Vocabulary/Question Journal
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Name_______________ Period________
|Author Rodman Philbrick Title Freak the Mighty Point of View |
|Conflict=Man vs. Theme |
|Bk Lexile 1000 Your Lexile Genre |
Directions: Look up the vocabulary word for each chapter and define as used in the example sentence. Then show you know how to use the word by writing it in a sentence. Choose a skill for each quote. Circle. Explain the quote using that skill. Complete other questions /activities for each Chapter section. Make sure that you have completed every activity included under each chapter heading.
Chapter 1
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Skill (tone, visualizing, inference, foreshadowing)
Quote “He didn’t look so different back then; we were all of us pretty small, right.” 2
Explanation_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 2
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Chapter 2 (cont.)
Skill (visualizing, flashback, inference, irony)
Quote “I must have seen her bringing Freak to daycare, way back in the dark ages, because next thing I notice is this crippled up yellow-haired midget kid strutting around the sidewalk giving orders to the beards.” 7
Explanation_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 3
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Character Description
1. List three words for each, which describes Maxwell’s appearance and personality.
appearance personality
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
2. Character Analysis of Max: Why do you think Max acts the way he does?
a) School________________________________________________________________
b) Growing_______________________________________________________________
c) Father________________________________________________________________
Skill (tone, visualizing, inference, irony)
Quote “I go, ‘You want this back or what.’ The little Freak is staring at me bug-eyed and he goes, ‘Oh, it talks.’ I give him the bird thing. ‘What is it, like a model airplane or something?’ You can tell he’s real happy to have the bird-thing back, and his face isn’t quite so fierce.” 12-13
Explanation_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 4
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3. List three words for each, which describes Freak’s appearance and personality.
appearance personality
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. Character Analysis of Freak: Why do you think Freak acts the way he does?
1)______________________________________________________________________
2) _____________________________________________________________________
3)______________________________________________________________________
Skill (tone, visualizing, inference, irony)
Quote “This time I don’t say huh because then I might have to explain how I’m in L.D. 19
Explanation_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Skill (tone, visualizing, inference, irony)
Quote “Freak is in the wagon and he’s trying to look back at me, trying to shrug his shoulders and let me know he doesn’t understand what got into the Fair Gwen, but I know. It’s pretty simple, really. She’s scared of me.” 20
Explanation_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 5
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5. At the end of chapter 5 Max states “….and I’m crying like a baby. And the really weird thing is, I’m happy.”
What do you think about this statement?
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Why would he cry if he was happy?
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Why do you think it may be weird for him to be happy?
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Skill (tone, visualizing, inference, foreshadowing)
Quote “Gram is saying, ‘she said—she especially wanted me to tell you this, Max—she said she’s delighted that you and Kevin are going to be friends. That’s the word she used—delighted. And she’s inviting you to supper.’” 23
Explanation_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 6
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Chapter 6 (cont.)
6. Why do you think Blade chooses Max and Freak to pick on in chapter 6? What kind of guy is Blade?
Why?___________________________________________________________________
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What?__________________________________________________________________
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Skill (tone, visualizing, inference, irony)
Quote “The deal this year is that I get to go with Freak which Gram thinks is a good idea because she’s afraid he’ll get crushed or something, she actually thinks people are going to step on him, which goes to show how brainless she can be sometimes, and scared of everything. I mean nobody steps on little kids down there, so why should they step on Freak.” 29
Explanation_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 7
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7. Comparing/ Contrast Max and Freak. Compare means to tell what is similar. Contrast means to tell what is different.
Max & Freak
Different Same Different
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Skill (tone, visualizing, inference, irony)
Quote “We’re Freak the Mighty that’s who we are. We’re nine feet tall in case you haven’t noticed.’” 39-40
Explanation_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 8
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8. How do Gram and Grim treat Maxwell differently after Max “saves” Freak from Tony D? Why do you think they change how they treat him because of this incident? What does the coffee Grim offers Max symbolize?
How? _________________________________________________________________
Why?__________________________________________________________________
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What?__________________________________________________________________
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Skill (visualizing, flashback, inference, foreshadowing)
Quote “Gram is looking at the two of us and she gets this Gram-like glow, like this is how it’s supposed to be, the way things always happen on the Wonder Years, with the family getting all gooey and sentimental about some numb thing the bratty kid did while he’s having all his wonderful years or whatever.” 45
Explanation______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 9
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9. Why do you think Freak takes Max to the hospital?
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Chapter 9 (cont.)
Why was it so important to him?
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Skill (tone, inference, foreshadowing, irony)
Quote “Life is dangerous,’ Freak says and you can tell he’s thought a lot about this.” 53
Explanation_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 10
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10. Why do you think Max does everything Freak tells him to do?
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Skill (mood, inference, foreshadowing, irony)
Quote I’ll bet you anything she’s a damsel in distress. 67
Explanation______________________________________________________________
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Chapter 11
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Chapter 11 (cont.)
11. What did you learn from this chapter?
1)______________________________________________________________________
2)______________________________________________________________________
3)______________________________________________________________________
Skill (mood, visualizing, inference, irony)
Quote Meanwhile Freak is giving met his look like he has no idea what’s going on, and that look scares me more than Iggy Lee and all his tattoos. 69
Explanation_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 12
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12. How do you feel about Max?
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Would you want him as your friend?
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Why?
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What do you think about his life at home and at school?
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13. How do you feel about Freak?
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Would you want him as your friend?
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Why?
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What do you think about his life at home and at school?
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Chapter 12(cont.)
Skill (tone, visualizing, inference, foreshadowing)
Quote It means sometimes I’m more than Kevin. 77
Explanation_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Test on Chapters 1-12
Practice activities on
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Word
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What clues from the text helped you to figure out this word?
Sentence “The unvanquished truth is how Freak would say it…”
Your definition___________________________________________
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Dictionary definition_______________________________________
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Example
Compare/contrast
Definition within text
None
Word
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What clues from the text helped you to figure out this word?
Sentence “My brain is vacant, okay?”
Your definition___________________________________________
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Dictionary definition_______________________________________
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Example
Compare/contrast
Definition within text
None
Word
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Page____
What clues from the text helped you to figure out this word?
Sentence “…We’ll schedule the installation of a new propulsion unit.”
Your definition___________________________________________
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Dictionary definition_______________________________________
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Example
Compare/contrast
Definition within text
None
Word
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Page____
What clues from the text helped you to figure out this word?
Sentence “Grim would be, I suppose a sobriquet for your grandfather based on his demeanor.”
Your definition___________________________________________
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Dictionary definition_______________________________________
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Example
Compare/contrast
Definition within text
None
Word
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Page____
What clues from the text helped you to figure out this word?
Sentence “Expel the object,” Freak shouts.
Your definition___________________________________________
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Dictionary definition_______________________________________
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Example
Compare/contrast
Definition within text
None
Word
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Page____
What clues from the text helped you to figure out this word?
Sentence Freak says, “Cretin. C-R-E-T-I-N. defined as one; who suffers from mental deficiency.”
Your definition___________________________________________
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Dictionary definition_______________________________________
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Example
Compare/contrast
Definition within text
None
Word
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Page____
What clues from the text helped you to figure out this word?
Sentence “They’ve locked on to us. Their trajectory is converging.”
Your definition___________________________________________
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Dictionary definition_______________________________________
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Example
Compare/contrast
Definition within text
None
Word
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Page____
What clues from the text helped you to figure out this word?
Sentence “He’s not running away.’ Grim says, real impatient, ‘he’s taking evasive action.”
Your definition___________________________________________
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Dictionary definition_______________________________________
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Example
Compare/contrast
Definition within text
None
Word
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Page____
What clues from the text helped you to figure out this word?
Sentence “Now swear on your heart that the data you are about to receive will be divulged to know one.”
Your definition___________________________________________
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Dictionary definition_______________________________________
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Example
Compare/contrast
Definition within text
None
Word
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Page____
What clues from the text helped you to figure out this word?
Sentence “This has been confirmed by visual observations.”
Your definition___________________________________________
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Dictionary definition_______________________________________
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Example
Compare/contrast
Definition within text
None
Word
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Page____
What clues from the text helped you to figure out this word?
Sentence “Freak is scuttling around behind me…”
Your definition___________________________________________
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Dictionary definition_______________________________________
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Example
Compare/contrast
Definition within text
None
Word
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Page____
What clues from the text helped you to figure out this word?
Sentence “Good riddance to rubbish.”
Your definition___________________________________________
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Dictionary definition_______________________________________
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Example
Compare/contrast
Definition within text
None
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