Frindle By Andrew Clements A Book Unit www.bookunitsbyteachers.com Scroll down for free lesson plans for the book, Frindle! Here, you will find sample lessons and a portion of the test. You can also find the scope and sequence for our complete Frindle book unit. It includes lessons, tests, writing assignments, quizzes, and answer keys. We use these lessons and tests in our own classrooms and base them on Common Core Language Arts Standards. To buy the entire unit, go to the following link: http://www.bookunitsbyteachers.citymax.com/catalog/item/8283574/9404060.htm Thank you! Book Units By Teachers, LLC Book Units By Teachers, LLC 2012 Page 1
Scope and Sequence Chapter 1- Character Analysis (RL2) Page 3 Chapter 2- Regular Verbs- Past Tense and Past Participle Form (L1).. Page 4 Chapters 3-4- Conventions (L1) Page 5 Quiz Chapters 1-4 (RL1).. Page 6 Chapter 5-Comparing Points of View (RL6). Page 7 Chapters 6-7- Common and Proper Nouns (L1). Page 8 Chapter 8- Adages Page (L5b).. Page 9 Quiz Chapters 5-8 (RL1).. Page 10 Chapter 9- Adverbs (L1).. Page 11 Chapters 10-11 Writing a Newspaper Article (W2).. Page 12-13 Chapter 12- Quotation Marks (L2).. Page 14 Quiz Chapters 9-12 (L2).. Page 15 Chapters 13-14-Summarizing (RL2).. Page 16 Chapter 15- Contrasting a Character s Feelings (RL3). Page 17 Quiz- Chapters 13-15 (RL1) Page 18 Game-Compound Words (L5).. Page 19 Test (RL1) Page 20-22 Answer Key.. Page 23-27 Book Units By Teachers, LLC 2012 Page 2
Name Date Quiz Chapters 1-4 1. Why did Nick ask Mrs. Granger about her huge dictionary? 2. Nick was not able to accomplish what he was trying to do when he asked the question about the homework. What happened instead? 3. Why was Janet about to cry in chapter 1? 4. How many dictionaries did Mrs. Granger keep in her room? 5. Was Mrs. Granger a young woman? How do you know? 6. How often did Mrs. Granger give her students a new vocabulary list? 7. What was the rule at Nick s house about homework? 8. How do you think Nick will make his report special? Book Units By Teachers, LLC 2012 Page 3
Name Date Chapters 6 & 7- Common and Proper Nouns A noun names a person, place, or thing. A common noun names any person, place, or thing. Some examples are dog, town, doctor, and street. A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place or thing. A proper noun begins with a capital letter. Some examples are Mrs. Smith, New York City, and Spot. Some proper nouns contain more than one word and each important word begins with a capital letter (Matthews Elementary). The name of a day, month, or holiday also begins with a capital letter. With a partner, read through chapter 6 and see if you can find 6 proper nouns. Rule: The proper nouns you find cannot all be names of people. Then circle if it is a person, place, or thing. 1. (person, place, thing) 2. (person, place, thing) 3. (person, place, thing) 4. (person, place, thing) 5. (person, place, thing) 6. (person, place, thing) Read the list of nouns below. Decide whether each noun is common or proper and write it in the correct column. Capitalize the nouns in the proper column. Then add one of your own to common and proper nouns. teacher table easter justin bieber cartwheel clemson tigers pencil cowboy august augusta road Common Nouns Proper Nouns * * Read the sentence below and write it correctly on the line. My friend, janet, and i are going to visit disney world this summer and will get to stay the whole month of july. Book Units By Teachers, LLC 2012 Page 4
Name Date Book Test 1. Why did Nick make bird noises in Mrs. Avery s classroom? A. He wanted to get Janet in trouble. B. He thought Mrs. Avery looked like a bird. C. He was doing a report on birds and wanted to demonstrate the noises they made. 2. What did the students think of Nick s report on dictionaries? A. They thought it was very boring and wanted him to hurry and finish it. B. They thought it was boring but pretended to like it so Nick would waste class time. C. They thought it was very interesting. 3. Which sentence uses the past participle form of the verb correctly? A. Nick had jumped from one subject to the next. B. Nick will jump from one subject to the next. C. Nick had jump from one subject to the next. 4. Frindle was a word for. A. bird B. newspaper C. pen 5. How did Bud Lawrence help Nick get rich? A. He gave Nick a percentage of the profits from selling frindle merchandise. B. Nick worked for him. C. He paid Nick for his frindles. 6. Which word in the following sentence is an adverb? Nick walked slowly toward the front of the room to give his report. A. walked B. slowly C. room This is only a portion of the book test! Download the entire unit today for other great Common Core based lessons, quizzes, writing activities, and the complete book test! Book Units By Teachers, LLC 2012 Page 5