Chapter 1: Nick Allen was a troublemaker at Lincoln Elementary School, and everyone knew it – students, teachers, and parents. Sometimes, his ideas got him into trouble. In third grade, he got all of his fellow students to turn their classroom into a tropical rainforest in the middle of winter. Over a couple of days, he got all of the students make construction paper palm trees and placed them on their desks, all of the girls to wear flowers in their hair, all of the boys to wear beach hats, and then he turned the classroom thermostat up to 90 degrees and spread white sand all over the classroom. His rookie teacher, Miss Deaver, thought it was “cute, colorful, and creative” – that is until the principal put a stop to the “beach visit” when she visited the classroom. In fourth grade, Nick wanted to liven up his classroom during their silent reading time. So, he began to let out an imitation of a blackbird call in the middle of reading time. He also got a few other students to join in, but his teacher, Mrs. Avery, never figured out who originated the bird call in her classroom.
Chapter 2: Chapter two is about Nick’s fifth grade language arts teacher, Mrs. Granger. Mrs. Granger was famous around Lincoln Elementary School. She was known as the strictest teacher around and the last stop you had to make at Lincoln. Chapter Two describes her to a tee and also her giant dictionary that she referenced everyday in class. She had her rules and you had to follow them, otherwise the fifth grade was going to be more difficult than it already was expected to be.
Chapter 3: The first day of school is always so typical. Most teachers spend the time passing out books and supplies and playing the usual “How was your summer?” and “Let’s get acquainted” games. For Nick, the first six periods of the day went by quickly. Then, seventh period with Mrs. Granger was all business. First, she gave the students a vocabulary pretest of 35 words. Then, came a handout of class procedures complete with a sample of how headings on assignments should look. All of Nick’s peers knew he was a complete expert at asking the “teacher-stopper” question. Three minutes before the class would end, Nick would ask a question that could side track the teacher just as they were about to give out the assignment for the next day. The question would side track them so much, they would have no time to explain the homework. At precisely the right moment, Nick asked Mrs. Granger the “teacher-stopper” – where did all of the words in the dictionary come from? Nick thought he had for sure avoided a first day homework assignment for him and his classmates, but Mrs. Granger was on to him. Before class had ended, she assigned the homework assignment and also gave Nick an extra report for the next class to find the answer to his question. Nick was so shocked he barely heard anything else Mrs. Granger had said. His plan had been foiled.
Chapter 4: This chapter describes the angst that Nick feels while he is doing his first big assignment from Mrs. Granger. All Nick wants to do is go outside and play with his friends but in Nick’s house all of the homework has to be done before any other activities can be done. Nick decides to get to work when he realized that he did not understand the definitions and descriptions of dictionaries to do his report. He then knew it would take a lot longer than expected. After reading all of the long and large definitions that came from the encyclopedias, he started imagining presenting his report in front of his class and realized he was going to make this report as fun as he could.
Higher Order Thinking Questions
Based on this section, what teaching qualities do you believe Mrs. Granger possesses?
Based on this section, what is your perception of Nick as a student?
In your opinion, how effective will Mrs. Granger's report assignment be towards Nick's learning and why?
What are some ways that Nick and Mrs. Granger are similar? In what ways are they different?
Based on this section, what do you believe either Nick or Mrs. Granger symbolizes in the story and why?
Section #2 - Chapters 5-8
Chapter 5: All day, Nick was worrying about the oral report he would have to give in Mrs. Granger’s class. He kept looking at the clock and reviewing his notes. He had a lot of big words to talk about in his report. Seventh period came very quickly this day. As soon as the class began, Nick was at the front of the classroom giving his report to the class. He started out rough at first, and Mrs. Granger had to remind him to give a vital piece of information – the title of his report. Soon enough, Nick got really into the report. Mrs. Granger was encouraging him throughout it too. The minutes of class were ticking away, first twelve minutes had gone by, then soon eighteen and Mrs. Granger was looking at her watch. Nick avoided Mrs. Granger’s attempts to stop his report and make it one of the greatest time wasters ever. Finally, with ten minutes left in the period, Mrs. Granger cut Nick off and he got little applause from his bored classmates. When the report was done, Nick and Mrs. Granger entered a conversation about who says the meaning of words is correct? What gives words their own certain meaning? Mrs. Granger answered with a simple answer, “People give words meaning”. With the last eight minutes of class left, Mrs. Granger jammed in all of the day’s work and even gave the class another homework assignment. Nick figured that Mrs. Granger was unstoppable - at least for today.
Chapter 6: After school on the day that Nick gave his report, he was walking home with Janet Fisk. He was contemplating everything that happened in Mrs. Granger’s class and thing about the words that she said after his report, “Who says dog means dog? You do, Nicholas!” These words stuck in the back of his mind like a piece of bubblegum. That was the second of three things that happened walking home from school, understanding what Mrs. Granger meant. The first was picking up a gold ballpoint pen, which got him thinking about what Mrs. Granger said and the third was when Janet Fisk dropped her pen, Nick picked it up and said “Here’s your…frindle.” Nick had thought of a new word for pen and he was about to make sure that everyone knew and used the word frindle.
Chapter 7: Nick knew the perfect place to put the oath into effect that he had made with some of his friends – their seventh hour class with Mrs. Granger. Right after the bell rang, Nick blurted out, “Mrs. Granger, I forgot my frindle,” and John rolled with it and said, “I have one you can borrow”. Nick and John made a dramatic show of what the word frindle meant. Mrs. Granger got the message too, and after class asked Nick to stay behind. Mrs. Granger made it very clear to Nick that she would not have her class interrupted again by his new word and held up a pen. Nick stood his ground and called it a frindle again. Mrs. Granger told Nick he could go because it was clear that they weren’t going to agree.
Chapter 8: Frindle was starting to spread. The word was like wildfire and after school picture day it was the thing to say at Lincoln Elementary. Everyone was saying it and it got to the point where it was making the teachers unhappy, especially Mrs. Granger. She was so upset about the word that she decided that everyone who said it would have to stay after school but that did not stop the students, each day got worse than the day before. Mrs. Granger decided to have a meeting after school with Nick. After he conveyed his reasoning behind the word, Mrs. Granger showed him a letter and made him sign it. She told him that after all of this frindle stuff was over that she would send him the letter and the signature was to make sure that it stayed in its original form and was not altered at any time. The letter was signed and sealed. During the next couple of days at school everyone was using frindle to the point where almost 200 students were staying after school. That was when it got messy and parents started to call in complaining, when this happened the school board and superintendant got involved.
Higher Order Thinking Questions
List the main events of section 2 in order and explain why they occurred in this order.
Hypothesize what will happen if Nick continues to use the word "frindle".
What caused Nick to begin using the word "frindle"?
Hypothesize what would have happened if Nick had renamed another object with the word "frindle".
Propose a solution to all of the student who must stay after school for using the word "frindle".
Section #3 - Chapters 9-12
Chapter 9: Mrs. Chatham, the principal of Lincoln Elementary, decided to make a visit to Nick’s home to have a meeting with him and his parents one night. Mrs. Chatham was a tall woman, with a very intimidating presence. Mrs. Chatham began telling Nick’s parents that there was some trouble at Lincoln Elementary and she believed that Nick was in the middle of it. She explained that there was a rebellion going on surrounding the use of the word frindle and that students were not respecting the teachers. After Mrs. Chatham was done speaking, Nick’s mother voiced her opinion that she thought the entire situation seemed a bit silly. She didn’t see the harm in students making up and using a new word. Mrs. Chatham responded that the situation came down to students having a lack of authority for the teachers – especially when Mrs. Granger asked the students to stop. Nick’s father agreed with his wife and Mrs. Chatham accepted their answer. After a little more talking, she left the Allen family household. After Mrs. Chatham left, Nick’s parents sat him down and made it clear that he better not be or have been disrespectful to Mrs. Granger. And that he should probably stop using the word frindle. Nick ended the conversation by explaining he hadn’t been disrespectful, and that it was all in fun. He said that he liked usin
Chapter 1: Nick Allen was a troublemaker at Lincoln Elementary School, and everyone knew it – students, teachers, and parents. Sometimes, his ideas got him into trouble. In third grade, he got all of his fellow students to turn their classroom into a tropical rainforest in the middle of winter. Over a couple of days, he got all of the students make construction paper palm trees and placed them on their desks, all of the girls to wear flowers in their hair, all of the boys to wear beach hats, and then he turned the classroom thermostat up to 90 degrees and spread white sand all over the classroom. His rookie teacher, Miss Deaver, thought it was “cute, colorful, and creative” – that is until the principal put a stop to the “beach visit” when she visited the classroom. In fourth grade, Nick wanted to liven up his classroom during their silent reading time. So, he began to let out an imitation of a blackbird call in the middle of reading time. He also got a few other students to join in, but his teacher, Mrs. Avery, never figured out who originated the bird call in her classroom.Chapter 2: Chapter two is about Nick’s fifth grade language arts teacher, Mrs. Granger. Mrs. Granger was famous around Lincoln Elementary School. She was known as the strictest teacher around and the last stop you had to make at Lincoln. Chapter Two describes her to a tee and also her giant dictionary that she referenced everyday in class. She had her rules and you had to follow them, otherwise the fifth grade was going to be more difficult than it already was expected to be. Chapter 3: The first day of school is always so typical. Most teachers spend the time passing out books and supplies and playing the usual “How was your summer?” and “Let’s get acquainted” games. For Nick, the first six periods of the day went by quickly. Then, seventh period with Mrs. Granger was all business. First, she gave the students a vocabulary pretest of 35 words. Then, came a handout of class procedures complete with a sample of how headings on assignments should look. All of Nick’s peers knew he was a complete expert at asking the “teacher-stopper” question. Three minutes before the class would end, Nick would ask a question that could side track the teacher just as they were about to give out the assignment for the next day. The question would side track them so much, they would have no time to explain the homework. At precisely the right moment, Nick asked Mrs. Granger the “teacher-stopper” – where did all of the words in the dictionary come from? Nick thought he had for sure avoided a first day homework assignment for him and his classmates, but Mrs. Granger was on to him. Before class had ended, she assigned the homework assignment and also gave Nick an extra report for the next class to find the answer to his question. Nick was so shocked he barely heard anything else Mrs. Granger had said. His plan had been foiled. Chapter 4: This chapter describes the angst that Nick feels while he is doing his first big assignment from Mrs. Granger. All Nick wants to do is go outside and play with his friends but in Nick’s house all of the homework has to be done before any other activities can be done. Nick decides to get to work when he realized that he did not understand the definitions and descriptions of dictionaries to do his report. He then knew it would take a lot longer than expected. After reading all of the long and large definitions that came from the encyclopedias, he started imagining presenting his report in front of his class and realized he was going to make this report as fun as he could.Higher Order Thinking QuestionsBased on this section, what teaching qualities do you believe Mrs. Granger possesses?Based on this section, what is your perception of Nick as a student?In your opinion, how effective will Mrs. Granger's report assignment be towards Nick's learning and why?What are some ways that Nick and Mrs. Granger are similar? In what ways are they different?Based on this section, what do you believe either Nick or Mrs. Granger symbolizes in the story and why?Section #2 - Chapters 5-8Chapter 5: All day, Nick was worrying about the oral report he would have to give in Mrs. Granger’s class. He kept looking at the clock and reviewing his notes. He had a lot of big words to talk about in his report. Seventh period came very quickly this day. As soon as the class began, Nick was at the front of the classroom giving his report to the class. He started out rough at first, and Mrs. Granger had to remind him to give a vital piece of information – the title of his report. Soon enough, Nick got really into the report. Mrs. Granger was encouraging him throughout it too. The minutes of class were ticking away, first twelve minutes had gone by, then soon eighteen and Mrs. Granger was looking at her watch. Nick avoided Mrs. Granger’s attempts to stop his report and make it one of the greatest time wasters ever. Finally, with ten minutes left in the period, Mrs. Granger cut Nick off and he got little applause from his bored classmates. When the report was done, Nick and Mrs. Granger entered a conversation about who says the meaning of words is correct? What gives words their own certain meaning? Mrs. Granger answered with a simple answer, “People give words meaning”. With the last eight minutes of class left, Mrs. Granger jammed in all of the day’s work and even gave the class another homework assignment. Nick figured that Mrs. Granger was unstoppable - at least for today.
Chapter 6: After school on the day that Nick gave his report, he was walking home with Janet Fisk. He was contemplating everything that happened in Mrs. Granger’s class and thing about the words that she said after his report, “Who says dog means dog? You do, Nicholas!” These words stuck in the back of his mind like a piece of bubblegum. That was the second of three things that happened walking home from school, understanding what Mrs. Granger meant. The first was picking up a gold ballpoint pen, which got him thinking about what Mrs. Granger said and the third was when Janet Fisk dropped her pen, Nick picked it up and said “Here’s your…frindle.” Nick had thought of a new word for pen and he was about to make sure that everyone knew and used the word frindle.
Chapter 7: Nick knew the perfect place to put the oath into effect that he had made with some of his friends – their seventh hour class with Mrs. Granger. Right after the bell rang, Nick blurted out, “Mrs. Granger, I forgot my frindle,” and John rolled with it and said, “I have one you can borrow”. Nick and John made a dramatic show of what the word frindle meant. Mrs. Granger got the message too, and after class asked Nick to stay behind. Mrs. Granger made it very clear to Nick that she would not have her class interrupted again by his new word and held up a pen. Nick stood his ground and called it a frindle again. Mrs. Granger told Nick he could go because it was clear that they weren’t going to agree.
Chapter 8: Frindle was starting to spread. The word was like wildfire and after school picture day it was the thing to say at Lincoln Elementary. Everyone was saying it and it got to the point where it was making the teachers unhappy, especially Mrs. Granger. She was so upset about the word that she decided that everyone who said it would have to stay after school but that did not stop the students, each day got worse than the day before. Mrs. Granger decided to have a meeting after school with Nick. After he conveyed his reasoning behind the word, Mrs. Granger showed him a letter and made him sign it. She told him that after all of this frindle stuff was over that she would send him the letter and the signature was to make sure that it stayed in its original form and was not altered at any time. The letter was signed and sealed. During the next couple of days at school everyone was using frindle to the point where almost 200 students were staying after school. That was when it got messy and parents started to call in complaining, when this happened the school board and superintendant got involved.
Higher Order Thinking Questions
List the main events of section 2 in order and explain why they occurred in this order.
Hypothesize what will happen if Nick continues to use the word "frindle".
What caused Nick to begin using the word "frindle"?
Hypothesize what would have happened if Nick had renamed another object with the word "frindle".
Propose a solution to all of the student who must stay after school for using the word "frindle".
Section #3 - Chapters 9-12
Chapter 9: Mrs. Chatham, the principal of Lincoln Elementary, decided to make a visit to Nick’s home to have a meeting with him and his parents one night. Mrs. Chatham was a tall woman, with a very intimidating presence. Mrs. Chatham began telling Nick’s parents that there was some trouble at Lincoln Elementary and she believed that Nick was in the middle of it. She explained that there was a rebellion going on surrounding the use of the word frindle and that students were not respecting the teachers. After Mrs. Chatham was done speaking, Nick’s mother voiced her opinion that she thought the entire situation seemed a bit silly. She didn’t see the harm in students making up and using a new word. Mrs. Chatham responded that the situation came down to students having a lack of authority for the teachers – especially when Mrs. Granger asked the students to stop. Nick’s father agreed with his wife and Mrs. Chatham accepted their answer. After a little more talking, she left the Allen family household. After Mrs. Chatham left, Nick’s parents sat him down and made it clear that he better not be or have been disrespectful to Mrs. Granger. And that he should probably stop using the word frindle. Nick ended the conversation by explaining he hadn’t been disrespectful, and that it was all in fun. He said that he liked usin
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