FREAK THE MIGHTY NOVEL STUDY

CHAPTERS 7&8

TRUE OR FALSE!

INSTRUCTIONS• 1. Rodman Philbrick, the author of Freak the Mighty,

uses a lot of imagery to explain conflict in the novel. Individually, use Snapchat to visually represent at least 1 example of conflict and/or imagery in the novel so far. You must choose a quote from the novel for each example that you represent. Be creative with your captions and with Snapchat’s editing tools!

REMEMBER…

• Imagery is imaginative language that helps the reader visualize more realistically what the author is writing about.

REMEMBER…

• Conflict is a struggle between opposed forces. In fiction, this struggle is usually between two characters, between a character and society, between a character and nature or a character’s internal conflict.

INSTRUCTIONS

• 2. Write a reflection about your snap OR provide a voice-recording explaining your snap on an IPad. Make sure to explain for each snap:

MAKE SURE TO EXPLAIN:• What example you are representing (what quote did you

use to guide you?).• Who participated in your snap (Who acted in your snap,

what props did you use?)• Why your snap/quote is an example of imagery or

conflict (What does it make you imagine? What type of conflict is it?)

• How you went about representing this example of imagery or conflict (How did you use Snapchat’s tools?)

IMAGERY EXAMPLE

“Freak is whistling and the cop car spotlight comes beaming around the pond until it settles on us. I’m blinking because the light is so bright, and Freak is making a fuss and waving his arms and we hear the metal megaphone sound of a cop voice ordering us not to move” (Philbrick 39)

REFLECTION• I, Ms. Contreras participated in this snap.• My snap/quote is an example of imagery because it

makes the reader imagine what Freak and Max are experiencing. I imagined what the cop would look like ordering them not to move through a metal megaphone.

• I went about representing this example of imagery by using a filter on Snapchat that made me look like a cop and then drawing a megaphone. I also added the caption “DON’T MOVE” because that is what Freak and Max hear.

CONFLICT EXAMPLE

SAVE YOUR SNAPS TO MEMORIES AND EMAIL THEM TO MS.

CONTRERAS – IN CONTACTS ON THE IPADS