Frindle - Theme
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Frindle By Andrew Clements
Lesson Plans by Heidi Deck
After an attempt to waste time and provoke his new language arts teacher, Nick Allen gets assigned a report on the history of the dictionary. This research sparks an idea to invent a new word: “frindle”. What was once an innocent idea spreads like wildfire until the word no longer belongs to Nick, and there’s no way for him to stop it.
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Storyboard Text
- Frindle? What's a frindle?
- You'll find out!
- Math AssignmentPage 35, 1-20
- Anyone have a frindle I can borrow?
- I do!
- freck‧le [countable usually plural]freckles are small brown spots on someone's skin, especially on their face, which the sun can cause to increase in number and become darker
- frind ‧ dle (frin' dl) n. A device used to write or make marks with ink [arbitrary coinage; originated by Nicholas Allen, American, 1987 - (see pen)]fringe [countable]1 British English if you have a fringe, your hair is cut so that it hangs down over your forehead
- It all started with an idea...
- Everyone starts using the word "frindle" instead of pen, and the teachers are not pleased!
- Anything is Possible
- Nick's simple idea becomes permanent when frindle is officially added to the dictionary.
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