Who? What?
Who is the author of Me and Marvin Gardens?
Amy Sarig King
What does VARSITY mean?
The main or highest team of a school sport
Why does Obe think he's discovered a new animal?
The animal by the creek doesn't resemble anything in his animal track guide.
What do you think happened between Obe and Tommy to change their friendship?
Explain that they used to be friends and that there must have been a disagreement, misunderstanding, or something like an argument or fight that divided them.
What class is Obe failing in school?
Math
Who is the main character? (First and last name)
Obe Devlin
What is an ACRE?
A measurement of land used in the United States and the United Kingdom. (Equal to 4840 square yards or 4,047 meters)
Why does Obe bury objects under the housing developments?
He wants to leave a little bit of the Devlin family in the land.
Using context clues, what did Tommy want to SABOTAGE during Phase 2?
He was upset about the destruction of their play fields, so he wanted to do "bad stuff" to the construction equipment.
Mr. Salt is Obe's math teacher. What is the other name he is known by?
Mr. Mustache
What is a PHASE?
A distinct part or development of something.
Obe compares an action he does to "a dog peeing on trees." What is that action and why does he make that comparison?
Burying his toys on the land. Because even when new people lived there and owned the land, it would still have a Devlin mark on it.
Obe talks about the different colors of dirt. Why do you think when the construction began, there were so many different colors of dirt than what he had seen before?
Because the construction equipment was digging deeper and there were different layers of dirt. Some may have had more clay, more sand, more rock.
What risk did Obe's grandfather take?
He tried to grow tomatoes. It didn't work out and he had to sell part of the farm.
What was "the rosebush"?
A strange weed that the farmer could not kill, or didn't want to kill
How does Obe describe petting the animal?
Like petting snot
What happened the first time Obe jumped into a newly dug basement?
Tommy had to run home to get rope so Obe could get out of the hole.
Is Obe a tidy person? Why or why not?
Obe is not a tidy person. We know this because in chapter 4 he is looking for his tracking book and finds it under his bed. Under his bed is where EVERYTHING is.
Emerging Themes:
Family History is Important
Humans' have a responsibility to take care of the earth
The importance of Friendship
Which one of these (or another theme) is standing out the most to you? Why? Give some evidence (details) from the story to back up your theme choice.
Accept any answer that states information from the story thus far and that supports the stated theme
What is the secret of playing Hide-and-Seek in a cornfield?
Counting to 100 so the corn has time to settle a bit.
What decade is Bernadette into these days, as she is saying "Groovy", wearing tassled moccasins, says she is a flower child, and listening to old people music?
The 1960s
What is one of the reasons that Obe doesn't tell anyone about the new creature he has found?
He is worried someone might want to do experiments on it.
He is worried people won't believe him. They don't believe people who have seen Bigfoot and taken pictures of Bigfoot, so why would they believe him?
In chapter 4, Obe says something that makes us think Tommy has something to do with his nosebleeds. What does he say?
He says that Annie Bell can't leave her yard after school and the only other friend he had was the reason he had nosebleeds. He has referenced that he used to be friends with Tommy.
When he first meets the new animal, what game does Obe play with himself to determine what it is?
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