Food Fight
What is a synonym? What do you call a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms?
a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as happy, joyful, elated. A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms (or opposites), such as Thesaurus.com, is called a thesaurus.
Why did Det. Winnie infer that there had been a fight? Use evidence from the text.
When Detective Winnie arrived at the scene, everything was in disarray. Tables were overturned, chairs were splintered, broken dishes and food were scattered everywhere.
“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t, you’re right.” ―Henry Ford
You can do whatever you think that you can do.
If you don’t think you can do something, then you will fail.
“If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.” ―Unknown
Unless you are forced out of your comfort zone, you will not grow as a person.
When we struggle, we grow.
Why does the ghost do mean things to Madeline? Use passages from the text to support your answer.
Because Madeline gets to grow up and the ghost doesn’t.
But sometimes I do mean things to her, because she gets to go to school, and wear pants, and wash her hair, and have cake or cookies every day, and because she’s going to get to grow up, and I’m not.
As the proprietor, Mr. Sully _____ the restaurant.
a. manages b. owns c. cleans
b. owns
What does abscond mean?
a. carry
b. escape
c. arrive
b. escape
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
―Albert Einstein
In order for things to be different for us, WE have to be different.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
―Albert Einstein
Your attitude determines the person you will become.
What is the main emotion that you think the ghost is feeling in this story? Use passages from the text to support your answer
Jealousy.
“But sometimes I do mean things to her, because she gets to go to school, and wear pants, and wash her hair, and have cake or cookies every day, and because she’s going to get to grow up, and I’m not.”
Which word is a synonym for disarray?
a. dressed b. broken c. mess
c. mess
Mr. Sully is described as flabbergasted because:
a. he is astonished
b. he is angry
c. he is disappointed
a. astonished
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” ―Mahatma Ghandi
If you want the world to be different, you have to start by being what you want the world to be.
Who is Madeline?
The living little girl in the story.
How old is the ghost?
11 years old
What is an antonym for dismally?
a. cheerfully b. gloomily c. reluctantly
b. gloomily
What does astonished mean?
English dictionary definition of astonished. tr.v. as·ton·ished , as·ton·ish·ing , as·ton·ish·es
To fill with sudden wonder or amazement.
“If people knew how hard I worked for my genius they wouldn’t call it that.”
―Michelangelo
People often mistake perseverance for genius.
Perseverance means sticking to it, no matter how many times you fail.
Who in the house can see and talk to the ghosts?
The adults
Who is Clarice? Is she real or a ghost?
The doll - she is real.
A red herring is something intended to be:
a. eaten
b. followed as a clue
c. misleading or distracting
c. misleading or distracting
Why did Det Winnie infer that the fight was a distraction from the real crime. Use evidence from the text.
“But...how do you know that the fight was a fake?” Mr. Sully demanded. “Because there are no footprints in the food,” Mr. Winnie said, simply. Mr. Sully looked around, flabbergasted. “So there aren’t!” “It’s as if someone tiptoed through here, knocking over tables and breaking chairs, but stepping around the mess carefully, so they wouldn’t get food on their shoes. If this had been a real fight, the food would have all been smeared everywhere!”
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”
―Henry David Thoreau
Working hard and achieving your goals make you a better, stronger person
Is the ghost- a boy or a girl? why do you infer this? Use evidence from the text.
Girl-
But today Madeline found my doll.
A six year old is old enough to see ghosts- evidence from the text please.
Yes-
So far I haven’t talked to her, even though everyone knows that a six‐year‐old can see and hear a ghost perfectly well, and is far too pragmatic to let anyone convince her that it’s the wind blowing the curtains around, or that it’s her own overactive imagination, or that something she ate for lunch didn’t sit well with her