Characters & Setting
Who are the two main characters?
Jessie and Evan
What does the letter in the mail from the school say?
Jessie and Evan will be in the same class together.
Why did Evan pick Scott to help with the lemonade stand?
Evan's friends were all out of town.
What does the word sway mean?
I had to sway my friend Alex to join the baseball team with me.
convince
What is the setting of this story?
Jessie and Evan's house; their neighborhood
Explain how Jessie feels when she finds out she'll be in Evan's class. Why does she feel this way?
Excited and overjoyed! She thinks Evan will help her make friends in class and watch out for her.
Why did Jessie choose Megan to help with the lemonade stand?
She is in 4th grade with Evan. She lives close. Jessie has met Megan before.
What does the word relief mean?
What subject is Jessie's very good at, that Evan happens to struggle in?
Math
How does Evan feel about Jessie being in his class? How do you know?
He was upset. He is not acting like himself with Jessie. He is being very cold and unkind to her. He doesn't want to play games with Jessie when Jessie offers, he calls her a baby, and he doesn't let her help with the lemonade stand.
How did Evan feel when he saw Jessie at her lemonade stand?
Betrayed, upset, angry.
What does the word slump mean?
Who does Evan invite to help with the lemonade stand? What do we learn about him?
Scott - he and Evan aren't close friends. Scott can be selfish and mean.
What does Jessie do when the boys reject her help on the lemonade stand?
She makes her own lemonade stand with Megan Moriarty.
What did Jessie hope Evan's reaction would be to her lemonade stand?
She hoped he would see that she wasn't a baby and want to help her at her lemonade stand.
What does the word groan mean?
Describe what we've learned about the two main characters (their personalities, strengths and weaknesses)
Jessie - determined, optimistic/ positive. She does well in school, feelings and friendships are her weakness.
Evan -
When their lemonade stand contest began, what did Jessie do to set her stand apart? What did Evan do?
Jessie decorated her sign, picked a location on the corner before Evan and Scott's stand.
Evan sweet talked the customers.
Where did Evan and Scott set up their lemonade stand? Why did they choose this location?
What does the word humiliated mean?