Characters
Plot Points
Vocabulary
School Life
Nick's Ideas
100

 The strict fifth-grade teacher who loves the dictionary

Mrs. Granger

100

 Nick first gets the idea for "frindle" while looking at this writing tool

Pen

100

The original word that Nick replaces with "frindle"

A pen

100

Nick's famous classroom in Lincoln Elementary School

Room 11

100

Nick's first classroom disruption involved making this animal sound

A Peep

200

A character that Mrs. Granger calls a rascal

Nick Allen

200

This punishment is given to students who use the word "frindle"

Staying after school

200

Mrs. Granger calls this thing "a living thing"

Dictionary

200

Nick's clever way of wasting class time in previous grades

Asking questions

200

What was Nick's idea in chapter 14?

For the 5th graders to be the consumers in the cafeteria.

300

Nick's supportive friend who first uses "frindle" after Nick that is in the earlier chapters

Janet Fisk

300

What did the kids who stayed after school have to write 100 times?

"I am writing this punishment with a pen."
300

 This ancient language that Mrs. Granger mentions gave us the word "pen"

The Latin root

300

What was Nick's 3rd grade teacher's name?

Miss Deaver

300

Nick's first business venture with the word "frindle"

Selling Pens

400

This school principal must deal with the "frindle" situation

Mrs. Chatham

400

This company starts manufacturing pens labeled with the word "frindle"

Bic

400

According to Mrs. Granger, this Latin word "pinna" originally meant this bird part

Feather

400

Number of students who sign the petition supporting use of "frindle"

300

400

Nick's solution to remember Mrs. Granger's homework about word origins

Creating a new word

500

This reporter breaks the "frindle" story in the local newspaper

Judy Morgan (She is also the daughter of Ted Bell)

500

 The amount of money in Nick's trust fund from "frindle" merchandise

$150,000

500

This term describes when a new word becomes officially recognized in a language

Standardization

500

This school policy requires students to use "pen" instead of "frindle"

The official language policy

500

 Nick's final gift to Mrs. Granger years later when he is in college

Black pen with a gold star