Name of Book : Maniac Magee
Page Read This Week: 41- 63
Summary: Maniac gets to know Mrs.Beale and then with Hester and Lester. Mrs.Beale went out to send Magee but she know that Magee was telling a lie about his house so she takes him to come and sleep in her house. Magee slept in Amanda's room. Magee gets along with the twins. He loved his new life. He starts to be famous in the East End. Maniac talked trash to Mrs.Beale so then she slapped her. Before she can say sorry, Magee hugs her and says that he loves her. Magee went to play in a vacant kit then a man came into him and tell him to go back where he belong. He couldn't sleep that night.
Vocab words: Mattress - a large pad for supporting the reclining body, used as or on a bed, Ex – Lying on the mattress feels good. Ranting - speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave: Ex -The demagogue ranted for hours. Pry - to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something Ex -topry into the personal affairs of others. Crowbar - a steel bar, usually flattened and slightly bent at one or both ends, used as a lever Ex – Grab that crowbar to get in.
Pepperonis - a highly seasoned, hard sausage of beef and pork. Ex - That pepperonis taste nice.
Gingersnap - a small, brittle cookie flavored with ginger and molasses. Ex – I will go get some gingersnap for you to eat.
Fudge - a soft candy made of sugar, butter, milk, chocolate, and sometimes nuts. Ex – That fudge is so sweet.
Cinnamon - a tree yielding such bark.
Ex – The cinnamon in the park is huge.
Hydrant - a water faucet. Ex – That hydrant is not good for drawing water anymore.
Gutter - channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water. Ex – The gutter is next to the hydrant over-there.
Cutoffs - something that cuts off. Ex – acutoff date for making changes.
Gusher – a flowing oil well, usually of large capacity. Ex – That gusher have a lot of water.
Jabbered - to talk or utter rapidly Ex - “Get there now” he jabbered.
Jived – Slang. To tease. Fool; kid Ex – Stop jiving me!
Poleax - a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot. Ex – I hit him with a poleax.
Page Read This Week: 41- 63
Summary: Maniac gets to know Mrs.Beale and then with Hester and Lester. Mrs.Beale went out to send Magee but she know that Magee was telling a lie about his house so she takes him to come and sleep in her house. Magee slept in Amanda's room. Magee gets along with the twins. He loved his new life. He starts to be famous in the East End. Maniac talked trash to Mrs.Beale so then she slapped her. Before she can say sorry, Magee hugs her and says that he loves her. Magee went to play in a vacant kit then a man came into him and tell him to go back where he belong. He couldn't sleep that night.
Vocab words:
Mattress - a large pad for supporting the reclining body, used as or on a bed,
Ex – Lying on the mattress feels good.
Ranting - speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave:
Ex - The demagogue ranted for hours.
Pry - to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something
Ex -to pry into the personal affairs of others.
Crowbar - a steel bar, usually flattened and slightly bent at one or both ends, used as a lever
Ex – Grab that crowbar to get in.
Pepperonis - a highly seasoned, hard sausage of beef and pork.
Ex - That pepperonis taste nice.
Gingersnap - a small, brittle cookie flavored with ginger and molasses.
Ex – I will go get some gingersnap for you to eat.
Fudge - a soft candy made of sugar, butter, milk, chocolate, and sometimes nuts.
Ex – That fudge is so sweet.
Cinnamon - a tree yielding such bark.
Ex – The cinnamon in the park is huge.
Hydrant - a water faucet.
Ex – That hydrant is not good for drawing water anymore.
Gutter - channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water.
Ex – The gutter is next to the hydrant over-there.
Cutoffs - something that cuts off.
Ex – a cutoff date for making changes.
Gusher – a flowing oil well, usually of large capacity.
Ex – That gusher have a lot of water.
Jabbered - to talk or utter rapidly
Ex - “Get there now” he jabbered.
Jived – Slang. To tease. Fool; kid
Ex – Stop jiving me!
Poleax - a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot.
Ex – I hit him with a poleax.
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