VOCABULARY

1. p.10 Scuttle - run fast/quick

2. p. 11 Cellar - a room below ground level in a house

3. p. 13 Ornithopter - a machine designed to fly

4. p.11 Scraggly - skinny/raggedy

5. p. 12 Huffed - when one is out of breath

6. p. 13 Periodic - once in a while/recurring

7. p.13 Propulsion - item that allows movement forward

Discussion Questions

• How is Max feeling after his first interaction with Freak?

• How can you describe Freak?

• How does Freak sound like when he speaks?

• Describe the relationship between Freak and Max after Max helps Freak.

What type of figurative language is used ?

• “Not the kind of scare that makes your knee bones feel like water...”

• "it starts to get small like the walls are shrinking ..."

• " like right out of a dictionary..."

Written Question

• How does the author appeal to your senses in this chapter? Give examples of sensory language used...

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