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Student Activity Booklet Room One

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Chapter 1: May Chapter Vocabulary: Canvas, Good Riddance, Subscriptions 1: What is the setting of this book? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: Who is the main character and what do we know about him? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3: What did Ted like about May? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4: How do you think Ted feels about his hometown (give exam-ples) ? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5: What was weird at the end of the chapter? ___________________________________________________

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Chapter 2: The Sixth Grader Chapter Vocabulary: Coffin, Reserved, Detective 1: Explain why the school kept getting smaller? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: How many students are in Ted’s grade? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3: What did Ted really enjoy? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4: Would you like to attend this school? Why or Why not? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5: Ted says, “that when the weather gets beautiful the school day lasts forever.” What does Ted mean by this? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 3: Stakeout Chapter Vocabulary: Stakeout, approach, auctioneer 1: Pre-Writing activity: What is a stakeout and who does it and why? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Questions 1: Why is it so hard to hide in Plattsford, Nebraska? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3: How would you describe Mr. Anderson on the day of the auction? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4: What did Ted learn on his stakeout? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Why is the girl hiding at the Anderson’s farm house?______________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 4: Details Chapter Vocabulary: Chores, Stashed 1: Pre-Writing activity: Do you have any chores at home? If so what are they?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Questions 1: Why did Ted think that this girl was from the South? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: What is the girl’s name? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Activity: From Ted’s description draw the girl.

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Chapter 5: Boy Scout Burglar Chapter Vocabulary: Conscience, transform, pantry Questions 1:What items did Ted take from the pantry? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: Why did Ted choose these items? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3: Was it OK for Ted to steal the item out of the pantry? Would you have done the same? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 6: Conversation Chapter Vocabulary: Bulkhead, apologetic. Flustered, demerits Questions 1: Why was the weather good for Ted on Wednesday Morning?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: How did Ted get into the Anderson’s house? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3: What is the girl’s name? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4: Where do you think Ted is going to get his new list of items?______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Activity: What would you want if you were staying in an aban-doned farm house and couldn’t leave? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 7 Sixth Grade Island Chapter Vocabulary: Permission, grubby, pentagon Questions 1: How would you describe Kevin? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: Write 3 things Ted knew about Mrs. Mitchell? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4: How did Ted know what sterno was? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Activity: Write as many things as you can about your Teacher. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 8: Badges Chapter Vocabulary: Transportation, arousing, curiosity Questions 1: Why was Ruby suspicious of Ted’s groceries? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: How many badges does Ted earn in this chapter? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3: Why was Ted so worried about going back to the house? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 9: Alexa Chapter Vocabulary: Acquaintance, gasket Questions 1: In what room did April sleep? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: What did Ted think of April’s mom? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3: How much money did Alexa give Ted? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What is wrong with the pump and how do you fix it?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5: Who is Alexa and her family hiding from? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 10: Prospects Chapter Vocabulary: Superintendent, gloomy, guilty Questions 1: Why did Ted think he was in trouble? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: What was Mrs. Mitchell really worried about?______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3: Who is Mr. Seward and why did he want to close the Red Prairie Learning Center?? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Prediction 4: What do you think Mrs. Mitchell is going to do?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 11: Fair and Square Chapter Vocabulary: Occasional, trespassing, obeying Questions 1: What did the class do on Thursday and Friday afternoons?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: Why did they do this? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3: What task did Ted choose and why? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4: How did Ted tell Mrs. Mitchell what he was doing at the Anderson’s farm? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5: Would you trust your teacher with something this important? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 12: Sleepless Chapter Vocabulary: Neglect, spectator Questions 1: Why couldn’t Mrs. Mitchell sleep? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: Why couldn’t Ted sleep? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Connection: Describe a time when you couldn’t sleep. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 13: Crime Scene Questions 1: When Ted got to the Anderson’s house what did he find? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: What did Ted find on the ground (describe it)? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4: Who does Ted think is responsible?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 14: Blame Game Chapter Vocabulary: Exclamation, unbelievable, circumstatial Questions 1: What does Mrs. Mitchell tell Ted? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: Who is Mrs Mitchell going to call and why? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Prediction: 3: Where do you think April and her family are? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 15: Official Business Chapter Vocabulary: Disturbance, lopsided, pacing Questions 1: What did Deputy Linwood tell Mrs. Mitchell? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: Think of a disturbance that we have had in the classroom and write about it. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 16: A Little Home Chapter Vocabulary: Brittle, rummage, vandalism Questions 1: Why was Saturday’s paper not delivered to 9:00 in Platts-ford? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: What did Ted take with him to the Anderson’s? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 3: Where was April’s hideout? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4: Did Ted find any important clues?______________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 17: Life Goes On Chapter Vocabulary: Ordinary, vital Questions 1: What time does Ted usually get up in the morning? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: What did Ted’s father mean when he said “ One out of three ain’t bad.”? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3: Where was Ted headed and why? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 18: Big News Chapter Vocabulary: ignored, guzzling, massive Questions 1: Which eighth grader did Ted talk with at the store? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: What did Ted learn by talking with this eighth grader? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3: Where was Ted going now and why? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 19: Not Many Words Chapter Vocabulary: breath, frightened, Zilch Questions: 1: When Ted opened the cabinet what did he see and what did that tell him? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: How did April tell Ted that they were close? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3: Where do you think April and her family are? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 20: Second Chance Chapter Vocabulary: Prairie, permanently, solution Questions 1: Why is the title of this chapter called Second Chance? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: Where did Ted think the family went and why? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 21: Possibility Chapter Vocabulary: assistant, imagination Chapter Questions: 1: Who did Ted tell first? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: Why did Mrs, Mitchell correct Ted when he said “if I was them”? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3: What is Ted going to do tomorrow? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 22 Questions Chapter Vocabulary: Encouraged, hurricane, sewing Chapter Questions: 1: What question did Ted ask his parents? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: Why did Ted ask his parents this question? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3: Have you ever asked your parents a question like this? If so what was it and why did you ask it? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 23: Invitation Chapter Vocabulary: Chimney, scraggly, dismal Chapter Questions: 1: Why did Ted feel like a giant goldfish? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: Were April and her family at the Kosczinski farm? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3: What did Ted give to April? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4: What is Ted’s idea? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 24 Mystery-Proof Chapter Vocabulary: Allegiance, aimless, doodling Chapter Questions: 1: What was bothering Ted so much in this chapter? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Connection: What type of books do you like to read? ________________________________________________ List as many reasons as you can why you like these books. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 25 The Doing Chapter Vocabulary: Preparations, lobby, enthusiastic, Chapter Questions: 1: What did Ted have to convince his mother to do? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: Why do you think Ted’s mother made four phone calls? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3: What were the town’s people preparing for? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 26 Main Street Chapter Vocabulary: Opportunity, Individual, Chapter Questions: 1: What is the town doing? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2: What did the Jackson’s do for the Thayer family? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3: How many people showed up for this event? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4: When Ted and his mother pulled up in the van what hap-pened? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Chapter 27 Homecoming Chapter Vocabulary: Vanished, portable, pronunciation Chapter Questions: 1: Who called Ted? __________________________________________________ 2: Where was she and where were they going? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3: What gift did April leave for Ted? Where did she leave it? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Epilogue Did you like this book, write why or why not. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ How did Ted help his the town of Plattsford, Nebraska? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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