Frindle

What did Nick do after he made "the great blackbird discovery"?

• He set up several bird feeders around his home.

• He wrote "four and twenty blackbirds" on his math test.

• He let out a loud "peep" during silent reading

• He dressed in black clothes.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why did Mrs. Granger assign Nick an oral report on dictionaries?

• She knew he liked to give oral reports.

• He had asked a question to waste time.

• He complained about Janet trying to waste the teacher's time.

• She thought he knew more about dictionaries than the other students.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Nick understood Mrs. Granger's comment about words when he recalled...

• writing a list of words that rhymed with pen

• making the "great lunch discovery" by looking up the word "consumer"

• using the word "gwagala" to mean music when he was young

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

All the kids in Nick's school began talking about the new word after...

• Janet Fisk campaigned for class president by handing out frindles

• the fifth graders held up frindles when their group picture was taken

• the most popular boy in school wore a pin with the word "frindle" on it

• the school principal used the word frindle during the morning announcements

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CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.RL.2.1

The principal visited Nick's home after...

• his parents requested him be moved to another classroom

• she found the words "Dangerous Grangerous" written on the school walls

• students were throwing frindles in the hallways

• many students were kept after school for using the word frindle

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What did reporter Judy Morgan do before she visited the school office?

• she did an internet search for the word "frindle"

• she took a picture of Mrs. Granger's notice about the word "frindle"

• she put on a t-shirt with the word frindle written on it

• she reread the frindle oath Nick and his friends made.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

After seeing Judy Morgan's article, Bud Lawerence asked his lawyer to...

• sue Mrs. Granger for being mean to the kids

• to change his name to Frindle

• to file a trademark claim on the word frindle

• hire Nick as a consultant

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.3

What did Mrs. Granger tell Nick on the last day of school?

• She hoped he would become a teacher.

• She was proud of the way he behaved

• She was the person who sent Judy Morgan the class picture.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Mrs. Granger meant for Nick to read her letter from fifth grade after...

• Mr. Lawerence had sold his 10 millionth frindle

• Nick had published his first novel

• he had kids of his own

• the word "frindle" had been added to the dictionary

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

After reading the letter, what did Nick understand about Mrs. Granger?

• She had been rooting for frindle all along.

• She did not want his forgiveness for posting the "frindle notice"

• She wanted their little chess match to continue

• She was a lonely woman who hated change.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3