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Literature-based Skill Building

Freak the Mighty, Chapter 18

The following are comprehension activities related to the novel Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, chapter 18. NOTE: Keep reading fun! Choose some, but not all, the exercises for each chapter. It may be appropriate to just to do a learning log, or to discuss activities and answers instead of writing things down, and sometimes you should just keep reading to find out what's happening next!

Chapter Eighteen: Never Trust a Cripple

1. Learning Log

A. Give this chapter a new title. Consider what happened and the feelings of the chapter.
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B. Setting: Identify the setting of beginning of this chapter.
time ________________________________________
place _______________________________________________
mood (calm, happy, scared, excited) __________________________________________________

C. Summarize what happens in this chapter: ______________________________________________________________________________________

D. Questions:

Ask a question about something that happened in this chapter, or what might happen.
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2. Vocabulary: Review words daily

3. Signal Word: Therefore

When something happens for a reason, we can start with what happened and then explain why, using the word "because" as a signal word. For example: "I am using an umbrella because it is raining."

When we start with the reason, and then explain what happens, we can use the word "therefore." Usually it starts a new sentence. For example: "It is raining. Therefore, I am using an umbrella."

Complete these pairs of sentences so that they make sense.(There may be many different ways to do this.)

Loretta was sent to get food, but there was "nothing open this morning." Therefore, _________________________________________________________________________________.

Max hasn't eaten in a long time. Therefore,______________________________________________________________________________.
Max knows his father is very dangerous. Therefore,______________________________________________________________________________.

Max's father doesn't know about Freak. Therefore,______________________________________________________________________________.

Max's father wants to get rich. Therefore,______________________________________________________________________________.

4. Inferences

1. When Max's father asks about how Freak knew where Iggy was, Max tells him about trying to return Loretta's purse. What does Max's father infer?
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2. Max's father asks Iggy to get a firearm (a gun) and transportation. What might he be planning to do?
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