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2 Twenty Day Calendar for Freak the Mighty Week 1 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Pre-reading activities- Friendship Give Vocab. sheet for Chap. 1 8; test on Friday. Read Chap. 1 & 2 for tomorrow Chap. 1 &2 quiz. Quote for the Day EXPLORE Max and Kevin Activity Sheet Assign Read 3 & 4 Chap. 3 &4 quiz. Quote for the Day Drawing Max & Kevin Activity Sheet Assign: Read 5 & 6 Chap. 5 & 6 quiz Quote for the Day Inside the Bully s Head Activity Sheet Assign: Read 7& 8 Also, review for Vocab. Test tomorrow. Chap. 7 & 8 quiz Vocab Quiz for chapters 1 8. Quote for the Day Give Vocab sheet for 9 18 quiz next Friday. Assign: Read 9& 10 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Chap. 9 & 10 quiz Quote for the Day What Would You Do? Activity Sheet Assign: Read 11 & 12 Chap. 19 & 20 quiz Quote for the Day Lies, Tales Activity Sheet Assign: Read 21 & 22 In class work time for presentations Reminder: Memoirs Chap. 11 & 12 quiz Quote for the Day Freak the Mighty is MORE Activity Sheet Assign: Read 13 & 14 Chap. 21 & 22 quiz Quote for the Day Can t Judge a Book Activity Sheet Assign: Read 23 & 24 Begin presentations Reminder: Memoirs Chap. 13 & 14 quiz Quote for the Day Kenny Kane Activity Sheet Assign: Read 15 & 16 Chap. 23 & 24 quiz Quote for the Day What Would You Do? Activity Sheet Assignment: Read 25 Continue presentations Reminder: Memoirs Chap. 15 & 16 quiz Quote for the Day Freak s Dictionary Activity Assign: Read 17 &18 Chap. 25 quiz Quote for the Day Go over writing a Memoir Activity Assign: Study for final Vocab test Watch The Mighty Reminder: Memoirs due tomorrow Chap. 17 & 18 quiz Vocab quiz for chapters Quote for the Day Assign: Read 19 & 20 Vocab quiz for chapters In-class work time for presentations Reminder: Memoirs Finish watching the movie. Finish writing Memoirs

3 Discussion Topics; Chapter Summaries Chapter 1, The Unvanquished Truth From whose point of view is this written? We don t know yet, 1 st person, someone who is remembering when he was a kid. Not a happy childhood but we don t know why his grandparents love him, put him in daycare where he first met Kevin. Who did Max live with as a child? His grandparents, his mother s parents. What was his nickname in pre-school/day care?the Kicker in pre-school/day care.being a kicker in daycare is a clue that something is not right-- In 3 rd grade, He was called derogatory names (Maxi pad) by kids in school until I persuaded him otherwise what do you think he did to persuade him otherwise? What else do you know about max he was in L.D. class. How do we learn that Max s mother is dead? he tells of overhearing grandparents in the kitchen talking about his father who married their dear departed daughter. Sounds as if Max didn t really know either one of them.- no tone of sadness. When did Max and Freak meet? the summer before 8 th grade- he moved in down the block Kevin: Hooked on robots and only two feet tall, but already he knew what he wanted.--- do you know what YOU want? Who is Freak s mother? The Fair Gwen of Air. Max gets things mixed up he s L.D. Chapter 2: Up from the Down Under Where does Max live? in the basement he calls the down- under What did Grim have when he was a kid that Max does not have? a sling-shot Max says he doesn t have any ideas he is in the LD class and believes he is dumb. How does max describe their backyard? your basic chunk of chain link heaven-= Is Max HAPPY with his life? how can you tell? Why?He calls his grandfathergrim- he calls himself butthead, describes his basement as smelly and backyard can t mow dirt. Summer after 7 th grade, max is clumsy!! His first meeting with Kevin: Kevin is bossing around the movers; he s afraid his computer will be broken, and Max recognizes him from daycare. When Max sees him and asks him to

4 identify himself, Max is so stunned and clumsy he doesn t answer, and Kevin points his crutch at him and says die earthling. Max is scared of him Kevin REALLY wants him to die!! DOES Kevin really want him to die? Kevin is playing around. The fact that Max thinks he s serious and wants him to die is reflective of Max s state of mind. Something is bothering him, but as of right now we don t know what the fact that he lives with his grandparents should give us a clue as to something being not quite right. WHY does Max live with his grandparents? Predict: What do you think Max s father did that makes Grim so nervous? Chapter 3. American Flyer: Max is scared by Kevin pointing the crutch at him and calling him earthling- not necessarily scared for himself, but that this is tooooooo weird. The importance of first impression! what is Max s first impression of Kevin? What is Kevin s first impression of Max? The 1 st time Max calls him a freak the little freak is when he is dragging a wagon out from the house and trying to get something out of a tree. Why does Max call him a freak? he s looks really weird normal head, little body, braces/crippled, talks funny- robot boy, calls him earthling, can t jump, He puts Kevin in the wagon and tows him over to his house. Kevin seems to enjoy it. Max doesn t talk much, would rather show him the down under than tell him about it. Chapter 4. What Frightened the Fair Gwen: Kevin is able to get down the stairs by himself, but it out of breath as he gets there. He likes Max s room in the basement. Kevin explains that he eats upstairs with his grandparents. How are Kevin and Arthur alike? His description of King Arthur in Chapter 4. Arthur was a wimpy kid destined to be great! Kevin is a wimpy kid, too is he destined to be great? Why does Kevin get so excited talking about the knights of Arthur s round table? because they were the first human version of robots and he really loves robots/computers/etc. According to Kevin what is the difference between books and television? With books you can figure out what s true and what s fake. Do you agree or disagree? If you don t read, according to Kevin what CAN T you do? figure out what s real. Do you agree or disagree? Why? Does Max like to read? why or why not? No- he has a learning disability. But doesn t want to explain it to Kevin.

5 I gotta beam out of here. what connection is he making? With star trek,,, he s nuts about robots and outer space, mentions the space shuttle having a robot arm. What scared the Fair Gwen? Max the look of Max, the size of Max. a clue why should Gwen be so scared of him? Chapter 5. Spitting Image Where does Max go after Kevin s mother takes him home? back to his bedroom, under his bed and in his head someplace. Do you think it s a good place for Max to spend his time? why or why not? Why is there getting to be less and less space under Max s bed? Is that all in his head cause he goes there to daydream? Gwen had called to apologize for being so shocked when she saw Max, and Gram tells Max that Gwen and his mother were good friends a long time ago, while they were both pregnant with Max and Kevin. Max says: I don t really like Gram to know how much I remember about way back then. a clue that something must be bad Max works these little clues into his narrative so subtly that it s difficult to notice that s what he s doing. Why does Gwen invite Max over for supper? to apologize for running off with Kevin. Gram says it wasn t Max who scared Gwen but she doesn t say who or what DID scare Gwen Gram calls Kevin that poor boy because he is crippled. Max says he is not poor why? he knows how smart Kevin is. Who is right? At supper, Gwen is so nervous she runs all her words together and says that she never could abide by the Max s mother married Max s father. Max doesn t comment on her statement that she didn t like his father. Why not? Where did they all live when they were young and first starting out? in the tenements- why? because it was cheap rent. FREAK/KEVIN tells Max that he is the spitting image of his father. How does Max feel about that? Why was Gwen afraid of Max? because as he grows he looks more and more like his father. And his father is in prison. Everybody knows about it, what he did, and why he s in prison and they all act like it s a big secret. At this point it is a big secret for the reader. All we know is that he Max s father, made it difficult for his mother to have friends after they got married.

6 Max mentions that Gwen doesn t flinch away when he hands her the knife. It must be important to him, so what could that tell you? What does Max do when he gets home that night? cries like a baby.he says he s happy- had a great evening with Kevin and his mother, so why does he cry like a baby? because the realization of the evening has hit him. He has a friend, and the underlying stress of Gwen knowing what happened why his father is in prison- is exhausting Chap. 6 Close Encounter of the Turd Kind What does Max say the 4 th of July is like? edgy, picnics/bbq s fireworks, kids running around. Fun and excitement and this is the first year he goes to the fireworks without Grim and Gram. He is going with Kevin and they run into Tony D. and his gang. Tony tough guy Tony.Kevin starts away and tells Max to come on and ignore him. Kevin disses Tony D. to his face and Max laughs out loud at his audacity. Max fears he will get beat up and a police car comes around the corner. Tony and his group move on. Kevin makes a comment and this chapter is titled that was a close encounter of the turd kind. which makes the connection to alien contact that being a close encounter of the third kind (also a movie) being an encounter with an animate being that is associated with a UFO. Play on words, turd/third and implication that Tony D. is not human. Kevin doesn t know it, and asks Max after they finish laughing, but Max would NOT be able to win a fight against Tony D. When Freak realizes they would have had to fight the whole gang, he start laughing again that they got away with it. Max picks him up when he falls down laughing and he is surprised at how light Kevin is. Later while watching the fireworks, Kevin can t see, so Max picks him up and puts him on his shoulders. Chapter 7 Walking High Above the World After the fireworks, Max heads them over to the food carts, hoping to get some lemonade. Kevin exclaims how cool it is to be tall (on Max s shoulders) and he can see what he sees is Tony D and his gang. Kevin begins to ride Max as if he is a horse, giving him directions by kicking him with his feet on the right and left. They are surrounded and run through the crowd. Tony D and his gang are going to get them. Kevin s plan is to run into the pond. Freak shouts warp speed and other reference to SCI Fi. Max goes into the pond. The Blade follows them into the pond. They re all covered with mud. Blade and his gang start throwing rocks at them. At first the rocks are too heavy and fall short then they get smaller rocks. Max and Kevin are stuck when the police come by. Kevin gets their attention and they throw ropes in to pull them out.

7 Max is recognized as Kenny Kane son. We learn Kenny Kane is a killer, killer Kane. Kevin makes up the name Freak the Mighty. Chapter 8 Dinosaur Brain Max is afraid he ll get in trouble with his grandparents for running into the pond but the police make it sound like he is a hero for saving Kevin. Gram and Grim both make a fuss over him. They don t know that it was really Kevin who saved them teamwork Kevin s brain, Max s body we need to work at what each of us does best. Kevin gets his first REAL cup of coffee from his grandfather represents that Grim thinks he s a man now and can drink coffee. This is the first time that Max feels respected by his grandfather. Grim calls him son. and Gram is looking all sentimental like a television show. Max promises to run whenever he sees Tony D. What s the difference between running away and taking evasive action to avoid confrontation? Differences in personalities: Kevin is a get-up-and-go type of guy, Max likes to sleep in. Dragon isn t really a fire-breathing monster, but a symbol of fear of the natural world, an archetype of the unknown. : what other symbols are in the book? the cup of coffee from grim symbolizes that Max is a man (to grim). What other symbols are there in life?kevin is in the habit of giving Max a dictionary to look up words. Chapter 9: Life is Dangerous Max describes the game they play every day where Max walks and Kevin rides. Kevin directs him to go east and they walk for what seems like miles. What does Kevin mean when he says Yonder always lies over the next horizon? Where does Kevin direct Max to? The medical research portion of the hospital. Bionics: the science of designing replacement parts for the human body. But Kevin tells him that he will get a whole new body only bigger, normal sized Why does Kevin show the research unit to Max? He tells him he s going to get a bionic body Max says, I can tell he really means it. This isn t a pretend quest the place is important to him. How is Kevin going to get a bionic body? How does Kevin anticipate dealing with the pain of getting a new body? pain is a state of mind you think yourself out of it. Chapter 10 Rats or Worse

8 They go on a quest for a treasure in the sewer. How do they prepare and why? have to go at night wearing black clothes and cover their faces with soot; they don t want to be seen. Kevin gives Max his mother s blouse to wear in the dark. How big, then, is Max? Is he as BIG as he says he is? Max is going into 8 th grade, he s about 12 or 13 years old so being able to wear an adult woman s shirt doesn t make him HUGE! His size is partly his own perception. What is in the storm drain? It smells like something dead rats or worse, the title of this chapter. How did the purse get in the storm drain? One of Tony D s boys threw it down there, afterprobably stealing it. What do the boys find inside the purse? An identification card with a lady s name on it. Her name is Loretta lee and Kevin believes she is a damsel in distress. Max finds out the next day that she is a damsel who causes distress. Chapter 11 the damsel of the distress. Loretta lives in the new tenements, but Max calls them up the new testaments. Max is told never to go there. They are returning the purse. They are hoping for a reward. Max knows the only people lived in the testaments are poor people and dope fiends. Max and Kevin are finding their relationship to be mutually beneficial Kevin doesn't have to walk, where his leg brace or carry his crutches, and Max likes having a smart and on his shoulders. Consider why Kevin says sometimes it's OK to break a promise when you're on a quest. Max is learning not to ask too many questions. He doesn't want to look things up in the dictionaries. Both Max and Kevin are shocked at the conditions of the testaments. Kevin thinks they should go back home; Max thinks she really needs the ID card. Max and Kevin are both afraid of the two people who come out to the hallway to get a newspaper. Max tries to back away and Iggy comes towards him. Loretta thinks somehow, Max looks familiar. Max and Kevin admit they are looking for Loretta lee. What is Max s eureka moment: He realizes he should have known the name-- Iggy is the boss of the Panhandle motorcycle gang. Kevin tosses down the purse and Iggy tells them to come in the house. Even though they don't want to, they go inside. Now, both Loretta and Iggy think Max looks familiar. Iggy gives them the third degree about who they are and where they found the purse. Iggy gets a little rough, flicks Kevin in the nose, demands to know their names, and Loretta tells him to lighten up a little. Iggy tries to swindle the boys asks them where the money was and Loretta says there was no money in the purse.

9 Finally!!! Loretta figures out how she knows Max and Iggy agrees. They celebrate with a can of beer. Kevin seems clueless as to what all is happening. What scares Max more than Iggy?The fact that Kevin seems to not know what s going on. Kevin should know EVERYTHING!! Loretta then figures out who Kevin is and remembers when both boys were born. What did Kenny do a couple years later he does his thing and he s in the yard, doing time. Iggy seems to back off once he realizes who Max is? Why? Killer Kane, what a tough hombre he was! He s afraid and doesn t want to mess with Killer Kane s kid. Kevin doesn t know anything about his father and acts interested when Loretta says she knows him too, and is insulted when she says that he was a magician and disappeared when Kevin was born. Apparently Kane is imprisoned for life but according to Iggy life isn t life what does he mean by that? What about the luck from rubbing a dwarf s head and Loretta doing this insulting!! Chapter 12 Killer Kane, Killer Kane Had a Kid Who Got No Brain Compare father s Kevin s ran off and Max s is in prison. Which is worse? Once at home, relieved Kevin says his father DID run off, and he doesn t seem bothered by it. good riddance to bad rubbish. Then they make fun of Loretta and Iggy but they don t talk about Max s father Killer Kane Who did Kane kill?should have figured it out by now. How does Max feel about school? it s like getting jabbed with a needle. Gram takes him on a shopping trip to buy school clothes and they are all celebrating that he is growing up the only good thing is that he gets to have all the same classes as Kevin. He overhears Gram and Grim talking about maybe he will be better off because he has a friend and that might be what he s always missed was having a friend, when he had all those special classes. Max and Kevin continue to walk together in school as Freak the Mighty The English teacher asks Max to stand up and tell the class something about his summer. The classmates laugh and tease- Max doesn t do things like talk in class Kevin stops the chaos and says he s more than Kevin sometimes. As an example he gets on top of Max s shoulders, and tugs him to stand up. Soon they are all shouting Freak the Mighty and they get sent to the office (for the first time) together.

10 Chapter 13 American Chop Suey Max is impressed that he actually knows an answer in English class Kevin has been teaching him how to read a whole book and for some reason it s making sense to him. Review characters: Mr. Meehan & Mrs. Donelli teachers Reading skills and English. Mrs. Addison is the principal. Mr. Meehan just thinks he s lazy and if hanging out with Kevin improves his attitude then great. Mrs. Donelli changes the way she teaches him and asks him the questions during study hall alone. Kevin taught him that reading is just speaking on paper, so he can understand other people s words, but there is no way he can put his own words on paper. Mrs. Donelli is determined to get Max to write. Max gets called to the office, and Kevin is NOT allowed to go too. Why is Max scared? He thinks maybe Gram has died, He s told that everyone is ok. Then he thinks he ll be put back in the L.D. classes and he adamantly refuses. Mrs. Addison finally gets around to saying it s not about school, but about his father. What about his father? There has been a request forwarded from the parole board from his father. He feels like he s back in daycare (nickname Kicker). What does Mrs. Addison promise him? She will talk to the parole board and his lawyer that Max will not have to do anything in connection with his father. THEN, at lunch they have Chop suey and Kevin LOVES the stuff,,,so when Max goes to get him a second helping he comes back to the table and Kevin is choking. or he can t breathe. the school nurse yells to call an ambulance gets him to start breathing again. Mrs. Addisoncommiserates with Max on his bad day and Max says that Kevin is the one who had a bad day. This is another sign that Max is growing up and getting healthy from his past experiences. He is able to think about others, and not just himself. Chapter 14 Cross My Heart and Hope to Die. Max gets to stay home from school the next day because Kevin is coming home from the hospital. He asks to carry him inside and Gwen says yes, but he HAS to stay in and rest all day. They talk again about Kevin getting his new body- Kevin says that he s looking forward to getting it and his Dr. Dr. Spivak says it will happen in a year or two. Why does Kevin have to get this new body? - because he is growing on the inside but not on the outside. Everything goes along fine until Christmas vacation. What are Gram and Grim yelling about? Grim says he has to protect the family and Gram says there will NOT be a gun in the house.

11 What does Gram think will happen if he has a gun in the house? he will take it away from Grim and do the shooting.max figures out they are talking about his father- Killer Kane. Since the murder happened only eight years ago, why would he be let out now according to Grim? -- cause he s fooled them (the parole board). Grim comes downstairs to talk to Max: He explains to Max that his father did not escape, but that he is up for parole. Grim explains that he got a restraining order, and Max says maybe he should get a gun. Grim asks him to stay in the house for the next few days he promises he willcross my heart and hope to die this is ironic because he just might die also, this is one promise he will not break. Chapter 15 What Came Down the Chimney Christmas Eve: wonderful food and Gwen and Kevin are having dinner with them. But Kevin can t eat too fast. They tell stories of Christmas past and Grim continues telling tales they re not lies lies are mean and tales are to entertain. They open one present each and Max opens Kevin s Dictionary. He wakes up and his room is cold he s dreaming of a snowman Kevin and thinks he hears the wind, but it s really someone breathing. who holds him down and tells him not to say a word, I came back, Like I promised. WHO came back? Kenny Kane Chapter 16 A Chip Off the Old Block Max s father has come back. he says it s time he got to know his son who had his mind poisoned against him by his grandparents. Max is forced to sit up and remain quiet; he doesn t know if Grim bought that gun or not, and he doesn t know what would happen if he did have one and came downstairs to use it. Kenny tells Max that he never killed anyone. Max is not surprised that he is there. He always imagined that that is how his father would come back. He feels numb in his whole body. His father takes him out the bulkhead door- to the backyard. There is snow on the ground, but he doesn t feel the cold even though he doesn t have on a coat or jacket. He notices the lights at Kevin s house are out the stars have clicked off When they get under the streetlight, they stop. Max s father gets a good look at him and says he does look like him. He touches Max s face gently and Max agrees that everyone tells him he looks like Kenny. Kenny keeps denying that he killed anyone that they shouldn t have kept him away from his own blood family for a crime he didn t commit. What does he compare the people in the neighborhood to? hamsters just spinning around on their little hamster wheels and blames them for poisoning Max against him.

12 Is it the snow on the objects lying around the yards of the testements or his disconnected thought processes because of his father s return that gives Max a new Perspective? They enter the apartment of Loretta and Iggy. Did Iggy and Loretta know that Kenny would come? Yes-- Iggy bolts the door and pulls the curtains Loretta if anyone could pull it off you could. Why doesn t Kenny want anyone drinking he s turned over a new leaf while in prison. Max finds it hard to believe the way Iggy is behaving, that he is the head of the motorcycle group thepanheads and everyone, including police are afraid of him!! Iggy is going to take them to some place to hide-out. Chapt. 17 By All That s Holy Iggy takes them to an old lady s apartment. She is gone to visit family for the holidays. The apartment smells like perfume and cats. Why does Kenny tie Max up? He doesn t trust that he won t run Is Kenny telling the truth?another lie he s wiping tears from his face but he has no tears in his voice. Why can t Max go back to sleep? he was trying notto think about things he didn t want to remember. Chapter 18 Never Trust a Cripple Time passes, Max watches his father sleeping on the floor and thinks of the giant who is tied up by little people. Max hears skitter steps and Kenny wakes up quickly- Loretta comes into the room. What does she bring them for breakfast? Pizza Kenny tells her to get Iggy. He s critical of the left over pizza, and won t let Max eat it. Kenny tells Max his plans: they are going to leave for warmer temperatures, buy an big RV and Max will get dressed up and stand on the corner begging for money. After Max finishes eating breakfast, Kenny ties him up again, Why? as a precaution. The police had been at Iggy s apartment, he told them they couldn t come in without a warrant, but did let them a good look from the doorway. What does Kenny accuse Iggy of? Turning on him. Who did Iggy say called the police? the crippled kid Chapter 19 Into the Black Down Under Kenny compares the cops to what? bugs not too smart but lots of them and they keep at it. They move from the old lady s apartment to a burned out building across the alleyway. They go down into the black cellar. What does Kenny tie Max to in the basement? a tipped over boiler..

13 Max notices movement beyond the dirty window- who/what is it? Loretta lee.loretta tries to get him untied and tells him that Iggy is supposed to keep Kenny busy while she s there. What happens when Loretta goes back to get the flashlight? Kenny catches her and starts strangling her. How does Max respond? He is horrified and keeps repeating that no one can stop him, no one can stop him. He is reverting back to 8 years ago when he saw his father kill his mother. he felt helpless then, he feels helpless now. Chapter 20 Freak the Mighty Strikes Again He starts screaming at him to stop he says, I see you, Daddy, please stop. Would Max call Kenny daddy?no he hasn t called him anything at all and he is afraid of him. Daddy is a name a young child calls their father, not a teenager. A teen would call him dad. He is reverting back to when he saw Kenny kill his mother and he was helpless to do anything about it. Why does Kenny stop strangling Loretta? Because Max continues yelling that he saw it and he remembers, he never forgot. He doesn t believe that Max could remember what happened when he was only 4 years old, but Max tells him he saw it and he does remember How does Kenny respond when Max tells him that he broke a window and hollered for someone to come help? He tells Max that he wishes Max wouldn t have done that- it cost him years and he begins to tighten his grip on max s neck. Who comes through the window to rescue Max and Loretta? Freak What does Freak tell him is in the water gun? sulfuric acid and he shoots him in the eyes. Kenny screams, Max grabs Freak and runs with him up the stairs. They blast their way upstairs and outside into the snow where they meet up with Iggy and the cops. Freak is ecstatic: what did he have in the water gun? water and soap and curry powder. What does it mean when Freak gives Max a thumbs up? Freak the Mighty Strikes Again. Chapter 21 The Accident of Nature They all go to the police station, then the hospital to get the bruises checked out, then back to the police station. How did Grim feel when he saw the double tracks in the snow? horribly frightened. They re saying that Kane will be locked up for good now, with the new charges. Loretta is called the Heroic Biker Babe, by the newspapers. He has a cracked bone in her neck but she will be ok. Iggy is all worried about Loretta and Max realizes that he maybe isn t such a bad dude after all Max sleeps upstairs now- cause gram is so worried about him. and he doesn t mind not sleeping alone there, anyway.

14 Gwen tells Kevinhe must be EXTRA careful, now because he is having trouble catching his breath. He goes to the medical research place more frequently. He says he is knows by doctors all over the world and that the bionic research for his new body continues. How do they feel when they learn that Kane struck a plea bargain and will return to prison? Grim is relieved. Max is glad he doesn t have to go to court to testify, but he is still worried. Why does Grim tells him not to worry? Because Kane was an Accident of Nature and all Max got from him was his looks. Everything else- his heart- and that s what counts - was from his mother. Chapter 22 Remembering is just an Invention of the Mind The last day of school. Walking high on their way home from school no more dangerous quests so as to not worry Gwen. Freak asks him if he remembers what it was like back in the ice age and Max says, no- he can t remember that because it was long before he was even born. Max says That is something I ll always remember, him saying that and me trying to figure it out. Why does Max say that? What does that sentence tell you is going to happen? What are they celebrating this summer? Kevin s birthday- he is 13 years oldand the birthday of Freak the Mighty who is almost a year old and on his way to 9 th grade. Why is Gwen giving Kevin a computer for his birthday? so IF he has to stay home from school, Max, at school with another computer can communicate with him What happens after dinner? Freak has a seizure &the ambulance is called. Chapter 23 The Empty Book Max walks to the hospital to visit Freak, he goes around back and sits under a tree. Gwen finds him == she s been crying, and tells him that Kevin wants to see him and they have permission from the doctor. Kevin is in the ICU- lots of wires and tubes, and a tracheotomy. What does Kevin mean when he says he s not coming home in his present manifestation? He knows he s going to die, and is playing the game as a comfort to both himself and to Max. Kevin tells him he will be having surgery. to get his new body and Max admits he s scared.. What does Kevin tell him to do with the empty book? Fill it up with their adventures. Write down all the things they ve done.why can t Kevin do it himself? Because he ll be getting used to his new bionic body. Max has to leave a moment later when Kevin starts coughing and the doctors all come in. Chapter 24 The Return of Kicker

15 What clues tell Max that Kevin has died? One says, Get Dr. Spivak, Kevin WAS her patient and Max notices other nurses crying. Dr. Spivak finds Max and tells him she will bandage his hand. Max thinks that Dr. Spivak lied to Kevin about getting a new body, but Dr.Spivak tells him that she couldn t lie to Kevin- Kevin knew about his condition and knew he wouldn t have a long life. He invented the bionic body as a fantasy, as something to hope for. Kevin wasn t a liar, he was a survivor. Dr. Spivak tells him, finally, his heart just got too big for his body. Besides his heart his insides growing too big for his exterior, how else was Kevin s heart too big? -- he thought about other people- MAX, all the time. He gave to Max the gift of reading and friendship and faith in himself that nobody had ever been able to give Max. Chapter 25 What Loretta Said Why did Max miss Kevin s funeral and Gwen s moving away? He just stayed in the down under for days and days. grim says: most of us go all the way through life and we never have a friend like Kevin. So maybe you should count yourself lucky. He goes back to school. everyone feels sorry for him like he was the one who died. Tony D. even came up and apologized to him. but he said if he ever feels sorry for him again he ll pound him into the millpond so they re enemies again just the way Max likes it. One day in winter he sees Loretta Lee with a neck brace and boozy breath. Loretta tells Max that Gwen is in California and has a new boyfriend, is doing well. Max tells her he is doing nothing these days and Loretta says, Nothing is a drag, kid. Think about it. what does she mean and why does Loretta say nothing is a drag, kid. Max does think about it, all the way home. and when he gets home he takes out the empty box and asks who does he think he s kidding. He hasn t got a brain and he writes that down. and he keeps writing, and he s ok about remembering things. and he realizes he has written a book. and now maybe he ll even read a few.

16 Quote for the Day Directions: Write the Quote for the Day on the board. Students will copy in their notebooks and free-write for five minutes the importance of this quote to the story and/or how it pertains to their own lives. Chapter 1 & 2: Remembering is a great invention of the mind, and if you try hard enough you can remember anything, whether is really happened or not. Kevin Chapter 3 & 4: Books are like truth serum. If you don t read, you can t figure out what s real. Kevin Chapter 5 & 6: Is it really such a big deal for a boy to look like his father? Max Chapter 7 & 8: That s how we got to be Freak the Mighty, slaying dragons and fools and walking high above the world. Max Chapter 9 & 10: Life is Dangerous. Kevin Chapter 11 & 12: Life ain t life, Iggy Lee Chapter 13 & 14: It s not me who had quite a day, Kevin is the one. All he did was try and eat his lunch. Max Chapter 15 & 16: Lies are mean things and tales are meant to entertain. Grim Chapter 17 & 18: I just sit there like a lump until the sun comes up, trying not to think about things I didn t want to remember. Max Chapter 19 & 20: Once we get on the road, things will be different. You ll get smarter, every mile we put between us and this place. Kenny Kane Chapter 21 & 22: The man is an accident of nature. All you got from him is your looks and your size. You ve got your mother s heart, and that s what counts. Chapter 23 & 24: It s all in your head, Max, everything you can remember. Just tell the story of Freak the Mighty, no big deal. Kevin Chapter 25: Nothing is a drag. Think about it. Loretta Lee

17 YOU are on a quest to discover what??????? With a partner, research one of the topics listed below and present information on that topic to the class. Each project must have a visual component: poster or other graphic, Power Point presentation, etc. Each project must have a written component. This written component must be, at a minimum a five paragraph essay. 1. King Arthur: Bring in information about King Arthur and the Knights of the Roundtable. How are the tales similar or different from what Kevin has said. 2. Robots: Kevin says there are thousands of robots and robotics presently in use- Research today s robotics and create a presentation/report on robots today and what they can do. 3. Chemicals: Kevin screams the names of all sorts of chemical compounds that make up the fireworks. Write a report about fireworks and chemicals- use some of those listed 4. Symbols and Archetypes: Research Archetypes and symbols, what other archetypes are there? 5. Magic acts: Discover the history of Magic, who are some famous magicians? Can you learn and perform some magic tricks? 6. The Circus: What is the history of the circus? Name some famous ones, how they started; why they started, favorite acts, etc. 7. The Judicial System: Kenny Kane got out on parole, and reoffended. If someone committed the same crime here and now, what would the punishment be? Does a son have to testify against his father? Etc. 8. Superstitions: Loretta said it was good luck to rub the head of a dwarf, and Max is nervous because it s Friday the 13 th. Research various superstitions and the meanings behind them. 9. The importance of life: Grim says: it s not how long you ve got that matters; it s what you do with the time you have compare that sentiment to the lyrics of the song- I Hope You Dance, or another song/poem with the theme of quality of life is worth more than quantity. Play the song during your presentation. 10. Not Listed: If you think of a project you would like to complete that is referenced in the book, you may get it cleared with the teacher and continue.

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19 Freak the Mighty Pre-reading Activity Friends: Making friends and keeping friends is important at all ages of life, but for the pre-teen and teen social pressures can make finding the right kind of friend difficult. This activity will explore what students look for in a friend and allow discussion as to what we value in a friend. 1. Have students free-write for five minutes on their Best Friend. Who that person is; how they became friends, etc. 2.Students will move around for this activity.move desks/tables so students have plenty of room and begin with students in a group in the middle of the roomyou will need two pieces of paper; on one write Agree and on the other write Disagree. Tape them to opposite sides of the classroom. You will read a list of criteria for friendship. As each item is read ask students to move to stand near the agree or disagree signs. (You can have degrees of agree and disagree if you want to, just put a couple ½ way marks on one wall between that say somewhat agree and somewhat disagree ). Once the students have settled near their opinion sign, have them discuss among themselves why they have that opinion. Open up whole class discussion on each item as interest in that topic becomes important to either a group or individual. Continue through the list given, which is by no means the only criteria. Make up your own criteria or have students make up criteria. I like to be friends with someone who is the same size as me. I like to be friends with someone who has the same color hair as me. I like to be friends with someone who wears the same style of clothes as me. I like to be friends with someone who likes the same movies as me. I like to be friends with someone who has the same favorite food as me. I don tlike to be friends with someone who comes from the same type of family as mine. I don t like to be friends with someone of a different race. I don t like to be friends with someone who is older or younger than me. I don t like to be friends with someone who goes to a different church than me. I don t like to be friends with someone who pressures me to do something illegal I don t like to be friends with someone who is disrespectful to me. My friend should have the same amount of money as I have. My friend should drive a cool car. My friend should live on a farm (or in an apartment, etc.). My friend should like the same music I like. My friend should be able to swim. ETC In the book Freak the Mighty you will meet Kevin and Max, who become friends, but why? When one is big, the other small. One is smart, the other dumb, how can such two unlikely people become friends? Begin reading and complete Chapters One and Two for tomorrow.

20 Chapters 1 & 2 Activity NAME: Exploration: According to Dictionary.com exploration is an active examination to determine conditions present as an aid in diagnosis. Use the chart provided to explore Max and Kevin. What they are like as individuals; how they are alike and how they are different. Then answer the question: How does this add up to friendship? Kevin Max How they are alike How they are different

21 Chapters 3 & 4 Activity NAME: Directions: Using the information from the reading this far, what do Max and Kevin look like? Draw them. MAX KEVIN

22 Chapters 5 & 6 Name: Get inside the Bully s Head Kevin and Max meet up with Tony D. and his gang. Rewrite this scene from Tony D s point of view. What happens and how does he feel about it?

23 Chapters 9 & 10 Name: You found someone's purse, what would you do?

24 Chapters 11 & 12 NAME Kevin says that as Freak the Mighty he is MORE than Kevin. Implying that Max is MORE than Max. Incorporating all the features of Kevin and Max, create a drawing of Freak the Mighty and explain how Freak the Mighty can be MORE than either Kevin or Max alone.

25 Chapters 13 & 14 Kenny Kane NAME: Directions: Fill in the chart with what we know up to this point about Max s father and deduce what it means. What We Know What It Means

26 Chapters 15 & 16 Name: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) Directions: Choose 15 words from Freak s Dictionary and look them up in a real dictionary. Write the meaning of the word according to Freak, according to the dictionary and then write how the two are different or alike. 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) Freak s Dictionary

27 Chapters 19 & 20 Name: LIES AND TALES, STORIES AND MEMORIES What is true and what is not and how do you know the difference? What story did each of the following characters tell and was it true or not? How do you know? Grim: Kevin: Loretta and Iggy Lee: Kenny:

28 Chapters 21 & 22 NAME: How is this true for the following characters? You can t judge a book by it s cover Iggy Lee: Loretta Lee: Max: Kevin: Kenny Kane:

29 Chapters23 & 24 Name: Kevin knew from a very young age that he would not have a long life. If you knew you had one week to live, what would you do? Why?

30 Chapter 25 Memoir Activity NAME: At the prompting of Loretta, Max begins writing the story of Freak the Mighty- a Memoir of his friendship with Kevin. You will choose a time period in your life, a special experience, a memorable event, and write about it. This essay is due the last day of the Unit.

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32 Chapter 1 & 2 Reading quiz NAME Directions: Place the letter of the correct answer on the line in front of each question. 1. Where does Max first remembering meeting Kevin? A. at daycare B. in the doctor s office C. during a trip to the fair D. at the park; their mother s set up play-dates for them 2. What did Max call himself and Freak when they were young children? A. Mighty & Freak B. Max & Kevin C. Clumsy & Puny D. Kicker & Robot Boy 3.What does Max call his bedroom and where is it located? A.It s the Space Station in the upstairs B. It s the Down Under in the basement C.It s the Shack under the stairs D It s the Bird s nest in the garage 4. What is Freak doing when Max first notices him moving in next door? A. He is yelling at the movers B. He is reading a book on his front step C. He is just sitting in the car D. He is playing with his ornithopter 5. What does Freak do when he sees Max? A. He runs into the house B. He laughs and calls him Maxi Pad C. He introduces himself D. He points his crutch at him & and says Die Earthling 6.Why does Max live with his grandparents? A.Because he was adopted B. Because his parents are on vacation C.Because his mother died D. Because his father died 7.How do we know that Max thinks he is dumb? A. He is in LD class B. He says he doesn t have any ideas C. He says kids call him names D. All of the above 8. What does Freak say about remembering? A. Memory is never accurate B. You should only remember the good things C. Memory is a great invention of the mind D. Memory is only good for old people 9. Who is telling the story of Freak the Mighty? A.Kevin B.The Fair Gwen of Air C. Max D. Grim 10. When does the story take place? A. the summer after Max s 7 th grade year B.the summer after Max s 8 th grade year C. Christmas vacation of Max s 6 grade year D. right after Max graduated

33 Chapter 3 & 4 Reading Quiz Name Directions: Put the letter of the correct answer in the line before each question. 1.Why is Kevin hitting the tree? A. He is trying to catch his cat B. He s pretending it is an alien C. His ornithopter is stuck in the branches D. He likes to hit trees 2. Why does Max call Kevin a freak? A. He looks funny: big head little body B. He acts strange: hitting a tree C. He talks funny: calls him an earthling D. All of the above 3. What does Kevin say an ornithopter is? A. a robotic dinosaur B. a mechanical bird C. a robotic helicopter D. a mechanical robot 4. Which mythical legend does Kevin tell Max about? A. Cinderella B. Robin Hood, the Prince of Thieves C. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow D. The Legend of King Arthur 5. Why does Freak get so excited when talking about the Knights of the Roundtable? A. Because he really liked the movie B. Because they were like human robots C. Because the found the Holy Grail D. Because Arthur was their boss 6. How does Kevin get down into Max s bedroom? A. He humps himself downstairs on his butt B. Kevin kicks him down the stairs C. He rolls down in the wagon D. He slides down the banister 7.According to Kevin, what is "television"? A. an opiate for the massives" B.a waste of time C. an invention of the mind D. an excellent way to learn something new 8. According to Kevin if you don t read, what can t you do? A. learn anything new B. visit him at his house C. go to his school D. figure out what s true and what s fake 9. Gwen is heard outside sounding worried why? A. She s afraid of the neighbor's dog. B. She doesn t know where Kevin is. C. She s scared of everything. D. She thought the ornithopter was stolen. 10. How does Gwen get Kevin home? A. She holds his hand across the yards B. She chases him home yelling C. She gives him a piggy-back ride D. She pulls him home in a wagon

34 Chapter 5 & 6 Reading Quiz Name Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer on the line before each question. 1. When Kevin goes home with his mother, where does Max go? A. To the millpond B. To the Down Under and under his bed. C. To talk to Grim and Gram D. He climbs up in a tree 2. How do Gram and Gwen know each other? A. They don t; they just met B. Gwen s parents used to be Gram s neighbor C. Gwen and Gram used to work together D. Gwen was friends with Max s mother 3. How does Gwen apologize for acting so shocked with she first sees Max? A. She sends Max a note in the mail B. She sends Kevin over to apologize for her C. She invites Max over for dinner D. She invites Max to go with them to the fireworks 4. Why does Max tell Gram that Kevin is not a poor boy? A. Because he knows how smart Kevin is. B. Because Max always argues with Gram C. Because he knows how much money Kevin has D. Because Kevin told him he wasn t poor 5. Where is Max s father? A. He is on vacation in Hawaii B. He is dead C. He is in the army and stationed overseas D. He is in prison 6. How does Gwen feel about Max and Kevin s friendship? A. Upset B. Happy C. She doesn t care D.Nervous 7. What does Gram think will happen to Kevin at the fireworks? A. He ll get stepped on B. He ll get lost C. He ll get scared D. He ll run away 8. Who confronts Max and Kevin on their way to the fireworks? A. Gram and Grim B. Gwen and Max s father C. Tony D. and his gang D. The police 9. How does Max help Kevin to see the fireworks better? A. He puts him on his shoulders B. He sets him on a rooftop C. He yells at everyone to sit down D. He throws him in the air 10. What does Kevin shout during the fireworks? A. Hurray and Yippee B. The names of different chemicals C. The names of different chemists D. The names of King Arthur s Knights

35 Chapter 7 & 8 Reading Quiz Name Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer on the line in front of each question. 1. How does Kevin tell Max which way to run? A. He pulls his hair B. He sends him text messages C. He kicks him in the chest D. He yells in his ears 2.Where do Max and Freak go to escape Tony D s gang? A. into the Millpond B.under Max s bed in the Down Under C. behind the lemonade stand D. to the police station 3. One police officer recognized Max as being who? A. Grim and Gram s grandson B. Gwen s nephew C. The Friend of Freak D. The son of Killer Kane 4. Who names the Max/Kevin team Freak the Mighty A. The police B. Kevin C. Max D. Grim 5. The cops say that Max is a hero for saving Kevin, what do Grim and Gram think? A. They are embarrassed B. They think Kevin should stay away from Max C. They are proud of Max D. They think Max should be friends with Tony D 6. What does Grim give Max to celebrate? A. a hundred dollar bill B. a new car C. a new book D. a cup of coffee 7. What do Max and Kevin do every day? A. They eat breakfast together B. They watch movies together C. They chat on the computer D. They go on a quest together 8. What does Kevin keep in his knapsack? A. adictionary B. a bottle of water C. cherry bombs D. his medication 9.What does Kevin say the King Arthur dragon is? A. an unfounded fear B. an archetype C. a favorite pet D. an obvious fake 10.What does Kevin do the first time he looks up a word? A. hecircles it B. he writes it 10 times C. he scratches it out D.he underlines it with red

36 Chapter 9 & 10 Reading Quiz NAME: Directions: Write the number to the correct answer on the line in front of each question. 1.Where does Kevin take Max on their first quest? A. thegrocery store B. a Medical Research Facility C. the library D. the millpond 2. Why does Kevin regularly visit a Medical Research Facility? A. He is studying to be a research assistant B. His mother works there C. He is undergoing experimental tests to get a new body D. None of the above 3.How does Max feel about what Kevin tells him is going to happen to him? A. worried B. he doesn t care one way or the other. C. happy D. angry 4. According to Kevin, what is pain? A. a daily occurrence B. unbearable C. something everyone feels D. a state of mind 5. What does Kevin say when Max tells him this procedure is dangerous? A. I don t care. B. Well, duh! C. Life is dangerous. D. Nothing, he just wants to go home. 6. Where does Kevin say they will find a treasure? A. at the library B. in the sewer C. at the park D. in the Down Under 7. What time do they leave for this quest? A. 8:00am B. 9:00pm C. 3:00 am D. 4:00pm 8.What do Kevin and Max find on their quest? A. Kevin s ornithopter B. a Darth Vadar costume C. a purse D. a wallet 9.Who does the "treasure" belong to? A. Kevin s mother, Gwen B. Max s grandfather, Grim C. the bully, Tony D. D. some woman named Loretta Lee 10. What do they decide to do with the treasure they found? A. keep it B. throw it back in the sewer C. give it to Gram D. return it to the rightful owner