Annie Vocab
Annie gets this nickname for vomiting at school, which means the state of being rotten.
Putrid (Annie)
Both were discriminated against (called stupid, teased, treated unkindly) based on their nationality. (Cuban, Irish)
What is the name of a thin mixture of manure and water used for fertilizing soil on farms?
slurry
What do Tommy and his new friends drop into Devlin's creek?
Candy wrappers
Name three characters from the story
answers: Obe, Marvin Gardens, Mom, Dad, Bernadette, Annie Bell
could also be: Tommy, great-grandfather, Ms. G, Mr. Salt/Mr. Mustache
Annie Bell plays this large string instrument in the violin family
Cello
Argue why plastic is bad for the environment.
answers may vary but must be complete and well-thought-out.
This word, which starts with an F, means manure or chemicals added to soil to aid growth of plants.
Fertilizer
Why do the kids from Phase One hold their noses?
Because the slurry smells bad.
What grade is Obe in?
6th grade
Annie may have this job someday, which is another name for a weather forecaster.
Meteorologist
Argue why plastic is harmless and not a threat to the environment.
Answers will vary but must be fact-based.
We've heard this word a lot in this book. It means an area thought of as one's personal property or home ground. Some people fight over it.
Turf
How did Obe's great-grandfather lose another 20 acres in a fight?
Who is the author of Me and Marvin Gardens?
(complete name required)
Amy Sarig King
Annie might study rocks, soil, and the history of the earth. If she did that, she could work in this profession.
Geologist
Obe and Bernadette's parents do not know about the fight that led to Obe's ongoing nosebleeds or about the incident with Mr. Mustache.
Should their parents know about these situations? One of them? Both? Explain why or why not.
Answers will vary but they need to show thoughtfulness, relevance, and logic.
This person protects wildlife and the environment. We would give Obe this title. We would give Ms. G this title. Would you consider yourself to be this?
(Hint: It starts with a C)
Conservationist
Why did Tommy and his new friends call Obe a hippie when he was upset about them littering in the creek?
Because hippies were involved in things that were different, new, outside of many people's nterests, including the environment and nature.
At first, Tommy and Obe are the country kids. They ignore the new kids, the suburban kids. When one of them teases Tommy for his sneakers, what does Obe tell him?
That he better be careful because country kids know how to fight.
Annie gets excited about quartzite. What is that?
an extremely compact, hard, granular rock consisting essentially of quartz. It's usually a white to pale gray rock, but occurs in other colors, including red and pink (from iron oxide), yellow, blue, green, and orange. The rock has a grainy surface with a sandpaper texture, but polishes to a glassy shine.
Simply put, it's a rock.
Obe's dad is the only one in the family who is not upset by the changes that the development. He is on the other side of the debate from the rest of his family. He says it's because he's a man and men react differently. Is that the reason? Does it make sense? Or do you think it is something else. What is a logical reason that he has a different reaction?
Possible reasons: He is not a Devlin and does not have the family history and connection with the land like Mom and the kids do. He does not care about the environment or feel that there are things happening that are damaging to the environment because of the development. He enjoys the changes, the progress, the developments.
This is a name for a special kind of loan that a person gets using a property (land, home) as security if the loan isn't paid back as agreed. This means that if the person doesn't pay the loan as they and the bank agreed upon, the bank can take the property and the person no longer owns it.
Mortgage
Bernadette teaches Obe the meaning of irony, which is that something means the opposite of what it was meant to be. They agree that the names of the streets in the developments are ironic. Why are these names ironic?
THE ORCHARDS PHEASANT'S NEST OAK TRAIL
All of the streets are named after things that are no longer there because they were destroyed by the developments.
After the suburban kids start to move in, how long did it take for Tommy to start wearing name-brand sneakers and start acting like one of the suburban kids?
6 months