Who said it
Vocabulary
Chapters 1-5
chapters 6-9
Figurative Language
100

"Funny?  You mean like the way she squints and wrinkles her nose when she looks at the chalkboard?  I think that's kind of funny, don't you?

Willie

100

I only read it during library period. That way it lasted, like a good jawbreaker.  What does jawbreaker mean in this sentence?  

a hard, round candy that takes a long time to eat

100

Describe Mrs. Frule.  

Strict, mean, serious, doesn't like class clowns

100

What is dad's opinion on Jake's jokes at school?  

He doesn't think Jake should be acting funny and telling jokes too much at school.

100

She looked like a cat when it's about to pounce.  

Simile

200

I believe  it's very important to be thinking all the time.  That's what I expect of my myself, and I expect it of everyone one of you, too.  

Miss Bruce

200

She pushed her lips into a thin line and glared at me.  What does glared mean?

To stare in an angry way

200

What does Jake do when it's his turn at the spelling bee?  

He spelled Mickey mouse and was using his Mickey mouse voice

200

How did Miss Bruce react to Jase burping? 

She smiled and giggled

200

I was the new class clown

metaphor

300

"Once you start laughing with the kids, things can get our of hand pretty quickly."  

Mrs. Brattle

300

So Annie sort of hunched her shoulders and said, "I had an extra pencil.  A sharp one."  What does the word hunched mean.  

Having your back bent forward

300

What did Jake hear Mrs. Brattle and Miss Bruce talking about in the library?  

The spelling bee and Jake's joke.  Mrs. Brattle. told her to not start laughing with them because things can get out of hand very quickly.  

300

What happened after Miss Bruce laughed at Jake's joke?  

The class got wild and no one was listening.  Miss Bruce ran out of the room crying.

300
When the class laughs, it's sort of like a volcano that begins to rumble.  Explain what this means.  

It means the class’s laughter builds up and gets louder and harder to stop—just like a volcano getting ready to explode.

400

"I don't want jokes!  I want the pigs!"

Abby

400

You'll be fine.  The class will be waiting to see what happened to Jake, and Jake is going to look like he's had a good scolding.  What does scolding mean?

Speaking to someone angrily or punishing because they did something wrong.  

400

What joke does Jake tell during reading?  Why did he tell it?  

He says the story takes place on "planet Earth" and he does this to distract the teacher so Link wouldn't get in trouble.  

400

How did Jake change in the last chapter after he went back to class?  

he wasn't funny in class anymore in front of the teachers.  He was still funny, but at lunch and at appropriate times.  

400

And, if Miss Bruce will accept your apology, so will I and we'll put all this business behind us.  What type of figurative language and what did the author mean?

idiom.

Forgive, forget, and move on

500

"Pardon me!  It must have been that frog I ate for breakfast"

Jake

500

I was a riot!  What does riot mean?

Something very funny or wild

500
Why does Jake feel unstoppable at the end of chapter 5?  

He was making people laugh and he'd gotten away with it two times without getting in trouble.  

500

Where did Mrs. Brattle take Jake after the class went crazy?  He says it was "jail" but where did they go?  

The teacher's lounge to see Miss Bruce / apologize.

500

Miss Bruce's college teacher has said "Don't smile until Christmas."  On that April morning, I was Santa Claus.  Christmas had arrived.  

metaphor

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