Chapter 1 - The Best Christmas Pageant Ever - Rhea Karavangelos | Library

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Who is telling the story?

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Pick a scene from chapter one and draw an illustration the author could have used in the book to help you visualize what is happening in story.

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Imogene blackmailed the students at school. She took all of the following EXCEPT ---

Fact and Opinion:
A fact is a true statement about something.  It can be proven, and usually does not involve personal feelings.  An opinion cannot be proven; it merely states what a person feels of thinks about something or someone.  Below are a list of statements about the story.  Select fact or opinion for each statement.

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The Herdmans set fire to Fred Shoemaker's toolhouse.

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The Herdmans stole doughnuts from the firemen.

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The Herdmans' cat was mean.

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The cat had one short leg, a broken tail, and one missing eye.

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Mrs. Herdman walked the cat on a length of chain.

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The Herdmans' cat ate Ramona Billian's two pet mice.

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Claude Herdman wasn't very smart.

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Imogene Herdman was just like the other Herdmans.

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Mrs. Herdman worke double shifts at the shoe factory.

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Gladys as the meanest Herdman of them all.

You can listen to a reading of chapter one in the youtube video.  Here is a summary of Chapter 1.

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Summaries should include only key details, not minor details. Edit this summary to include key details that give you the important big information from the chapter.

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Chapter 1 concludes with the follow line, "We figured they were headed straight for hell, by way of the state penitentiary...until they got themselves mixed up with the church, and my mother, and our Christmas pageant." What do you predict will happen in the story?