Characters
A 5th grade student who likes to think of problems and solve them
Nick Allen
When someone has total control over something.
Mrs. Granger has a ____________ on 5th grade language arts.
monopoly
The school where the book takes place
Lincoln
"Here's your... frindle."
Nick Allen
This character helped frindle by fighting against it (which made the kids want to use it even more)
Mrs. Granger
A sworn promise.
Nick and his friends made an ____ making a promise to always use the word frindle.
oath
Nick is famous for getting his class out of having homework. How does he do it?
asking a time-wasting question (aka thought grenade)
"We are having some trouble at school, and it appears that Nick is in the middle of it."
Mrs. Chatham
Nick's friend who was with him when he made up the word frindle
Janet
An exaggeration.
Nick's mom thought Mrs. Granger's detention was an _________.
overreaction
Mrs. Granger's punishment for using the word frindle
stay after school and write 100 sentences
"That's what I owe Nick for the sale of frindles from the first 3 weeks."
Bud Lawrence
The reporter who first reviewed Nick's story for the local paper
Judy Morgan
A bad person or character.
Mrs. Granger may have been the _____ of the story.
villain
When does Nick finally get the letter from Mrs. Granger?
after the word frindle gets into the dictionary (when Nick is in college)
"Every good story needs a bad guy, don't you think?"
Mrs. Granger
The character who sold frindle products and put the royalties into a bank account for Nick
Bud Lawrence
When someone legally registers a name so that no one else can use it.
Bud Lawrence put a _______________ on the word frindle.
trademark
Name one of the 3 events that inspired Nick to make up the word frindle
1) Mrs. Granger said words have meaning because we say they do 2) He remembered his baby word for music: gwagala 3) Janet found a gold pen
"What is the meaning of this?"
Mrs. Chatham, the superintendent, and Nick’s mom