Nick’s Antics
In third grade, Nick turned his classroom into this tropical location by turning up the heat and dumping sand on the floor.In third grade, Nick turned this room into a tropical beach by turning up the thermostat and wearing a grass skirt.
What is a tropical island / beach?
This is the heavy, massive book Mrs. Granger expects every student to use and love.
What is the dictionary?
This is the name of the elementary school Nick and his friends attend.
What is Lincoln Elementary School?
Mrs. Granger is famous for having these kinds of eyes, which can make students feel like they are being X-rayed.
What are sharp, dark eyes?
This is the last name of the main character, Nick.
What is Allen?
In fourth grade, Nick made this high-pitched sound that drove his teacher crazy, but she could never catch him doing it.
What is a blackbird chirping (or a "peep")?
Mrs. Granger explains to Nick that words only mean things because of this group of people.
Who are "we" / the people who use them?
This is the grade Nick is in when the book begins and he meets Mrs. Granger.
What is fifth grade?
While other teachers dress in colorful clothes, Mrs. Granger always wears this type of outfit to school.
What is a blue uniform-like suit (or a skirt and jacket)?
Nick's report about the dictionary had to be this many pages long.
What is one page?
Nick is famous for asking these kinds of questions to stall the teacher so the class won't get any homework.
What are "time-waster" questions?
This is the shiny, gold-colored object Nick picks up off the ground that inspires his big idea.
What is a pen?
Nick is very relieved to find out that his friend Chris is in his class, but he is disappointed that this girl is also in it.
Who is Janet?
Mrs. Granger has a massive collection of these, which she keeps on a special table in her room.
What are dictionaries?
In Chapter 7, Nick gets this many of his friends to sign a secret pledge to only use the word "frindle."
What is six?
Nick tries his famous stalling trick on Mrs. Granger, but instead of skipping homework, he is assigned to write this.
What is an extra report/essay? (About dictionaries).
This is the brand-new word Nick invents to replace the word "pen."
What is a frindle?
This is the subject Mrs. Granger teaches to the fifth graders.
What is Language Arts (or English)?
When Nick gives his oral report in Chapter 5, Mrs. Granger stops him because he forgot to do this important step.
What is give it a title?
This is the name of the town where Nick lives.
What is Westfield? (Westfield, New Hampshire).
Nick gets his big idea to invent a new word while walking home from school with his friend named this.
Who is Janet Fisk?
To prove his new word works, Nick goes into a store and asks a lady behind the counter for one of these.
What is a black frindle?
On the very first day of school, Mrs. Granger hands out a list of these, which Nick thinks looks a mile long.
What are vocabulary words?
Mrs. Granger loves this language above all others and thinks it is the greatest ever created.
What is English?
When Nick is giving his report, he reads straight from the dictionary definitions for so long that he uses up this many minutes of class time.
What is 18 minutes?