Characters
Vocabulary
Story
Who said it?
100

A 5th grade student who likes to think of problems and solve them


Nick Allen

100

When someone has total control over something.

Mrs. Granger has a ____________ on 5th grade language arts.


 

monopoly

100

The school where the book takes place


Lincoln

100

"Here's your... frindle."


Nick Allen

200

This character helped frindle by fighting against it (which made the kids want to use it even more)


Mrs. Granger

200

A sworn promise. 

Nick and his friends made an ____ making a promise to always use the word frindle.


oath

200

Nick is famous for getting his class out of having homework. How does he do it?

asking a time-wasting question (aka thought grenade)

200

"We are having some trouble at school, and it appears that Nick is in the middle of it."


Mrs. Chatham

300

Nick's friend who was with him when he made up the word frindle


Janet

300

An exaggeration. 

Nick's mom thought Mrs. Granger's detention was an _________.

overreaction

300

Mrs. Granger's punishment for using the word frindle


stay after school and write 100 sentences

300

"That's what I owe Nick for the sale of frindles from the first 3 weeks."


Bud Lawrence

400

The reporter who first reviewed Nick's story for the local paper

Judy Morgan

400

A bad person or character.

Mrs. Granger may have been the _____ of the story.

villain

400

When does Nick finally get the letter from Mrs. Granger?


after the word frindle gets into the dictionary (when Nick is in college)


400

"Every good story needs a bad guy, don't you think?"


Mrs. Granger

500

The character who sold frindle products and put the royalties into a bank account for Nick

Bud Lawrence

500

When someone legally registers a name so that no one else can use it.

Bud Lawrence put a _______________ on the word frindle.

trademark

500

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


500

"What is the meaning of this?" 

Mrs. Chatham, the superintendent, and Nick’s mom