CH F AP REE TE ! RS 1- Scribblit Writing and Literature for the Common Core 2 Table of Contents Journal Prompts/Discussion Questions 3 Vocabulary Activities, Quizzes, Answer Keys 6-11 Comprehension Questions/Guided Notes 12-13 Comprehension Question Answer Keys 14-15 Usage Guide 16 Credits 17 2 Journal Prompts/Discussion Questions Chapter 1: The narrator has conflicting feelings about his dad, why do you think he both wanted his dad to go to jail forever and also to have him home now? Chapter 1: The narrator spends every day watching people work out at the gym for entertainment. What do you think the author is trying to tell us about the narrator by including this detail? Chapter 1: The narrator describes how he and his dad eat sunflower seeds very differently, what do you think that these two ways of eating the seeds tell us about the differences in the their personalities? Chapter 2: Compare and contrast Lu and Ghost. In what ways are they similar? In what ways are they different? Chapter 2: In what ways do you think Ghost will be able to help The Defenders? In ways do you think that being on The Defenders will help Ghost? 3 Name: ________________________ Date: _________________ Vocabulary 1 Word Part of Speech Definition Sentence lope verb To run in a relaxed way with long strides Most of the runners sprinted across the finish line but Sunny just loped in after them. jeer verb To criticize in a loud, angry way The crowd jeered at the performer when he messed up on stage. An unpleasant smile noun smirk verb To smile in an unpleasant way because you are pleased with yourself The boy had a smirk on his face when he tripped his classmate. The girl smirked when she beat her rival in soccer. The boy won an award for exemplary behavior and work ethic. exemplary adjective Extremely good, deserving to be an example altercation noun A noisy, angry argument The kids got into an altercation when they started arguing with each other. scoff verb To laugh at or talk about in a way that shows disrespect. My brother scoffed at my idea to start a lemonade business, he didn’t think it would make any money. wince verb To make a face showing pain or embarrassment I winced when I got my flu shot, the needle pinched! adrenaline noun a substance that is released in the body of a person who is feeling a strong emotion and causes the heart to beat faster I love the rush of adrenaline that I feel when I ride on roller coasters. procrastinate verb To put off doing something until the last minute I know I can get all of my work done as long as I don’t procrastinate. 4 Name: ________________________ Date: _________________ Directions: Use context clues from the sentence to guess the meaning of each word from chapters 1-4 Then use a dictionary or computer to find the real definition. 1) Vocabulary 1 lope jeered smirked exemplary scoffed wince adrenaline procrastinate altercation A group of dogs were racing down the hill at the park, but my dog just casually loped after them, not even trying to keep up. I think lope means: _______________________________________________________________ Actual definition: __________________________________________________________________ Part of speech: 2) noun verb adjective adverb The audience began to jeer at the comedian’s terrible joke. I think jeer means: ________________________________________________________________ Actual definition: __________________________________________________________________ Part of speech: 3) noun verb adjective adverb The boy had a smirk on his face when I fell for his prank. I think smirk means: ______________________________________________________________ Actual definition: __________________________________________________________________ Part of speech: 4) noun verb adjective adverb I won an award for exemplary behavior in school this year. I think exemplary means: _________________________________________________________ Actual definition: __________________________________________________________________ Part of speech: 5) noun verb adjective adverb I got into trouble with my parents after my brother and I got into an altercation. I think altercation means: _________________________________________________________ Actual definition: __________________________________________________________________ Part of speech: noun verb adjective adverb 5 Name: ________________________ Date: _________________ Directions: Use context clues from the sentence to guess the meaning of each word from chapters 1-4 Then use a dictionary or computer to find the real definition. 6) Vocabulary 1 lope jeered smirked exemplary scoffed wince adrenaline procrastinate altercation I was really proud of my grades but my sister just scoffed at me told me that hers were higher. I think scoff means: _______________________________________________________________ Actual definition: __________________________________________________________________ Part of speech: 7) noun verb adjective adverb I winced when I stubbed my toe on the door. I think wince means: ______________________________________________________________ Actual definition: __________________________________________________________________ Part of speech: 8) noun verb adjective adverb I got a rush of adrenaline when I went skydiving. I think adrenaline means: _________________________________________________________ Actual definition: __________________________________________________________________ Part of speech: 9) noun verb adjective adverb I try to get my work done right away and don’t want to procrastinate so that I have finish everything at the last minute I think procrastinate means: ______________________________________________________ Actual definition: __________________________________________________________________ Part of speech: noun verb adjective adverb 6 Name: ________________________ Date: _________________ Directions: Write a sentence using each vocabulary word, make sure you show that you understand the meaning of the word in your sentence. 1) Vocabulary 1 lope jeered smirked exemplary scoffed wince adrenaline procrastinate altercation _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 2) _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 3) _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 4) _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 5) _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 6) _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 7) _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 8) _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 9) _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 7 Name: ________________________ FORM A Date: _________________ Directions: Fill in the blank with one of the words below. Each word is used only once. Vocabulary 1 lope jeered smirked exemplary scoffed wince adrenaline procrastinate altercation 1. The kid who pulled the fire alarm _________________ until he got caught on the security cameras. 2. I tried not to __________________ when the nurse removed a splinter from my palm. 3. We watched the horses ___________________ across the field. They looked so relaxed and happy. 4. I’ve never been in trouble, my behavior is _______________________________. 5. We stopped bringing our dog to the park after he got into an _______________________ with another dog. 6. I love going on scary rides to feel the rush of _______________________________! 7. I wanted to try out for the baseball team but my brother just _________________ and told me that I’ll never make it. 8. Try to get your work done now; please don’t __________________________________. 9. The fans ___________________ at the opposing team as the took the field, yelling trash talk and boos. _________________________________________________________________ Directions: Fill in the blank with one or more of the parts of speech below. Each word may be used more than once. noun verb adverb adjective 1. lope ______________ 6. scoff ______________ 2. jeer ______________ 7. wince ______________ 3. smirk ______________ 8. adrenaline ______________ 4. exemplary ______________ 9. procrastinate ______________ 5. altercation ______________ 8 Name: ________________________ FORM B Date: _________________ Directions: Fill in the blank with one of the words below. Each word is used only once. wince smirked Vocabulary 1 altercation exemplary lope 1. The kid who pulled the fire alarm _________________ until he got caught on the security cameras. 2. I tried not to __________________ when the nurse removed a splinter from my palm. 3. We watched the horses ___________________ across the field. They looked so relaxed and happy. 4. I’ve never been in trouble, my behavior is _______________________________. 5. We stopped bringing our dog to the park after he got into an _______________________ with another dog. jeered scoffed adrenaline procrastinate 6. I love going on scary rides to feel the rush of _______________________________! 7. I wanted to try out for the baseball team but my brother just _________________ and told me that I’ll never make it. 8. Try to get your work done now; please don’t __________________________________. 9. The fans ___________________ at the opposing team as the took the field, yelling trash talk and boos. _________________________________________________________________ Directions: Fill in the blank with one or more of the parts of speech below. Each word may be used more than once. noun adjective 1. smirk ______________ 3. adrenaline ______________ 2. altercation ______________ 4. exemplary ______________ verb adverb 5. wince ______________ 8. jeer ______________ 6. smirk ______________ 9. scoff ______________ 7. lope ______________ 10. procrastinate ______________ 9 Name: ________________________ FORM A Date: _________________ Directions: Fill in the blank with one of the words below. Each word is used only once. Vocabulary 1 lope jeered smirked exemplary scoffed wince adrenaline procrastinate altercation 1. smirked The kid who pulled the fire alarm _________________ until he got caught on the security cameras. 2. wince I tried not to __________________ when the nurse removed a splinter from my palm. 3. lope We watched the horses ___________________ across the field. They looked so relaxed and happy. 4. exemplary I’ve never been in trouble, my behavior is _______________________________. 5. altercation We stopped bringing our dog to the park after he got into an _______________________ with another dog. 6. adrenaline I love going on scary rides to feel the rush of _______________________________! 7. scoffed I wanted to try out for the baseball team but my brother just _________________ and told me that I’ll never make it. 8. procrastinate Try to get your work done now; please don’t __________________________________. 9. jeered The fans ___________________ at the opposing team as the took the field, yelling trash talk and boos. _________________________________________________________________ Directions: Fill in the blank with one or more of the parts of speech below. Each word may be used more than once. noun verb adverb adjective 1. lope verb 6. scoff verb 2. jeer verb 7. wince verb 3. smirk verb/noun 8. adrenaline noun 4. exemplary adjective 9. procrastinate verb 5. altercation noun 10 Name: ________________________ FORM B Date: _________________ Directions: Fill in the blank with one of the words below. Each word is used only once. wince smirked Vocabulary 1 altercation exemplary lope 1. smirked The kid who pulled the fire alarm _________________ until he got caught on the security cameras. 2. wince I tried not to __________________ when the nurse removed a splinter from my palm. 3. lope We watched the horses ___________________ across the field. They looked so relaxed and happy. exemplary I’ve never been in trouble, my behavior is _______________________________. 4. altercation We stopped bringing our dog to the park after he got into an _______________________ with another dog. 5. jeered scoffed adrenaline procrastinate 6. adrenaline I love going on scary rides to feel the rush of _______________________________! 7. scoffed I wanted to try out for the baseball team but my brother just _________________ and told me that I’ll never make it. procrastinate Try to get your work done now; please don’t __________________________________. 8. jeered The fans ___________________ at the opposing team as the took the field, yelling trash talk and boos. 9. _________________________________________________________________ Directions: Fill in the blank with one or more of the parts of speech below. Each word may be used more than once. noun adjective 1. smirk noun 3. adrenaline noun 2. altercation noun 4. exemplary adjective verb adverb 5. wince verb 8. jeer verb 6. smirk verb 9. scoff verb 7. lope verb 10. procrastinate verb 11 Name: ____________________ Date: _____________ Chapter 1: World Records 1) What snack does Ghost buy five days a week? ______________________________________ 2) Why is it that Mr. Charles is always yelling and everyone is always yelling at Mr. Charles? ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Why does Ghost go to the bus stop every day? _____________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 4) How do Ghost and his father eat sunflower seeds differently? _______________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 5) What does Ghost’s father do that shows that he “ain’t got two good words in him”? _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 6) How did Ghost learn how to run? ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 7) Name 5 character traits that describe Mr. Charles: __________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8) What is Ghost’s relationship with Mr. Charles like? Provide three examples to support your answer: _______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 9) What do we know about Ghost so far? Include at least 4 important facts that we know about him. ___________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 12 Name: ____________________ Date: _____________ Chapter 2: World Record for the Fastest Tryout Ever 1) What are The Defenders? __________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2) Describe how each of the “newbies” (Lu, Sunny, and Patina) run: ___________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Make a prediction: Why do you think Coach said “We’ll see who’s laughing when we get to the mile” after Sunny runs? __________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 4) Why does Ghost decide to run alongside Lu? _______________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 5) How does Coach react when Ghost goes to run alongside Lu? ______________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 6) What is Ghost’s real name? _________________________________________________________ 7) Why did Ghost give himself his nickname? __________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 8) How does Ghost respond when Coach asks him to join the team? ___________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 9) Make an inference: Why do people “treat him funny” when Ghost tells them where he lives? ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 10) Why doesn’t Ma want Ghost to join The Defenders at first? __________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 11) What is the deal that Coach makes with Ma to get Ghost on the team? ______________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 13 Name: ____________________ Date: _____________ Chapter 1: World Records 1) What snack does Ghost buy five days a week? ______________________________________ He buys sunflower seeds. 2) Why is it that Mr. Charles is always yelling and everyone is always yelling at Mr. Charles? ____________________________________________________________________________ Mr. Charles is hard of hearing which means he is almost deaf. _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Why does Ghost go to the bus stop every day? _____________________________________ It is across from a gym with a glass window _____________________________________________________________________________________ where he can watch people struggling on the stair machines. _____________________________________________________________________________________ 4) How do Ghost and his father eat sunflower seeds differently? _______________________ Ghost carefully pulls off the _____________________________________________________________________________________ shells in his mouth and spits them out, his dad would just chew and eat the entire _____________________________________________________________________________________ seed, including the shell. 5) What does Ghost’s father do that shows that he “ain’t got two good words in him”? Ghost’s _____________________________________________________________________________________ father would drink and get mean at night, but one night he got meaner than _____________________________________________________________________________________ he ever had been and he chased Ghost and his mom with a gun and shot at them _____________________________________________________________________________________ while they were running away. 6) How did Ghost learn how to run? ___________________________________________________ The night he ran from his dad the sound of the gunshot _____________________________________________________________________________________ seemed to make his legs go faster. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 7) Name 5 character traits that describe Mr. Charles: __________________________________ Kind, generous, thoughtful, calm, resourceful, ____________________________________________________________________________________ brave, etc 8) What is Ghost’s relationship with Mr. Charles like? Provide three examples to support your answer: _______________________________________________________________________ Ghost has a warm relationship with Mr. Charles. They have a running _____________________________________________________________________________________ joke about buying the sunflower seeds every day. Mr. Charles also gave the _____________________________________________________________________________________ narrator his Guiness Book of World Records which is clearly important to him. Mr. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Charles helped save the narrator and his mom by hiding them in his storage closet _____________________________________________________________________________________ and calling 911 when the dad was chasing them. 9) What do we know about Ghost so far? Include at least 4 important facts that we know about him. ___________________________________________________________________ Ghost loves world records, he eats sunflower seeds for the process _____________________________________________________________________________________ (not the taste), he watches people working out for entertainment, his dad is _____________________________________________________________________________________ in jail for trying to shoot him and his mom, he can run fast, etc. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 14 Name: ____________________ Date: _____________ Chapter 2: World Record for the Fastest Tryout Ever 1) What are The Defenders? __________________________________________________________ The Defenders are one of the best youth track teams In ____________________________________________________________________________________ the city. 2) Describe how each of the “newbies” (Lu, Sunny, and Patina) run: ___________________ Lu is incredibly fast _____________________________________________________________________________________ and really confident, Sunny is very slow but does not seem upset or self-conscious _____________________________________________________________________________________ about being slow, Patina is also fast, she is one of the fastest girls that _____________________________________________________________________________________ Ghost has seen. 3) Make a prediction: Why do you think Coach said “We’ll see who’s laughing when we get to the mile” after Sunny runs? __________________________________________________ Sunny is probably not a sprinter, he is a long distance _____________________________________________________________________________________ runner. 4) Why does Ghost decide to run alongside Lu? _______________________________________ Ghost is annoyed that everyone thinks _____________________________________________________________________________________ that Lu is so great and Lu seems arrogant. Ghost thinks he can run just as _____________________________________________________________________________________ well as Lu. 5) How does Coach react when Ghost goes to run alongside Lu? ______________________ Coach tells him to leave, _____________________________________________________________________________________ it’s a private practice and tryouts were the previous week. _____________________________________________________________________________________ 6) What is Ghost’s real name? _________________________________________________________ Ghost’s real name is Castle Crenshaw. 7) Why did Ghost give himself his nickname? __________________________________________ When Mr. Charles saw him running from _____________________________________________________________________________________ his dad, he looked like he had seen a ghost. 8) How does Ghost respond when Coach asks him to join the team? ___________________ Ghost says no, he ____________________________________________________________________________________ says he’s a basketball player and isn’t interested, plus his mom will say no. 9) Make an inference: Why do people “treat him funny” when Ghost tells them where he lives? ____________________________________________________________________________ Ghost lives in a poorer part of town that has a bad reputation. People _____________________________________________________________________________________ judge him or feel bad for him for living there. _____________________________________________________________________________________ 10) Why doesn’t Ma want Ghost to join The Defenders at first? __________________________ Ma thinks that Ghost has _____________________________________________________________________________________ been having enough trouble as it is and needs to focus on his schoolwork, not _____________________________________________________________________________________ sports. 11) What is the deal that Coach makes with Ma to get Ghost on the team? ______________ Coach says that _____________________________________________________________________________________ Ghost will do his homework and if he gets in trouble even ONCE he’s off the _____________________________________________________________________________________ team. _____________________________________________________________________________________ 15 Usage Guide for Teachers/Parents Journal Prompts/Discussion Questions: ● Mix up using these questions for written response and class discussions. These are meant to be a jumping off point for higher order conversations and ideas. Vocabulary Units Include: ● 1, 2 page activity that provides practice in using context clues to guess the meaning of a word, and then dictionary skills to find the right definition ● Worksheet for practicing using each word in a sentence with the word bank easily available ● 1 page quiz for the list (Has form a written in the top right corner) ● 1 page modified quiz that presents the same content in a modified format for students with IEPs (Has form b written in the top right corner) ● Answer Keys for both versions of the quiz Comprehension Questions: ● These are meant to help students stay on track and monitor their comprehension. They are in the order in which the answers are found in the book. They are designed to help maintain attention to the story and highlight the most important information from each chapter. ● Character Guide ● A graphic organizer for collecting important information about each character in the book. Have students fill this out and add to it as new characters are introduced and as we learn more about the main characters. Comprehension Quizzes: ● 3 Quizzes with essential comprehension questions from each third of the book Character Traits Mini Lesson: ● 1 mini lesson for using Ghost to teach character traits. You can do this lesson multiple times throughout the book to investigate how the author gives us more information about each character and how each character changes throughout the book. Projects ● 2 Creative culminating projects for students to choose from 16 Credits This is a novel study unit for Ghost by Jason Reynolds, which is available wherever books are sold. Other great products can be found in my store: 17
