The Outsiders
What were the names of the 2 gangs?
Greasers and Socials (Socs)
Name the main character in El Deafo
Cece
What is a noun? Give one example
person, place or thing (school)
What was Stargirl's birth name?
Susan Caraway
Who created the word frindle?
Nick Allen
What novel had a character who lost their ability to hear?
El Deafo
What happened to the narrator's parents?
They died in a car crash
How did Cece lose her hearing?
She got meningitis
What is a proper noun? Give one example
A specific name of a person, place or thing (Blue Valley High School)
What kind of neckties did Leo collect?
Porcupine
What is the name of the 5th grade language arts teacher?
Ms. Granger
What novel had a character name Sodapop?
Outsiders
Describe a Greaser (2 things)
Greasy hair, lower middle class, poor, steal, souped-up cars, rob stores, involved in gang fights
What was Cece's superpower?
She could hear the teacher talking when she wasn't in the classroom.
What is a verb? Give an example
a word telling an action or state of being (run)
What was the name of their high school and what state was it in?
Mica
Arizona
Describe Nick
creative, naughty, prankster, silly
What novel had a Hot Seat?
Stargirl
Describe a Social (Soc)
rich and upper class, jump Greasers, wreck houses and throw beer blasts.
Who was bossy and played mean tricks on Cece?
Laura
Name 3 nouns in this sentence. "The tall boy is walking down the street kicking a ball."
boy
street
ball
Describe Stargirl
creative, did her own thing, dressed like she wanted to, played the ukelele, did things for others
What was the consequence for saying "frindle" in Ms. Granger's class?
Students had to stay afterschool and write 100 sentence about "I'm using a pen"
What novel had a teacher whose favorite book was the dictionary?
Frindle
Who took a train to Windrixville? (name both)
Ponyboy and Johnny
What does ASL mean?
American Sign Language
Name 2 verbs in this sentence. "The tall boy is walking down the street kicking a ball."
walking
kicking
Why did the students at MICA high school stop talking to Stargirl and Leo?
Stargirl cheered for the opposing team and helped an injured player on the opposing team. Leo and Stargirl were boyfriend/girlfriend.
What were the 3 items in the package from Ms. Granger?
dictionary with frindle
a letter
her favorite pen
What novel did 2 boys leave town on a train to hide?
The Outsiders