MANIAC MAGEE – Chapters 12-17 (pgs.41-63)
Chapter 12 (41-44)
1. Describe Amanda’s family with one-sentence descriptions for each character, Mrs. Beale, Mr. Beale, Hester and Lester.
2. How did Maniac get an address?
3. Do you think Maniac is a good name for Jeffrey Magee? Why?
4. If you had a nickname what would it be and why?
Chapter 13 (p.45-49)
1. How did the Beale house change once Maniac joined it?
2. What strange allergy did Maniac have? Why did he have this allergy?
Chapter 14 (50-53)
Word Wizard
Solitude (50) converged (51)
1. Why did Maniac love being with the Beales?
2. What did Maniac observe about the East End colors? (51)
Chapter 15 (54-56)
Word Wizard
Poleax (54) aardvark (56) unbeknownst (56)
1. In chapter 13, Maniac says that, “lying on a mattress gave him a weird feeling of slowly rising on a scoop of mashed potatoes.” (Draw a picture to illustrate this thought) p. 46
Chapter 17 (59-63)
Word Wizard
Croaking (61) ranting (61)
1. Draw a picture of the fire hydrant at Green and Chestnut on the hot day in August that was depicted in Chapter 17.
2. How did Chapter 17 end?
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Dear One Happy Classroom, thanks for posting the page numbers for the vocab. I didn't do that for my own unit study and then couldn't find the word poleax in the book no matter how hard I tried. The students had a hard time with that word.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Victory
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