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~A Novel Study~
Created by
Jessica Lawler
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“Joy in the Journey”
Novel
Study Word Wars
Packet Includes:
• Interactive Notebook elements (10 pages)
• Comprehension Questions
(one test for every 3 chapters – answer keys included)
• Prediction Page
• Beginning-Middle-End Organizer
• K-W-L Chart: The Dictionary
• 10 Things I Learned…
• Chapter Summary template
• Vocabulary Word Wall Cards (9)
• Vocabulary Definitions: “Making Mrs. Granger Proud”
• Vocabulary: alphabetizing practice
• Vocabulary: sentences
• Character Study: Nick and Mrs. Granger
• Character Profile pages (8 pages)
• Venn Diagram: Nick vs. Mrs. Granger
• Venn Diagram: Nick vs. You
• Text Connections Graphic Organizer 75
• Figurative Language Hunt
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•
Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer
Problem and Solution Graphic Organizer
pages!
• Plot Mountain Activity
• Journal Entries (3 options)
• Class Dictionary Cover page
• Create-your-own Word template
Engage your students with these
interactive elements that will
build their comprehension skills
and increase their retention of
important characters and
different story elements.
Characters
Setting
Plot
Theme
Story Elements for the book: FRINDLE
Characters
the word on it.
Book:
FRINDLE be in charge.
She is a large woman who likes to
School who loves order and rules.
Principal of Lincoln Elementary
PHYSICAL TRAITS - FRINDLE
Directions:
Cut out the entire shape and glue down the center square ONLY.
Fold along the flaps. Beneath each tab, write a PHYSICAL
description of the character from Frindle.
SUGGESTED
Fifth grade boy
Red hair
Freckles
Glasses
Middle-aged businessman
Widowed teacher
Gray-white hair,
Dark gray eyes
small
Streaks of gray in her hair
Broad shoulders
Large woman
Directions:
Cut out the entire shape and glue down the center square ONLY.
Fold along the flaps. Beneath each tab, write a PHYSICAL
description of the character from Frindle.
~CHARACTER TRAITS~ FRINDLE
Directions:
Cut out the entire shape and glue down the center square ONLY.
Fold along the flaps. On each flap write a main character’s
name. Beneath each flap, write a description of the CHARACTER
TRAITS demonstrated by that character.
SUGGESTED
Creative
Imaginative
Courageous
Trustworthy
Determined
Intelligent
Skillful
proper
Sharp
Pleasant
Wise
Helpful
Directions: Cut out the entire shape and glue down the top Directions: Cut out the entire shape and glue down
rectangle ONLY. Fold along the solid line and cut along the the top rectangle ONLY. Fold along the solid line and
dotted lines. Beneath the left flap, write details to cut along the dotted line. Beneath each flap, write
describe Nick Allen1. Beneath the right flap, write to the name of the protagonist and the antagonist in
describe Mrs. Granger. Beneath the center flap, write
the book Frindle. Include a description of each
details to describe similarities between the two
character and explain why you chose him or her.
characters.
Nick Allen
Protagonist
Characters in Frindle
Antagonist
Mrs. Granger
Characters in Frindle
Protagonist Antagonist
Nick Allen is the main Mrs. Granger, Nick’s
character in the Language Arts teacher,
novel. He is a bright, is the apparent
antagonist in most of the
imaginative fifth
novel. She is determined
grader who learns to keep the sacredness of
about language and language intact by only
invents a new word, using approved words in
“frindle” the dictionary.
Nick Allen Mrs. Granger
SUGGESTED
Creative Intelligent
Trouble-maker Spend their days Proper
Young at Lincoln Elem. Older woman
Lives with his Love language Veteran teacher
parents Understand the Lives alone
Invents new power of words Resists new word
word Engage in a
Feared by the
Popular among “Word War”
students
the students Kind
caring
Directions: Cut out the entire shape and glue down the top rectangle ONLY. Fold along
the solid line. Cut along the dotted middle line. Beneath each flap, write the “When”
and “Where” of the book Frindle.
WHEN WHERE
the story the story
takes place takes place
SUGGESTED
WHEN WHERE
the story takes place the story takes place
Directions:
Look at the cover of the book.
Make a prediction about what you think the book will be about (use both
pictures and words)
Name: ________________
The Dictionary
What I
What I KNOW What I LEARNED
WANT to know
Name:____________
Chapter #:
Name the Chapter:
Characters involved:
Summary:
Personal Connection:
Name: __________
Chapters 1-3
1. What word would best describe Nick Allen?
a. Angry b. nervous c. trouble-maker d. selfish
2. What grade was Nick in when he converted his classroom into a tropical beach?
a. 2nd grade b. 3rd grade c. 4th grade d. 5th grade
3. Who got blamed for the chirping sound that Nick made in class?
a. Nick b. Greg c. Janet d. Mrs. Granger
4. What physical trait made Mrs. Granger seem large and intimidating?
a. Her eyes b. her grey bun c. her nose d. her small mouth
6. Short answer: What does Nick normally do at the end of each class period?
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
9. True or False: Mrs. Granger answered Nick’s question right away ________________________________
10.True or False: at the end of the chapter, Nick feels very small and disappointed.
________________________
Chapters 1-3
2. What grade was Nick in when he converted his classroom into a tropical beach?
a. 2nd grade b. 3rd grade c. 4th grade d. 5th grade
3. Who got blamed for the chirping sound that Nick made in class?
a. Nick b. Greg c. Janet d. Mrs. Granger
4. What physical trait made Mrs. Granger seem large and intimidating?
a. Her eyes b. her grey bun c. her nose d. her small mouth
6. Short answer: What does Nick normally do at the end of each class period?
He asks the teacher a question to get him talking.
7. Why does he do this? To distract the teacher in hopes that she will cancel the homework assignment.
8. What question does Nick ask Mrs. Granger? Where did the dictionary come from?
9. True or False: Mrs. Granger answered Nick’s question right away. False
10.True or False: at the end of the chapter, Nick feels very small and disappointed. True
Name: __________
Chapters 4-6
1. When does Nick normally do his homework?
a. Right when he gets home b. after dinner c. after an hour of TV d. during lunch the next day
2. Nick thought that the first sentence of the dictionary article was…
a. common knowledge b. confusing c. easy to understand d. interesting
3. What does Nick compare the words in the article to? _________________________________________
5. True or False: Nick plans to spend the entire class period giving his report. ________________________
6. Short answer: How does the reader know that Mrs. Granger is enjoying Nick’s report?
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
7. Why doesn’t Nick want to be a “teacher’s pet”? _____________________________________________
8. When Nick and Janet are walking home from school, they find a _________ on the ground:
a. Gum wrapper b. dictionary c. dollar bill d. pen
10.In two or three sentences, explain why Nick starts sending his friends into the Penny Pantry:
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
Chapters 4-6
2. Nick thought that the first sentence of the dictionary article was…
a. common knowledge b. confusing c. easy to understand d. interesting
3. What does Nick compare the words in the article to? The ingredients on the back of a shampoo bottle
5. True or False: Nick plans to spend the entire class period giving his report. True
6. Short answer: How does the reader know that Mrs. Granger is enjoying Nick’s report? Throughout Nick’s
report, Mrs. Granger is nodding, giving a small smile, and her eyes are twinkling slightly, signaling that she is
enjoying this presentation.
7. Why doesn’t Nick want to be a “teacher’s pet”? It will ruin his reputation
8. When Nick and Janet are walking home from school, they find a _________ on the ground:
a. Gum wrapper b. dictionary c. dollar bill d. pen
10.In two or three sentences, explain why Nick starts sending his friends into the Penny Pantry: Nick tells his friends
to go into the Penny Pantry and ask for a “frindle. ” When the store clerk doesn’t know what they are talking about,
they and point to the pen and repeat, “frindle.” Eventually this helps to make “frindle” a real word.
Name: __________
Chapters 7-9
1. Where is Nick when he first introduces the word “frindle” at school?
a. In math class b. in the cafeteria c. in language arts class d. in science class
2. How does Nick feel when Mrs. Granger asks him to stay after class?
a. guilty b. surprised c. nonchalant d. thrilled
3. True or False: Mrs. Granger agrees to call pens “frindles” from now on: ___________________________
4. Why are all of the 5th graders making a funny face when they take their class picture?
_____________________________________________________________________________
6. What does Nick compare his meeting with Mrs. Granger to?
a. Tea with his grandma b. spending time with a friend c. a war conference d. a fight with an enemy
7. Summarize what Mrs. Granger gives to Nick and what he is supposed to do with it:
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
8. How many students have to stay after school for saying “frindle”?
a. Just Nick b. 10 students c. 100 students d. Over 200 students
10. Why was Mrs. Allen’s reaction to the meeting surprising? ______________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
Chapters 7-9
2. How does Nick feel when Mrs. Granger asks him to stay after class?
a. guilty b. surprised c. nonchalant d. thrilled
3. True or False: Mrs. Granger agrees to call pens “frindles” from now on: False
4. Why are all of the 5th graders making a funny face when they take their class picture? Because instead of
saying “cheese,” they all say, “FRINDLE!”
6. What does Nick compare his meeting with Mrs. Granger to?
a. Tea with his grandma b. spending time with a friend c. a war conference d. a fight with an enemy
7. Summarize what Mrs. Granger gives to Nick and what he is supposed to do with it: She gives him a sealed
envelope to sign. She saiys he will get it when the whole “frindle” situation is over.
8. How many students have to stay after school for saying “frindle”?
a. Just Nick b. 10 students c. 100 students d. Over 200 students
9. Who comes to Nick’s house for a meeting? The principal, Mrs. Chatham
10. Why was Mrs. Allen’s reaction to the meeting surprising? Instead of being angry with Nick, she was frustrated
and annoyed at the principal, Mrs. Chatham. She said that she didn’t think Nick calling a pen a “frindle” was a big deal
worthy of a serious meeting.
Name: __________
Chapters 10-12
1. What was the name of the reporter who came to Lincoln Elementary School?
a. Bud Lawrence b. Mrs. Chatham c. Janet Finsk d. Judy Morgan
2. How did Mrs. Chatham feel when being interviewed for the article?
a. guilty b. nervous c. nonchalant d. thrilled
3. Who speaks with the reporter in the parking lot after school? How do you know? _____________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
5. What phrase is repeated over and over again when the newspaper article is published? _________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
7. True or False? Nick loved the attention he got from inventing the word “frindle” ________________________
8. Who started a company selling small pens with the word “frindle” on them?
a. Bud Lawrence b. Mrs. Chatham c. Janet Finsk d. Judy Morgan
9.Why does Nick say that the word “frindle” isn’t his word anymore?_________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
10. What does Mr. Allen decide to do with the money Nick is earning from the word “frindle”? ________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
Chapters 10-12
1. What was the name of the reporter who came to Lincoln Elementary School?
a. Bud Lawrence b. Mrs. Chatham c. Janet Finsk d. Judy Morgan
2. How did Mrs. Chatham feel when being interviewed for the article?
a. guilty b. nervous c. nonchalant d. thrilled
3. Who speaks with the reporter in the parking lot after school? How do you know? She speaks with Nick. The
book says that the boy she speaks with has reddish-brown hair and glasses. The reaction of the other kids tells
the reader that the reporter is speaking to Nick himself.
4. What does the reporter receive in the mail? The fifth grade class picture with the kids saying “frindle”
5. What phrase is repeated over and over again when the newspaper article is published?
“What is the meaning of this?”
7. True or False? Nick loved the attention he got from inventing the word “frindle” False
8. Who started a company selling small pens with the word “frindle” on them?
a. Bud Lawrence b. Mrs. Chatham c. Janet Finsk d. Judy Morgan
9.Why does Nick say that the word “frindle” isn’t his word anymore? Because so many people are saying “frindle”,
he figures that the word now belongs to everyone.
10. What does Mr. Allen decide to do with the money Nick is earning from the word “frindle”? He puts it in a college
fund for Nick.
Name: __________
Chapters 13-15
1. After all of the fuss, frindle became…
a. A joke b. a word no one ever used c. a word that only Nick used d. a habit; everyone still used it without
thinking about it
2. Around the country, Frindle was gaining popularity. How did other teachers and parents feel about the word?
a. They loved it b. they tried to stop it c. they didn’t know what it meant d. they didn’t care
3. True or False: Mrs. Granger was still keeping the students after school each day: ____________________
4. How did Mrs. Granger continue to fight the word “frindle”? ____________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
7. True or False: On the last day of school, Mrs. Granger gives Nick the envelope he signed:________________
8. How does Mrs. Granger feel about how Nick handled the whole “Frindle” experience?
a. angry b. surprised c. proud d. disappointed
9. In the end, what was in the package that Mrs. Granger wrote to Nick? ______________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
3. True or False: Mrs. Granger was still keeping the students after school each day: False
4. How did Mrs. Granger continue to fight the word “frindle”? Each week the first word on the spelling test was
“pen.” The students would all write “frindle” and get the word wrong every week.
7. True or False: On the last day of school, Mrs. Granger gives Nick the envelope he signed: False
8. How does Mrs. Granger feel about how Nick handled the whole “Frindle” experience?
a. angry b. surprised c. proud d. disappointed
9. In the end, what was in the package that Mrs. Granger wrote to Nick? A dictionary with the word frindle in it,
his letter, her old pen with a little paper that said frindle
10. What does Nick do for Mrs. Granger? Set up a scholarship fund in her name and gave her a gold pen with
writing on it
Note to the Teacher:
Options:
1. Display them on a classroom word wall
2. Use the cards in a vocabulary center – have the
students look up the definitions of the words
3. Matching – write the definitions of each word on an
index card and have the students match the vocabulary
cards with the correct definitions.
Directions: Write a definition for each vocabulary word and then use each word in a sentence.
Pounced
Crimson
Monopoly
Essential
Launch
Imaginative
Fluorescent
Stooped
Emphasized
Furious
Name: _____________
Pounced
Crimson
Monopoly
Essential
Launch
Imaginative
Fluorescent
Stooped
Emphasized
Furious
Name: _____________
Directions: Choose five of the vocabulary words and use them in sentences:
Pounced Imaginative
Crimson Fluorescent
Monopoly Stooped
Essential Emphasized
Launch Furious
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Name: _____________
A character can be studied by looking at their physical traits (what they LOOK
like) and their character traits (How they BEHAVE; their PERSONALITY).
Use evidence (pages in the book) to support your descriptions.
Physical traits Evidence (pg. #) Character traits Evidence (pg. #)
Name: _____________
A character can be studied by looking at their physical traits (what they LOOK
like) and their character traits (How they BEHAVE; their PERSONALITY).
Use evidence (pages in the book) to support your descriptions.
Teacher ideas:
•Give each student a number of templates and have them
complete the profiles individually. Have them collect them into a
booklet.
This could be done as a long-range project that the students
complete at home or you could highlight different characters
in class and do each one day by day.
•Divide the class into pairs (or groups) and assign each a
character. Then have them present their profile to the class.
Combine the character profiles into a class booklet.
•Give each student a blank character profile and have them
choose a character to write about.
Name: ________
Compare and contrast character details about Nick and Mrs. Granger
Mrs.
Nick Granger
Name: ________________
Nick You!
Name: ______________
Main Idea/Theme:
Name:_________
Figurative Page
Example
Language Number
Imagery
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Name:____________
Name:____________
Name:____________
Name:____________
Name: ______________
Draw a picture of your favorite part of the book. Add a caption to let the reader know what is
happening in your picture. Then, tell why it is your favorite scene.
Caption:
Write a journal entry from Nick’s perspective, the day that he decides to invent the word “Frindle”
Date:
Dear Journal,
Name: ________________
Write a journal entry from Mrs. Granger’s perspective – how does she feel about the “Word War?”
Date:
Dear Journal,
Name: ________________
Write a journal entry from Nick’s perspective– how does it feel to have your word published in a dictionary?
Date:
Dear Journal,
welovewords*welovewords*welovewords*welovewords*welovewords*welovewords*
__________________________’s class
Grade: _____________
Year: _________
welovewords*welovewords*welovewords*welovewords*welovewords*welovewords*
Introducing the newest word in the English language …
_________________________________
Created by: _____________________
Age: __________ Grade: ______
Definition: ____________________________________________
Part of speech:_________________
Date of origin: _________________
Other forms of the word: _________________________________
Frindle
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Number the Stars
Holes
Charlotte’s Web
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