Frindle Chapters 4-6

What is the “first thing” that happened?

• Nick walked home with Janet.

• Nick found a gold ballpoint pen.

• Janet found a gold ballpoint pen.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What was the “second thing” that happened?

• Nick invented the word “Gwagala”.

• Mrs. Granger said, “Who says dog means dog? You do, Nicholas.”

• Nick finally understood what Mrs. Granger meant when she said, "Who says dog means dog? You do, Nicholas."

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What was the “third thing” that happened?

• Nick invented the word frindle.

• Nick bumped into Janet.

• Nick and Janet went for pizza.

What does the phrase “action was Nick’s middle name” mean?

• He was called Nicolas Action Allen.

• His mother’s surname was Action.

• He was very good at taking action.

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What was the first step in Nick’s plan?

• Knock the pen out of Janet’s hand.

• Use the word frindle in Penny Pantry.

• Use the word frindle in Mrs. Granger’s class.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How did Nick help the lady know that frindle meant pens?

• He told her that frindle meant pens.

• He pointed at the ballpoint pens and said that he wanted a black one.

• He took out a pen from his pocket and waved it around.

Why was Nick grinning when the lady asked, “Blue or black?”

• It meant she knew that a frindle meant a pen.

• He really wanted a pen.

• It was silly that she didn’t have green pens.

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CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

How many secret agents were there?

• four

• five

• six

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

The secret agents promised to ____.

• use frindles every day

• write with frindles and not pens

• use the word frindle instead of pen

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What was the goal of Nick’s big plan?

• To prove that Mrs. Granger was wrong when she said that everyone who uses a word help to decide its meaning.

• To get everyone to use the word frindle instead of pen.

• To earn a lot of money from the word frindle.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1