Tuesday, 1/20/04 -- Seventh Grade
Copy homework into assignment book.
120 seconds!
Read "MFN" aloud to page 152 ("Let's get out of here...")
Finish silently.
Quiz for after.
  1. What's a piazza? (p150)
  2. Why is Robert disappointed when Jeff tells him his family came from Boston looking for work? (p145)
  3. (Quote) Why doesn't Robert ever have Jefferson come over to his neighborhood?
  4. (Quote) Why is Nutsy afraid of Jefferson?
  5. Quote the sentence on page 149 where Robert comes back out of the flashback about meeting Jefferson.
  6. (2) What was Robert's "bright idea" for the raid? What was he thinking?
  7. Why do the Midnight Raiders start throwing their vegetables? a) For fun. b) For revenge. c) Because they panicked. d) To hear the "satisfying squish of a tomato hitting its target."
  8. Robert doesn't run from Nutsy at the end probably because...a) He wasn't scared of Nutsy any more. b) Jeff had taught him to stand up to bullies. c) He felt he "deserved" it. d) He knew he'd be caught anyway, and Nutsy would beat him up even more.
  9. "I found myself staring into the eyes of Jefferson Johnson Stone." (p152) explain what you think each boy is thinking at that moment.
  10. What effect do you think the events of the story will have on Robert? Has he changed as a person? In what ways? What makes you think so?