There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom

 Vocabulary:

Choose a word from the list to complete each sentence.

DISTORTED COUNSELOR IVORY CERAMIC STREWN

APPOINTMENT PROTESTED CRIMINAL TOLERATE ASSERTED

1. “I will not ____TOLERATE_____ such rude behavior,” the teacher said.

2. The ___CRIMINAL___ was able to get into the bank through a back window.

3. The ___CERAMIC___ plates were part of the living room’s decoration.

4. The strong wind caused everyone’s face to be ____DISTORTED____ in the class picture.

5. Catarina finally ______ASSERTED______ her rights and was admitted into the club.

6. “The school has just hired a new _____COUNSELOR_____,” said Mrs. Ebbel.

7. Elephants are killed because poachers value their ___IVORY___ tusks.

8. “I have an _____APPOINTMENT_____ with the doctor,” Jessie told us.

9. The picketers __PROTESTED__ outside the car factory for a couple of weeks.

10. Neely’s toys were _____STREWN_____ all over the playroom floor.

 Questions

1. What is the setting at the start of Chapter One?

2. The new kid, Jeff Fishkin, had just moved into the area from ________________.

3. No one likes to sit anywhere near Bradley. Why do you think this is the case?

4. Mrs. Ebbel told Jeff that no one liked to sit near Bradley. Is this what a teacher should do? Why /
Why not?

5. Why did Jeff give Bradley a dollar?

6. According to Bradley, why did he feel he had to be mean to Jeff?

7. How does Bradley reveal his vivid imagination in Chapter Three?

8. What upsetting news did his mother give him? Why do you think this upset Bradley so much?

9. Bradley’s father worked for the ____________ department.

10. Write a brief description of Bradley’s mother and father (physical appearance and attitude)

Answers:

1) This setting of chapter 1 was the school class

2) Washington D.C
3) Because he was a good spitter and he was a bully
4) No, because a teacher shouldn’t speak bad of a student
5) Jeff give Bradley a dollar to avoid to be spit by him.
6) Because he had to hate him before Jeff hated him.
7) He started to show his imagination by talking to his collection of little animals.
8) The upsetting news was that Mrs. Ebbel called his mother to have an
appointment.
9) Police department
10) Mrs. Chalker was a large woman with fat arms. Her attitude was to help her
children don´t matter what. Mr. Chalker worked in the police department. He had
been shot in the leg. Now he needed a cane to walk. So now he has to work in the
desk. He is strict, and grumpy and he also don t want people to lie to him. Also he
is sad because he liked to be in the street chasing thieves.