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1 ~ Page 1 Gay Miller ~ ~ Page 2 Gay Miller ~ Thank you for purchasing Maniac magee Book Unit. Other products in this series may be found at You can purchase the full unit here. Classics ~ Realistic Fiction Interest Level ~ Grades 4 8 Grade level Equivalent: Lexile Measure : 820L ~ Page 3 Gay Miller ~ Materials Needed for Creating the Foldable Graphic Organizers 5 Lesson Plans at a Glance 6 Vocabulary 7 Teacher Information 8 Vocabulary List 11 Vocabulary Bookmarks 16 Vocabulary Word Cards 18 Vocabulary Practice Booklet 21 Vocabulary Test 44 Comprehension and Constructed Response Writing 48 Teacher Information + Common Core State Standards 49 Comprehension Chapters 1-5 55 Chapters 1-2 ~ Cause and Effect 57 Chapter 3 ~ Character Traits (Amanda Beale) 59 Comprehension Chapters 6-11 61 Chapters 4-6 ~ Summarizing 63 Chapters 7-11 ~ Comparing Characters ~ McNab and Mars Bar 65 Comprehension Chapters 12-16 67 Chapter 15 ~ Dialect (Trash Talk)

2 69 Chapters 1-16 ~ Setting 71 Comprehension Chapters 17-21 73 Chapters 16-17 ~ Character Change 75 Chapters 18-21 ~ Problem and Solution Chain 77 Comprehension Chapters 22-26 79 Full Book ~ Point of View 81 Chapters 22-26 ~ Mood 84 Comprehension Chapters 27-32 86 Chapters 22-32 ~ Grayson and Maniac s Timeline (Summarizing) 88 Chapters 32 ~ Course of Action 90 Comprehension Chapters 33-36 92 Chapters 12-36 ~ Comparing Settings 94 Chapters 1-36 ~ Figurative Language 96 Comprehension Chapters 37-41 100 Chapters 3-41 Characters 102 Chapters 37-41 ~ Figurative Language 104 ~ Page 4 Gay Miller ~ Comprehension Chapters 42-46 106 Full Book ~ Theme 108 Full Book ~ Plot Development 110 Full Book ~ Comparing the Book to the Movie 114 Full Book ~ Comparing the Book to a Similar Book 116 Activities 118 Activity ~ Zeps 119 Activity ~ Log Cabins 120 Skill Practice 121 Teacher Information 122 Prefix and Suffix Organizers ~ Fan Organizers 126 Prefix/Suffix I Have.

3 Who Has Games 137 Root Words Organizers ~ Hexagon Fold 145 BINGO Game using Root Words 152 Figurative Language Response Cards 158 Figurative Language Organizer ~ Three Flaps Flip 165 Foot Idiom Activity 175 Context Clues Organizer ~ Six Door Flip 181 Context Clues Activities 185 Activities to do with Task Cards 191 Grammar Organizers ~ Cards with Rules and Storage Pocket 205 Writing Titles Lesson 211 Writing Titles Card Activity 215 Parts of Speech [Conjunctions] Organizer ~ Pamphlet Fold 222 Correlative Conjunction Activity 227 Synonym/Antonym Organizer ~ 2 Flaps Flip 235 Word Maps 240 Analogy Activity 243 Credits 263 ~ Page 5 Gay Miller ~ Lesson Plans at a Glance Read Vocabulary Vocabulary Practice Book Comprehension Constructed Response Question Skill Practice Chapters 1-5 maniac suffice Page 1 Chapters 1-5 >Cause and Effect >Character Traits Prefixes Organizers non- inter- Chapters 6-11 allergy finicky Page 2 Page 3 (Review) Chapters 6-11 >Summarizing >Comparing Characters Suffixes Organizers less -ment Chapters 12-16 grates solitude Page 4 Chapters 12-16 >Dialect >Setting Prefix and Suffix I Have, Who Has Chapters 17-21 ranting contortions Page 5 Page 6 (Review)

4 Chapters 17-21 >Character Change >Problem & Solution Chain Root Word Organizers ped pod hypo sub Chapters 22-26 rickety repertoire Page 7 Chapters 22-26 >Point of View >Mood Root Word BINGO Chapters 27-32 preposterous languished Page 8 page 9 (Review) Chapters 27-32 >Timeline >Course of Action Figurative Language Organizer & Foot Idioms Activity Chapters 33-36 replicas desolation Page 10 Chapters 33-36 >Comparing Settings >Figurative Language Context Clues Organizer & Activities Chapters 37-41 feats extort Page 11 Page 12 (Review) Chapters 37-41 > Characters >Figurative Language Writing Titles Organizer, Lesson, and Activity Chapters 42-46 gauntlet illusion Pages 13-14 pages 15-16 (Review) Chapters 42-46 >Theme > Story Map Conjunction Organizer & Activity Vocabulary Test > Comparing the Book to the Movie >Comparing Books Synonym/ Antonym Organizer Analogy Activity ~ Page 6 Gay Miller ~ Chapters 1-5 maniac (adj) - a person exhibiting extreme symptoms of wild behavior, especially when violent and dangerous.

5 Synonyms: fanatic, freak From Chapter 8 Nobody knows who said it first, but somebody must have: "Kid's gotta be a maniac." And somebody else must have said: "Yeah, reg'lar maniac." And somebody else: "Yeah." And that was it. Nobody (except Amanda Beale) had any other name for him, so pretty soon, when they wanted to talk about the new kid, that's what they called him: Maniac. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ suffice (verb) - used to indicate that one is saying enough to make one's meaning clear while withholding something for reasons of discretion or brevity. synonyms: do, serve, be sufficient, be enough Chapter 5 - Suffice it to say that occasionally, even today, if some poor, raggedy, nicotine- stained wretch is seen shuffling through town, word will spread that this once was a bright, happy, normal child who had the misfortune of blundering onto Finsterwald's property.

6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapters 6-11 allergy (noun) - a damaging immune response by the body to a substance, especially pollen, fur, a particular food, or dust, to which it has become hypersensitive Chapter 10 - They took him to the doctor. The doctor took a look and said it wasn't chicken pox and it wasn't measles. He said it might be an allergy. He asked what the boy had had for dinner. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Page 7 Gay Miller ~ ~ Page 8 Gay Miller ~ Vocabulary Review Match the correct vocabulary word from column two to the sentence it completes in column one by writing the letter associated with the word in front of its sentence. 1. _____ The magician performed one --- after another. a. replicas 2. _____ Walking through historic Savannah on a holiday feels like running the.

7 B. desolation 3. _____ On our trip out west, we saw --- of Native American dwellings at Mesa Verde. c. feat 4. _____ Making a perfect score on Mr. Jones s test is a --- few can achieve. d. extorted 5. _____ The early pioneers had to travel through miles of --- to reach California. e. gauntlet 6. _____ The robber --- jewels from all the ladies at the gathering. f. illusion Chapters 1 5 1. Is suffice used correctly in the sentences below? True or False _____ Cereal and milk will suffice for dinner. _____ He looked nice, but normally he would have worn a suffice for the occasion. _____ Suffice to say, he was the fastest runner in three counties. 2. Circle six words in the box that are synonyms of maniac. sane lunatic loony rational nutcase commonsensical freak wise mental case normal madman sound 3. Suffice to say or suffice it to say are idioms dating back to the 1300 s.

8 The idiom means it is enough to say this and no more. Write a sentence using this idiom. _____ _____ _____ _____ Page 16 Page 1 ~ Page 9 Gay Miller ~ Vocabulary Review Match the correct vocabulary word from column two to the sentence it completes in column one by writing the letter associated with the word in front of its sentence. 1. ____f____ The magician preformed one --- after another. a. replicas 2. ____e____ Walking through historic Savannah on a holiday feels like running the ---. b. desolation 3. ____a____ On our trip out west, we saw --- of Native American dwellings at Mesa Verde. c. feat 4. ____c____ Making a perfect score on Mr. Jones s test is a --- few can achieve. d. extorted 5. ____b____ The early pioneers had to travel through miles of --- to reach California. e. gauntlet 6. ____d____ The robber --- jewels from all the ladies at the gathering.

9 F. illusion Chapters 1 5 1. Is suffice used correctly in the sentences below? True or False _____T_____ Cereal and milk will suffice for dinner. _____F_____ He looked nice, but normally he would have worn a suffice for the occasion. _____T_____ Suffice to say, he was the fastest runner in three counties. 2. Circle six words in the box that are synonyms of maniac. sane lunatic loony rational nutcase commonsensical freak wise mental case normal madman sound 3. Suffice to say or suffice it to say are idioms dating back to the 1300 s. The idiom means it is enough to say this and no more. Write a sentence using this idiom. _____ _____ _____ _____ Page 16 Page 1 ~ Page 10 Gay Miller ~ Comprehension This section contains a one page printable comprehension practice for each reading selection. The chart below is the key to the types of questions for the comprehension questions.

10 The section also contains Constructed Response exercises. The Constructed Response pages that are chapter specific list the chapters they should be used with. If chapter numbers are not listed, the questions are flexible and may be used at different points in the story. Types of Questions Key detail / inference main idea / summarizing / theme character/ setting / plot / events word meaning / figurative language text structure point of view different forms of the same story compare and contrast ~ Page 11 Gay Miller ~ Option 1 Have students use the graphic organizer for notes. Notice the notes are not in complete sentences. Glue the organizer to the left side of the notebook page. On the right side of the notebook, students use the notes to write the details in paragraph form. Option 2 Students complete the organizer by writing complete sentences or with more detail.