited to be an architect for the new junior high. 

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

What is the newspaper headline about Holling? 

• NY Standardized Achievement Test results.  
• The snow and ice storm.
• Holling is called a hero for rescuing his sister. 
• Mickey Mantle and the Yankees. 

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CCSS.RL.4.1

What happens to Holling's sister in this chapter? 

• He tackles her before the school bus hits her.  
• She became a hippie. 
• Mrs. Bigio gave her hot chocolate. 
• She was hit by the school bus. 

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.9B

To which play does Holling compare his need for revenge?

• The Tempest
• The Merchant of Venice
• Romeo & Juliet
• Macbeth

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.9

What had Holling done that caused him to be in such a good mood for testing? 

• He got hot chocolate. 
• Mrs. Baker started talking to him again. 
• He hit Doug Swieteck's brother with a snowball. 
• He aced his Macbeth test. 

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.W.7.9A

At the beginning of "January," Holling interrupts the action in the story to tell the readers how Doug got his black eye. Holling begins, "So here's what happened." This is an example of which signpost?

• Aha Moment

• Words of the Wiser

• Tough Question

• Memory Moment

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CCSS.RL.6.5

Who was responsible for going up and down the halls at Camillo Junior High, taping up pictures of Holling as Ariel the Fairy soaring onstage?

• Danny Hupfer

• Doug Swieteck

• Doug Swieteck's brother

• Meryl Lee

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CCSS.RL.6.1

True or False? Holling's sister supports his idea of going to military school.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.6.1