Lesson 29 — Activity 2: Chapters 22, 23 and 24
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Lesson 29 — Activity 2: Chapters 22, 23, and 24
Read Chapters 22, 23, and 24. Remember to work on the vocabulary activity.
These chapters were pretty difficult ones to read and very sad.
Sometimes writers leave hints to prepare readers for what is coming. Here are some hints that Rodman Philbrick wrote in Chapters 21 – 23 to prepare us for Freak’s death:
Sometimes writers leave hints to prepare readers for what is coming. Here are some hints that Rodman Philbrick wrote in Chapters 21 – 23 to prepare us for Freak’s death:
Gwen said: “No more crazy adventures, or dangerous quests, young man. You have to be careful.”
Freak said: “The bionic research continues, my friend. The work goes on.”
Gwen said: “Maybe he won’t have to stay home,” the fair Gwen says, and she and Gram kind of lock eyeballs for a second, that secret code that mothers have. “This is just in case, Max.”
From Max: “The funny thing is, when at last they do bring out the cake, Freak asks me to flame out the candles while he makes the wish, and then he doesn’t even touch his piece, he just sort of pushes it around the plate.”
From Max and Gwen: “So they’re taking really good care of him?”
“They’re doing their best, Max,” she said.
From Freak himself, once again: “That’s for you,” he says. “I want you to fill it up with our adventures.”
“I won’t have the time, so you’ll have to do it.”
Freak said: “The bionic research continues, my friend. The work goes on.”
Gwen said: “Maybe he won’t have to stay home,” the fair Gwen says, and she and Gram kind of lock eyeballs for a second, that secret code that mothers have. “This is just in case, Max.”
From Max: “The funny thing is, when at last they do bring out the cake, Freak asks me to flame out the candles while he makes the wish, and then he doesn’t even touch his piece, he just sort of pushes it around the plate.”
From Max and Gwen: “So they’re taking really good care of him?”
“They’re doing their best, Max,” she said.
From Freak himself, once again: “That’s for you,” he says. “I want you to fill it up with our adventures.”
“I won’t have the time, so you’ll have to do it.”
Can
you see the words in each of these quotations that warn the reader? In
the next assignment, you will look closely at these quotations and find these
words.