Comprehension
Give me the main character and their job at Wayside School.
Who is Louis and what is he is the yard teacher at Wayside school?
The irony about the way Mrs. Jewls solves the “problem” of the computer.
What is instead of using it like most teachers would, she throws it out the window?
Louis' personality, based off his character. Give clues from the book.
What is he is a hardworking and responsible, because he is determined to get the package to Mrs. Jewls classroom?
Louis tries to resolves his conflict by...
What is struggling up the stairs, resting along the way, until he finally gets the package to Mrs. Jewls classroom?
Louis had to bring up a ________________.
What is a package?
The irony that Mrs. Jewls thinks the computer won’t help the students learn.
What is computers are usually meant to help students, but she believes watching Louis struggle teaches them more?
The students' reaction to the package arriving to the classroom.
What is they are curious and watch closely?
The conflict that Mrs. Jewls was facing once the package arrives.
What is having to decide what to do with the computer, whether it'll help her students learn or not?
The amount of floors at Wayside School.
What is thirty floors?
The irony that Louis worked so hard to carry the package up 30 flights of stairs.
What is as soon as he delivered it, Mrs. Jewls tossed it out the window, making his hard work seem unnecessary?
Louis' feelings about carrying the package up the stairs. Give clues from the story.
What is he feels tired and frustrated? The story describes him sweating, straining, and complaining about how heavy the package is?
The main problem that Louis faced in the book.
What is he has to carry a heavy package all the way up to Mrs. Jewls class, which is on the thirtieth floor?
Before opening the door for Louis, the class had to decide who would open the door for him by doing...
What is a spelling bee?
The irony about the students’ reaction to Mrs. Jewls throwing the computer away.
What is they don’t seem surprised or upset — they accept it as normal, which is the opposite of how most students would act?
Give Mrs. Jewls personality trait, based off of her decisions.
What is she is unpredictable, quirky, and doesn’t always think in a logical way.
Mrs. Jewls resolves her conflict about the computer by...
What is she decides the students will learn more from watching Louis struggle than from using the computer, so she throws it out the window?
The reason why Mrs. Jewls bought the computer was to...
What is to help the children learn better about gravity?
The story’s ending show situational irony by...
What is the situation turns out the opposite of what’s expected: instead of using new technology to learn, the class learns from the computer being destroyed.
The students', in Mrs. Jewls classroom, personality trait, based off of their characters.
What is it shows that unusual events are normal there, and the students don’t question the silly things their teacher does?
The resolution to the following conflict.
"The expectation is that the new technology (the computer) will improve learning"
What is "Instead of using it, Mrs. Jewls rejects it in her own unusual way, showing that Wayside School doesn’t always follow logic."?