Making Inferences
Central Idea
Characters
Conflict
Word Study
100
Gram gets out the special china that they never use.
When you make an inference, you should be able to support your inference with supporting details from the text. Give another reason why the reader would think this is true. Grim and Gram really think Max helping out Freak is a special and wonderful thing.
100
Max does not mind being Freak's horse which enables Freak to live out his fantasy free of conflict.
What is Life is Dangerous? What is the central idea of chapter 9?
100
Max lives in a make shift room his grandfather made for him in the basement.
What is up from the down under?
100
A struggle between two characters. A struggle between a character and nature. A struggle between a character and himself
What is conflict?
100
A letter or letters added to the beginning of a word, it changes the meaning of the word.
What is a prefix?
200
He uses lots of big ones and looks up any that they never use.
Freak loves words.
200
Character trait to describe Max
Create the question: What is Explain
200
Letters or a letter added to the end of a word. It changes the meaning of a word.
What is a suffix?
300
A character trait to describe Freak
Create the question: What is
300
To conquer or subdue by superior force, as in a battle.
What is vanquished?
400
He makes Max walk a long way to show it to him.
The medical research center at the hospital is an important place for Freak.
400
Max has already developed a soft spot in his heart for Freak. He sees that the kid will never be able to get the toy stuck in the tree and Max without being asked to, gets it for the kid.
What is character development?
400
To not conquer or defeat.
What is unvanquished?
500
Character trait to describe Grim and Gram
Create the question: What is ?
500
Using words and sentences around an unfamiliar word to determine the meaning of the unknown word.
What are context clues?
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