Chapter Questions:
1. Jerry Spinelli’s description of the Finsterwald’s backyard is full of detail, allowing the reader to visualize what it looks like. Using this passage as a model, write a description of the Finsterwald’s backyard, but describe it as if it were the nicest place in town, as if the Finsterwalds were the nicest people around
2. Who are the Pickwells? Use examples from the text to describe the family.
Vocabulary: theory, blunder, commotion, infamous
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They would be nice and joyful and if frisbys,tennis balls,base balls,foot balls,model airpaines,and boomerangs lands on the finsterwalds yard he'llbring it back-jesse
ReplyDeleteThey seem nice,peaceful,and have maners.In the book, it said that they were never late for dinner.So they seem nice.-jesse
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ReplyDeletedevin. finsterwald's backyard was full of toys,balls,and model airplanes. Maniac Magee layed down on there steps and read a book.
ReplyDeleteThe backyard well be cover in grass.The kids well get their toys back.the pickwell kids are never late for dinner.The pickwell kids also clean their dishs.-mike
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ReplyDeletedevin:the pickwells are a very nice family. they have 10 kids,a taxie driver,and grand parents.they have so many people they have to use a pingpong table as a dinner table.
ReplyDeleteFinsterwald's house is a place where kids toys get stuck and never come out.Now if Finsterwald's house was not so scary people would say "Finsterwald's the niocest person on the blockhegives use candy lets use in his pool and lets use watch TV zll day long.-Tatiana Phillips:D
ReplyDelete1-Finsterwolds backyard is full of waterslides and pools and finsterwold lets the kids sit on the steps and read with finsterwold and he'll pay the kids 100 dollor bill just for feeding his paret,that would be the nices place ever.
ReplyDelete2-The Pickwells are realy nice and they are always helping someone elase and they use a ping pong table as adinner table.Aaron
they seem like a very good family. I can tell that they are nice.
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The Finsterwalds house has the most beautiful backyard on the block. It has the greenest grass. It has a white picket fence. It has flowers bordering the whole backyard. He always plays games with kids in the backyard. He gives out candy to everyone that walks by. He invites the whole town for a feast on Thanksgiving. People call him smilie fries. They`d diliver papers to his house first. The kids would sit on his steps waiting for him to come out.-trina
ReplyDeletefinsterwalds backyard is the nicest backyard in the west side.People that say finsterwald is the meanest people in town they are wrong,he's nice.Everybody goes to his house and plays at his backyard,sometimes when the kids get thirsty he gives out free lemonade.
ReplyDeleteThe Pickwell's are a family of ten, plus the two parents ,baby Didi,Grandma and grandpa Pickwell great Grandpa Pickwell,and a taxi driver.They eat on a huge ping-pong table.Every time when Mrs.Pickwell whistled all the kids new it was time for dinner. Almost all the kid's names started with the letter D.
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it would be nice beautiful all decerated with beautiful stones and unbrella and other nice things. He would always let children come to eat dinner and have cookies. and he would always return stuff to the children if it lands in his yard. he would also play the children.
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The Pickwekwells are a huge family with 10 kids. When ever tere mom blew a certain whistle theyd come running for dinner. It was such a big family that they used a ping pong table as a dinner table. The kids always like to balance on the railing of a train track.-trina#2
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