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Frindle Chapters 13-15 Questions Due Friday 04/24

https://youtu.be/yXfxDvSE7Ow

Chapter 13

1. In the towns across America where kids started using the word frindle, how did parents and teachers feel about it?  
2. Even though Mrs. Granger didn’t keep students after school anymore, how did she fight the word on her spelling tests?  
3. Who wasn’t able to forget what had happened with frindle?  

Chapter 14

1. How had Nick changed from the frindle experience?  
2. When was Mrs. Granger going to send Nick the letter?  
3. How did Mrs. Granger feel about the way Nick had behaved with the frindle? 

Chapter 15

1. What was the package Mrs. Granger sent Nick?  
2. What needed to happen so that Mrs. Granger could say their battle was over and she could send him her letter? 
3. What did Nick do for Mrs. Granger? 

Frindle Chapters 10-12 Questions Due Friday 04/17

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Chapter 10
1. Why did Judy Morgan, the newspaper reporter, come to the school?
2. How did the principal react when Judy Morgan was asking her questions about what was going on?
3. What did Judy Morgan get in the mail?
4. What boy had Judy already met, but didn’t know until she looked at the picture?

Chapter 11
1. Why would the title of the article in the newspaper have, “Move over, Mr. Webster”?

Chapter 12
1. Being a hero was exciting for Nick, but what were some of the hard things about it?
2. How did the story about the frindle get so huge?
3. Why was Tom, Nick’s father, unhappy about the frindle story?
4. What did Nick’s father do with the money Bud Lawrence gave him?

Frindle Chapters 7-9 Questions Due Tuesday 04/07

https://youtu.be/rf4Eteo5QJk

Chapter 7

1. What class did Nick introduce his idea of changing the name of a pen to frindle? 
2. Why did Mrs. Granger call Nick up to speak with her?  
3. Did she stop Nick from calling a pen a frindle?   

Chapter 8

1. What did all of the fifth graders say when they smiled for the camera?  
2. What did Nick feel his meeting was like when he met with Mrs. Granger after school?  
3. When would Nick get the letter in the envelope Mrs. Granger had prepared for him?  
4. Who came to visit Nick at his home when over 200 students were saying frindle and needing to stay after school?  

Chapter 9

1. Why did Mrs. Chatham feel like Nick had been disrespectful to Mrs. Granger?  
2. How did Nick’s mom react to what was going on at school?  
3. What game was Nick comparing the war going on between him and Mrs. Granger to?  

Frindle Chapters 4-6 Questions Due Tuesday 03/31

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Chapter 4

1.  What is the rule in Nick’s house from September to June?
2.  Do your parents have a similar rule?

Chapter 5

1. How did Mrs. Granger seem to feel about Nick’s report at first?
2.  Did her feelings change as Nick gave his report? Explain.

Chapter 6

1. What was Nick’s big idea?
2.  How many kids agreed to start using Nick’s new word?

Frindle Chapters 1-3 Questions Due Tuesday 03/24

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Chapter 1

1. Who is the main character?
2. What is the name of his school?
3.  Chapter 1 gives details about two of Nick’s ‘ideas’-one from third grade and one from fourth grade. Choose one of these ‘ideas’ and write a few sentences that describe what Nick did.

Chapter 2

1. What grade does Mrs. Granger teach?
2. What subject does Mrs. Granger teach? 
3. What is Mrs. Granger’s battle cry?

Chapter 3

1. What was Nick an expert at doing that could delay, or even wipe out, a teacher’s homework assignment?
2. Write a few sentences to describe how Nick tried to ‘delay’ Mrs. Granger from giving a homework assignment and explain if it worked or not.