Frindle Quiz

What is Nick Allen known for at school?

• Being the best student academically

• Being a troublemaker who creates clever distractions

• Being very quiet and shy

• Being the class athlete

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What subject does Mrs. Granger teach?

• Math

• Science

• Language Arts/English

• Social Studies

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

How does Nick try to waste time in Mrs. Granger's class?

• By asking endless questions about the dictionary

• By pretending to be sick

• By disrupting other students

• By refusing to participate

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What does Mrs. Granger challenge Nick to do regarding words?

• Memorize the entire dictionary

• Research where words come from

• Write a story using big words

• Teach the class new vocabulary

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What does Nick discover about how words get their meaning?

• Words are created by teachers

• All words come from Latin

• People decide what words mean through usage

• Words are chosen by the government

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What inspires Nick to create his new word?

• A pen falling on the floor

• A conversation with his parents

• Reading about word origins

• Mrs. Granger's assignment

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What new word does Nick create?

• "Writestick"

• "Frindle"

• "Wordmaker"

• "Scribbler"

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What does Nick's new word mean?

• Dictionary

• Pen

• Paper

• Homework

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

How does Nick first introduce his new word publicly?

• In a class presentation

• By asking to borrow a "frindle" in the school store

• By writing it on the blackboard

• By telling his friends at lunch

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is Mrs. Granger's initial reaction to Nick's word creation?

• She thinks it's creative and praises him

• She ignores it completely

• She sees it as a challenge to her authority and opposes it

• She asks Nick to teach it to other classes

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3