Silver,+Abby

As a student I can help reduce my ecolodgical footprint by using less plastic bags, like sandwich bags. For example, if you pack a sandwich at lunch, instead of wasting a plastic bags, you can use those little wonder boxes to reduce the use of plastic bags so you don't waste them.

[|animoto] [|xtranormal]
 * Realistic || Unrealistic ||
 * Became an orphan || Being all alone for 51 weeks and surviving ||
 * Lived with his aunt and uncle || Running away from home at 11 ||
 * Helped a kid get out of a crazy neighbor's yard || Running 200 miles ||
 * Said Hi to strangers || Was the only white person in the east side of town ||


 * The Amazing Feats of Maniac Magee ||
 * Chapter 2: Maniac ran 200 miles in 51 weeks all alone with no one to take car of him. ||
 * Chapter 3: Maniac borrowed a book from a girl in the east end and that side of town is mostly black and Maniac is white. ||
 * Chapter 4: Maniac intercepted Brian's pass with one hand and Brian is in high school, Maniac is only 11. ||
 * Chapter 5: Maniac rescued Arnold Jones from the Finsterwald's backayard, after a group of high schoolers threw him over the fence. ||
 * Chapter 5:Maniac sat on the forbidden steps. ||
 * 6. Maniac ate dinner with the Pickwells and they didn't even notice. When they finally noticed he was gone. He was running and running with a book in his hand. ||
 * 7. Maniac came to the baseball field and saw McNabb throwing pitches and striking everyone out. Manaic walked onto the field, held up a bat, and McNabb threw the pitch and Maniac hit it. He was the only one who ever hit McNabb's pitches. ||
 * 8. Maniac found a shed to live in for a couple days and it was near deer so he ate what the deer ate. ||
 * 9. The Cobras were chasing Maniac, trying to beat him up, Maniac ran and ran and got away. ||
 * 10. Maniac took a bite out of Mars Bar's candy bar and stood up to his glare. ||
 * Chapter 20: Maniac untied Cobble's knot. ||
 * Chapter 36: Maniac stood in finsterwald's backyard for 10 minutes and then knocked on the door. ||
 * Chapter 37: Maniac hit a telephone pole 61 times with a stone. ||
 * Chapter 37: Maniac raced the train and beat it because he ran so fast. ||
 * Chapter 37: Maniac walked barefoot through the dump. ||
 * Chapter 37: Maniac stuck his arm into a mysterious hole that no one would ever put there hand in even if it was their most prized possession. ||
 * Chapter 37: Maniac climbed the zoo fence and kissed a baby buffalo. ||
 * Chapter 38: Maniac goes into the east end. ||
 * Chapter 38: Maniac beat Mars Bar in a race running backwards. ||
 * Chapter 39: Maniac comes back to the west end from the east end. ||

__**Chapter 17 Questions:**__ 1. Why would the old man tell Maniac to go back where he came from? 2. Who do you think wrote Fishbelly on Amanda's house? __**Chapter 17 Answers:**__ 1. The old man told Maniac to go back where he came from because he see Maniac in the east end with the black when he should be in the west end because he's white. 2. The old man because wrote fishbelly on Amanda's house because he was calling Maniac a fishbelly because he wanted him in the west end because he was white and he didn't agree to have him in the east end. __**Chapter 18 Questions:**__ 1. Why did Maniac make Amanda so mad when they were talking?How did he repond to the questions she asked him? 2. Why would Amanda go out and ride her bike looking for Maniac until dark? __**Chapter 18 Answers:**__ 1.Maniac made Amanda so mad when they were talking because whatever question Amanda asked Maniac he had an answer. Maniac reponded by answering each question. For example, Amanda asked "Where would you go to the bathroom?" Maniac said in bushes and by Mcdonalds. Amanda asked him questions on how he would survive and Maniac knew each because he survived 51 weeks all alone. 2. Amanda went out to ride her bike looking for Maniac until dark because she cared about him. They were becoming great friends and she didn't want him gone. __**Chapter 19 Questions:**__ 1. Why was Cobble's Knot so important? 2. How do you think Mr. Cobble will react if Maniac unties the knot? __**Chapter 19 Answers:**__ 1.Cobble's Knot was so important because no one could ever untie it. Mr. Cobble had prizes if someone untied it. 2. If Maniac unties the knot Mr. Cobble will be astonished. He will be so excited that finally someone has untied that knot after all this time. __**Chapter 20 Questions:**__ 1. Why did Maniac untie the knot? Who encouraged him? 2. How did the town react when they saw the string without a knot in it? 1. Maniac untied the knot because he would be in the newspaper and everyone would think he is a hero and they would'nt care if he was white and want him to leave. 2. The town oooooed and ahhhhhhed in amazment. They saw only a string no knot to untie anymore. __**Chapter 21 Questions:**__ 1. Why would anyone want to ruin Amanda's Encylopedia A? 2. Why did Maniac run away from town? __**Chapter 21 Answers:**__ 1. Someone would want to ruin Amanda's Encyclopedia A because they wanted Maniac to leave, so they ruined something that was hers so he would leave. 2. Maniac ran away from town because he didn't want the Beale's to get hurt anymore. People wanted Maniac to leave town, so Maniac left so that the Beale's won't get hurt anymore. __**Chapter 22 Questions**__ 1. Do you think that Maniac could handle living in a buffalo pen?If yes why? 2. Do you think Maniac will end up living with Grayson? If no why? __**Chapter 22 Answers:**__ 1. Maniac could handle living in a buffalo pen. He could handle living in a buffalo pen because he survived 51 weeks all alone and now could live anywhere and face anything. 2. Maniac won't end up living with Grayson because he won't forget about the Beales. Maniac knows he shouldn't go back to them, but hecares for them too much not to see them again. __**Chapter 23 Questions:**__ 1. How come Maniac didn't want to go to school? 2. Why did Maniac want to stay in the baseball room? __**Chapter 23 Answers:**__ 1. Maniac didn't want to go to school because to him school was like a day home, but it couldn't be your own adress. He would see all the kids leaving and going home to their adress when Maniac didn't have one at all. 2. Maniac wanted to stay in the baseball room because he likes laying on hard floors. For example, at Amanda's house, instead of sleeping on the bed, he slept on the floor. __**Chapter 24 Questions**__ 1. Why do you think Grayson lines baseball fields? 2. Why was Grayson so suprised to find out that blacks were the same as whites? __**Chapter 24 Answers:**__ 1. Grayson lines baseball fields because he said when he was a kid he wanted to be a baseball player. Grayson probably wasn't good enough so he lined them. 2.Grayson was so suprised to find out that blacks were the same as whites because they were separated. All he ever heard was bad things about blacks so he never knew. __**Chapter 25 Questions:**__ 1. How do you think Grayson feels about Maniac? 2. Do you think Maniac will go to school? If so why? __**Chapter 25 Answers:**__ 1. Grayson has good feelings about Maniac. Grayson cares about Maniac and he makes Grayson happy and gives him company. 2. Maniac will go to school. He will end up going to school because i think that he will start to live with Grayson. Maniac will have an adress so he will be able to go home when he goes to school. __**Chapter 26 Questions:**__ 1. How hard do you think life would be if you were Grayson's age and you couldn't read? 2. Do you think Maniac needs to go to school? __**Chapter 26 Answers:**__ 1. If I was Grayson's age and couldn't read it would be a hard life. I wouldn't be able to read the names of store and food I need. I wouldn't be very smart if I couldn't read. 2. Maniac doesn't need to go to school because he gets books at the library everyday. That makes him smarter and like he is really going to school. __**Chapter 27 Questions:**__ 1. How do you think Grayson feels because he is finally reading? 2. Why did Grayson want to learn how to read? __**Chapter 27 Answers:**__ 1. Grayson feels excited that he can finally read. Since he is learning by the time he's done his life will be so much simplier because he can read and reading comes in his everyday life. 2. Grayson wanted to learn how to read because he never knew. He wanted to be smarter and read so he can do the thing he has to do everyday without complications. __**Chapter 28 Questions:**__ 1. Do you think Maniac will end up living with Grayson? Why or why not? 2. At the end of the book why do you think Grayson said "When something good happens to you, you say Amen."? __**Chapter 28 Answers:**__ 1. Maniac will end up living with Grayson. He will end up living with Grayson because they care about each other and Maniac loves Grayson like he is his grandfather. 2. At the end of the book Grayson said " When something good happens to you, you say Amen." He says that because the good thing was that he found Maniac and Maniac is a big part of his life now and he was grateful to have him. __**Chapter 29 Questions:**__ 1. Why do you think Maniac painted 101 at Band Shell Boulevard? 2. Why was Maniac's Thanksgiving the best he ever had? __**Chapter 29 Answers:**__ 1. Maniac painted 101 at Band Shell Boulevard because Maniac might want to live there. Since he might want to live there he wrote on it because he is happy he will have an adress. 2. It was the best Thanksgiving Maniac ever had because his old Thanksgivings were with his aunt and uncle who hated each other and sat quietly at the Thanksgiving. Not giving thanks and hating each other. __**Chapter 30 Questions:**__ 1. Why do you think Grayson wanted to move into 101 Band Shell Boulevard? 2. Do you think Grayson will be happy living in the Band Shell Boulevard?` __**Chapter 30 Answers:**__ 1. Grayson wanted to live in 101 Band Shell Boulevard probably because of Maniac. Manaic seemed like he wanted to live there and so Grayson wanted to be with Maniac. 2. Grayson will be happy living in 101 Band Shell Boulevard. Grayson will be happy because he is with Maniac and he cares about him so where ever he is Grayson wants to be with him like he is his grandson. __**Chapter 31 Questions:**__ 1. How do you think Maniac feels about the baseball glove? 2. How do you think Maniac will react when Grayson dies? __**Chapter 31 Answers:**__ 1. Manaic feels honored because that was Grayson's old glove and he played in the minors. It made Maniac feel special and honored that he would give it to him. 2. Maniac will react badly when Grayson dies. Maniac will cry and cry and cry. He will cry and cry and cry because he loved Grayson like a grandfather and know that he is gone Maniac will miss him terribly. __**Chapter 32 Questions:**__ 1. How do you think Maniac feels when he hears the pallbearers talking, saying they didn't want to wait? 2. Why did Maniac run? __**Chapter 32 Answers:**__ 1. Maniac feels upset because what the pallbearers where saying was rude. A mand just died and they were tired of waiting at the funeral, saying they wanted donuts. It was rude and probably made Maniac feel upset. 2. Maniac ran because the minister still wasn't there. Maniac was tired of hearing what the pallbearers were saying. __**Acrostic Poem 1/19/11**__
 * __Chapter 20 Answers:__**
 * J**umbles himself into books
 * E**njoys the Beale's
 * F**elt happy in the Beale's home
 * F**riendly towards people
 * R**unning is his favorite thing to do
 * E**njoys reading Amanda's books
 * Y**eah he is awesome because he untied Cobbles Knot

=**1/26/11 100/A+ Good job Abby..not all of the events need to be on your amazing feat table; just the examples that made Maniac a legend.**=

__**Character Analysis**__ __**Piper:**__ Piper is a little boy. He is a troublemaker because his brother and him stole candy. Piper is a dirty person and so is his family. They are dirty because their house was disguisting. Maniac said he had never seen a house like Piper's. There was a hole that 2 people could fit into and the house smelled. Also, Maniac thought they were rasins, but all around the house was roaches. Piper is recklass like Russell. They are both almost the same.

__**Russell:**__ Russell is a little boy like Piper and is Piper's brother. Russell doesn't know any better to do things that are wrong because no one has told him right from wrong. McNabb is their brother and he is a rude person. Russell is recklass. He is recklass becuase when Maniac was at his house Russell peed on the floor and told Piper to clean if up instead of him. Also, Russell is recklass because him and Piper were fighting over the same whopper and they spilled sauce all over.