The Misfits

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James How
The
Misfits
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JOURNAL
Topics Week 1
1. Explain your views on nicknames.
2. Identify two words that describe the
narrator and explain.
3. Identify and explain one simile.
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Comprehension Questions - White Sheet
Chapter 1
# 1-8, 12 & 13
Chapter 2
# 9-11, 15-18 & 20
Chapter 3
# 22
Chapter 4
# 14, 19, 21, 23-25
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Skeezie
Tookis
-young hooligan (trouble maker)
-lacks personal hygine (dirty)
-black leather jacket
-impatient
Friends w/Bobby
Use to be a bully
->Addie changed that with a valentine.
HAS BIG HEART
Member of the "Gang of Five"
Robert "Bobby"
Goodspeed
Responsible*
Dad worked @ dept. store
Hard Worker
Tie sales man
12 years old
Main character
Rolly-Polly
DoughBoy
Fluff
Member of the "Gang of Five"
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Mr. Kellerman
no personality
miserable
evil*
crul*
manager @ store
Killer Man
Addie
Carle
Beanpole
speaks her mind
brave*
smart & tall
turned Skeezie into a nicer person
b/c of a valentine.
Member of the "Gang of Five"
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Joe
Bunch
*
confident*
creative
acts like a girl
Scorpio
Jodan
JoDan
"Misfit"
trying to "fit-in"
called a lot of names
calls himself names
lives next door to Addie
Member of the "Gang of Five"
not an actual person/character
spot held for all other "misfits"
Daryl Williams - an example of
who might "fit-in"
Member of the "Gang of Five"
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Ms. Wyman
sweet unless you "cross" her
Kevin
Hennessey
mean*
nasty nature
smirk on face
bully*
teacher - 7th grade math
likes to do yoga
blamed for almost anything
that happens in school
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JOURNAL
Topics Week 2
1. "I wonder if maybe everybody gets names hung on
them for only a little part of who they are." (pg. 13)
Respond to the quote.
2. Why are there only 4 members in the Gang of
Five?
3. Read the discussion of the "forum" and then make
inferences about each person based on their words
(attitude).
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VOCABULARY - Chapter 1
Hooligan
1
Panache
3
Grimace
5
Emissary
8
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VOCABULARY - Chapter 2
Liability
11
Misfit
13
Indulgent
17
Implication
19
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VOCABULARY - Chapter 3
Illiterate
31
Hilarity
36
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Chapter 1 - 4
Summary
Who?
Why?
When?
What?
Where?