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Literature-based Skill Building

Freak the Mighty, Chapter 20

The following are comprehension activities related to the novel Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, chapter 20. 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.

Chapter Twenty: Freak the Mighty Strikes Again

1. Learning Log

A. Why is "Freak the Mighty STrikes Again" the title for this chapter?
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B. Setting: Identify the setting 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.
_________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Vocabulary:

Answer these questions about the "bio" words you've learned.

What are 10 small things that a biologist might study?
Name 10 people who have had a biography written about them.
What is an antibiotic good for?
Where would you go to find a bioluminescent organism?
What are 5 things that are not biodegradable?
What biohazard does Freak say he has in his squirtgun?
WHat is an example of symbiosis?

3. Picture it! Your own comic strip.

Draw four or five scenes, starting at the beginning of the chapter, that show the important events of this chapter in order; finish with the scene at the end of the chapter. Include at least 3 details, including what the characters are saying in each scene.

4. Similarities and Differences (Compare/Contrast)

Choose two of these pairs and complete a compare and contrast chart for them.

books and movies
basketball and baseball
Bicycles and cars
bicycles and motorcycles
LD classes and regular classes
Grim and Iggy
Max's father's gun and Freak's gun

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