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 * My three brothers told me that my fourth grade teacher yelled alot. || Yet my fourth grade teacher yelled rarely for a good reason. ||
 * My friends that [[file:Survival.docx]]had her toold me she was dull and boring. || But she was very radiant and was ample but she was boring. ||
 * My brothers also gave me the illusion that she was vague and you could never get good grades with her because she was such a bad teacher. || Her voice was as clear as day and I had all A's in her class. ||
 * My friends that were going to have her visualized her as evil and some one who hates children. || She loved children in fact she had six of her own. ||
 * In chapter 1 of the story Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Jeffery made the accomplishment of finally creating the courage to get away from his aunt and uncle. || In chapter 2 of the story Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Jeffery made
 * In chapter 3 of the story Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Jeffery makes a new friend. || In chapter 4 of the story Maniac Magee Jeffery read a book while he caught a high school football across a football field. ||
 * Chapter || The Amazing Feats ||
 * Two || He ran 200 miles which took him 51 weeks. Once Jeffrey stopped running, he ended up in Two Mills. As he passed through people on the side walk the just said, "Hi.", and people looked at him thinking he's crazy ||
 * Four || As Jeffrey ran off he interferes with a football practice and catches the football with one hand while holding the book in the other hand. ||
 * Five || While passing Jeffrey finds a boy, Arnold, on the Finsterwald's backyard and not knowing about the house Jeffrey goes in and carries out Arnold and sets him on the front porch of the house. While Arnold runs, Jeffrey opens his book and reads. ||
 * Six || Jeffrey runs onto the steel railroad track after sneaking a meal with the Picklewells. ||
 * Seven || In chapter seven, Jeffrey gets into a Little League game with a record holding 170 pound giant, John McNabb. Jeffrey start swinging and puts a tattoo on McNabb's record. ||
 * Ten || Maniac encounters Mars Bar and Mars Bar asks if he wants a bite, Maniac takes a bite and every thing goes down hill from there. Mars Bar then take the book Maniac borrowed from Amanda and when Mars Bar rips a page out Maniac asks for it back but Mars Bar refuses. Mars Bar comes across a lady and tells him to give it to Maniac but not before crumbling it up and throwing it on the ground. ||
 * Fourteen || Maniac scored 49 touchdowns in football. ||
 * Twenty-One || Maniac untied Kobble's Knot within couple hours and most people seem to fail at it. ||
 * Twenty- Eight || Maniac tought Graysonhow to read little books. ||
 * Thirty- One || Maniac made a book out of construction paper and gave it to Grayson to read. ||
 * Thirty-Three || Maniac ran after Grayson's funeral and went everywhere near Two Mills and then ended up at Valley Forge. ||

accomplishment of growing the courage to leave his miserable life at his aunt and uncle's home. || One || across a football field. || Two ||
 * In the story Maniac Magg by Jerry Spinelli Jeffery made the
 * In this chapter Jeffery read a book while he caught a high school football
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Chapter 16: 1. Maniac Magee is blind because he does not see the difference between blacks and whites. For example in the story Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Maniac didn't notice that he l ived with a black family, he felt that the Beale were his own. Chapter 17: 1. A race is the culture or color of your skin. In which Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli they are using race as the color of your skin. 2. In the activity I did pretty well with some of the cultures but some of them I only got one right. For example in the Latino section (which is my own kind) I only got two rights. But in the Asian section I got all four of them right! With those results I would say I did a pretty good job. 3. It is silly to categorize someone because they could have more than one races. For example I am Venezuelan, Italian, Greek, and a tiny bit of British. 4. Racism is when someone judges another person by their culture or religion. For example if someone were to exclude someone because of their skin color.

Chapter 19: 1. Cobble’s knot in Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli is the biggest knot on the East End and no one could untie it, not even J.J. Thorndike or Fingers Halloway could untie Cobble’s knot. Plus it was the size and the shape of a lopsided volleyball. 2. Cobble’s knot was impossible to work with. For example in the story Maniac Magee The author describes the knot like, “It was made of string, but it had more contortions, ins and outs, twists and turns, and dips and doodles than the brain of Albert Einstein.” Therefore this knot was a nightmare and refused to be untied. Chapter 20: 1. I believe that in the story Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Maniac was successful because he had the knot knowledge, he and the brain, and most importantly he had the patients. All those people who tried before Maniac had none of those skills. Chapter 21: 1. Mars Bar and the cobras are very alike because in the story Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Mars Bar and the Cobras hated Maniac because he was taking away their cool. For example in the story everybody thinks that Maniac is so cool because of his insane talent in football and hitting John Mcnabb's throws. Also that Maniac was not scared of them which made them furious. For example in the story Maniac knew that Mars Bar and the Cobras ruined the encyclopedia A. Therefore he went straight to them to face the groups by himself. To add to that the only difference between Mar Bars and the Cobras was the color of their skin. Chapter 22: 1. Grayson in the story Maniac Magee is a nice middle aged man. He also is very ample and generous even to Maniac in the bad condition he was in.

Chapter 23: 1. “The shower needles stung his scratches, but it was a good, welcome-back-to-town stinging.” Why do think that Maniac felt this way about taking his hour shower? 2. Why do you think Grayson paused when Maniac offered to work at his job? 1. I think that Maniac felt this way because he remembered how he loved taking showers with Hester and Lester. Therefore it made him feel happy and more at home. (The Beale’s house.) 2. I think that Grayson paused because he did not want him to work with him. Also because he would not want to get fired bringing in a little kid to work. Chapter 24: 1. How do think Grayson reacted at Maniac’s appetite? 2. Why did Grayson seem so shocked when Maniac told him about the Beale’s?

1. Grayson reacted very shocked about how much Maniac could eat. He also reacted very amazed at how much food he could stick in that small person. 2. Grayson was shocked because he had never heard such a family like the Beale’s. Also because he might have remembered his own child hood and how he lived. Chapter 25: 1. What does the first paragraph of chapter 25 tell you about Grayson? 2. Why do you think that Grayson ran out of the restaurant on Maniac?

1. The first paragraph tells you how ample Grayson is. It also tells you how much Grayson is getting use to Maniac. 2. I think that he ran out on him because he might have been keeping a secret. Also because he might have not wanted to tell Maniac something.

Chapter 26: 1. Why do you think that Maniac changes his mind about going to school? 2. “So why don’t you go ahead and teach me how to read?” What would you say the author is trying to do in that sentence? 1. I think that he changes his mind because he wants to learn, he is curious. For example, in the story Maniac goes out with the money Grayson gives him and buys books instead of buying Krimpets. 2. He foreshadowed in that sentence to make the readers think about the book a little more. For example that could mean that Grayson is not very smart.

Chapter 28: 1. Would you say that Grayson and Maniac are almost like family? Why or why not? 2. How do you think that Maniac feels toward Grayson?

1. I would say that they are almost like family in the story Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. For example in the story Grayson had bought Maniac everything he needed and he treated him like a brother. 2. I think that Maniac feels very close to him and he was the brother Maniac never had. Chapter 29: 1. In the last paragraph of chapter 29 why did Maniac paint the address of Grayson’s house on the front door? 2. Why did Maniac look around the football field for Mrs. Beale when he began to talk trash to Hands Down? 1. He wrote that on the front of the door in the book Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli because he finally had an address again. 2. Maniac looked around for Mrs. Beale because he knew that she absolutely hated him talking trash. Chapter 30: 1. Do you think that Maniac is experiencing his first happy Christmas? 2. Do you think that Maniac will be living Grayson for longer period of time? 1. Yes he is or at least his first happy Christmas in a long time. For example Maniac had to live miserably with his aunt and uncle and finally he has a happy Christmas. 2. I think that Maniac will have another problem with Mars Bar or John McNabb and will run again. I say this because that’s what happens to Maniac every place he stayed. Chapter 31: 1. Why do you think that Grayson gave his baseball mitt to Maniac? 2. What do you think Maniac will do without Grayson now that he is dead? 1. I think that he gave it to Maniac because he first, loved baseball. Second, because Grayson thought that a wonderful baseball player like Maniac should have it. 2. I think that Maniac will run again and return to the Beale’s. Also he might go back to the buffalo pin to live there again. Chapter 32: 1. How did Maniac feel when Grayson died? 2. Why did Maniac randomly start running down the street? 1. He was terrified when he first touched Grayson’s cold hand and also very sad when he noticed that he was gone. 2. I think he started to run to find the minister. Also he could have been starting to run to find a new home.


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