Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Maniac Magee Book Group

Week 6: Read pages 153-184 (chs. 40-46)


Vocabulary:

sympathy (153)
influence (154)
goaded (154)
shenanigans (154)
dumbstruck (157)
persisted (161)
swagger (161)
gauntlet (165)
diverged (172)


Questions:

1. Choose 3 vocabulary words and look up their definitions in a dictionary. Write the definitions in your journal, and underline the word.
2. Choose 3 different vocabulary words and write meaningful sentences for each in your journal. Underline the vocabulary words.
3. After Russell and Piper’s party, why did Manic start sleeping in people’s backyards or on their porches? (2 to 3 sentences)
4. What happened to Russell, and why didn’t Maniac save him? (paragraph)
5. Who comes to talk with Maniac in chapter 45? What did they talk about? (2 to 3 sentences)

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