Freak the Mighty

First Impressions

• Write 3 to 4 complete sentences and explain your first impressions of…

• Max• Freak (Kevin)• Grim• Gram

Pre-fix un Chapter 1

• What do the following words mean• Unvanquished• Untidy• Unveiled• Unselfish• Uncertain• UnconditionalThink of 3 words on your own that have the prefix un

Chapter 1

• Why did they call Max the Kicker? Give 3 examples of why Max was a “kicker”

• Why does Freak introduce himself as “Robot Man”?

• Have you ever felt very different from everyone else around you? When was that, and why did you feel that way?

Chapter 2• What does the word Grim mean?

• Why do you think Max chose this word as the name for his Grandpa?

• Give an example from chapter 1 that might give you an idea of how Max’s grandfather feels about him.. Add the page number and the exact quote.

• What is the down under?• Do Grim’s feelings contribute to Max living in the down under?

What does the word but mean?• What happens when the word but is used in the context of a sentence. “I

want to help you but I am just way to busy.”• What is someone really trying to say???

~~Complete these sentences from the book~~• Max kicked some people in day care, but he …• Gram and Grim liked to hug Max, but Max…• Freak was little, but…• Gram and Grim knew Max’s father’s name, but….

Draw a picture

• When we read our mind forms pictures in out heads..

• Pick something out of the book and draw it, it must be labeled and colored. It needs depict an actual thought or scene from what we have read. It can be a character, a setting or something that you connected with in the book.

• You must explain what it is and how it relates to the book.

InferenceINFERENCES To infer something is to figure it out from hints. The more hints you have, the more likely you are to be right. If a boy walks in from outside with a dripping umbrella, you might infer that it’s raining. You make inferences without even trying to — but you get smarter when you learn to make them on purpose. When you read and ask yourself, “Why?” and think of possible answers, you’re making inferences. Asking “Why?” at the right places while you read can help you understand what you’re reading.

Inference• Write a definition of an inference:

• Why would Max make the statement, That Grim thinks his father’s name is to scary to say?

• Why might Max’s father be scary?

• Why do you think people have nicknamed Kevin, FREAK?

Chapter 3-7

• What does Max retrieve from the tree for Freak?

• What observation does Max make about how Freak talks?

• Why does Freak like King Arthur so much?

Chapter 3-7

• What is the connection between robots and King Arthur?

• Where is Max’s safe place? Why does he go there?

• What is Gwen’s opinion of Max’s father?

Chapter 5/6•  1) What is Max’s time out?• 2) Why does Gram come to Max’s room?• 3) What is it about Max that startles Gwen when she first sees him?• 4) Why does Max feel that everyone thinks it’s a big deal the he

looks like his farther?• 5) Why is this July 4th special for Max?• 6) What happens to the boys on the way to the millpond?• 7) Why does Max put Kevin on his shoulders?

Chapter 7/8

• 1) Where do the boys have to go to get away from their pursuers?

• 2) How do Max and Kevin get out of the pond?• 3) When asked for their names, what does Kevin reply?• 4) How do Grim and Gram react to Max’s adventure?• 5) How does Kevin change Max’s summer routine?•  

Chapter 9/10

• 1) What is the destination of Freak the Mighty in Chapter 9?

• 2) What is the purpose of the next quest for Freak the Mighty?

• 3) Why don’t the boys have to hunt?• 4) In what way is this quest different from others?• 5) What does Freak the Mighty retrieve from the storm

drain?

Chapter 11/12• 1) What does Kevin explain to Max about quests and a promise?• 2) What do Kevin and Max each gain by being Freak the Mighty?• 3) Who does Freak the Mighty meet when returning purse?• 4) Why is Freak the Mighty allowed to leave the Lee’s apartment

without being harmed?• 5) Why is Max allowed to be in the same classes with Kevin?• 6) How does Kevin restore order in English class on the first day

of school?

Chapter 13/14

• 1) By October, how are things going at school for Kevin and Max?

• 2) How is Max doing with his writing?• 3) What happens first on Friday the 13th in October?• 4) What happens in the cafeteria at lunch on the 13th?• 5) What does Max promise Grim?

Chapter 15/16

• 1) What is the shape of the box that Kevin has made for Max’s gift?

• 2) What gift has Kevin made for Max?• 3) What happens during the night while Grim, Gram

and Max are sleeping?• 4) Is Max surprised to see his farther?• 5) Where does Killer Kane take Max?

Chapter 19/20• 1) Why do Max and his father leave the apartment?• 2) Does Killer Kane trust Max?• 3) Who comes downstairs to help Max?• 4) Does Loretta free Max?• 5) What causes Killer Kane to shift his attention from Loretta to

Max?• 6) How does Kevin come to Max’s rescue?• 7) What is really in the squirt gun?

Chapter 21/22• 1) What is the extent of Loretta’s injury?• 2) What is Max’s opinion of Iggy at this time?• 3) Is school different for Freak the Mighty after Christmas vacation?• 4) Does Max have to testify in court? Why or why not?• 5) What does Grim call Killer Kane?• 6) How does Kevin define remembering?• 7) What special birthday is Kevin celebrating?• 8) What happens while Kevin is showing Grim how to play 3-D chess?

Chapter 23/24• 1) What does Max take with him when he walks to the hospital to

be near Kevin?• 2) Is Max allowed to see Kevin? Why or why not?• 3) What does Kevin want Max to do with the book of blank pages?• 4) Why does Max’s visit with Kevin end?• 5) How does Max react to the terrible news?• 6) Why does Max finally start to write the story of Freak the

Mighty?

Theme

• What is the theme of the book? • What is the main idea?• How would this story be different if Kevin would have

narrated, rather than Max?• What were the 4 most important lessons or ideas in this

book?