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Diana, Mia, Evelyn

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As we read our novel Freak the Mighty, we are going to come across many characters. A lot of our characters are going to change throughout the novel. Good readers are always tracking characters throughout a text they read. Using this Padlet, we are going to keep track of what we learn about our characters based on these changes.

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Look over this list if you need help finding a word for your response. Do your best to avoid the words in bold; rather, look for one of the words below the bold/underlined word, and see which specific vocabulary term best describes the character.

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Mary, Anthony, Antonio, Daniel, Alvey

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Helen, Itzel, Guadalupe, Abigail M, Bird

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CLASS TOGETHER

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Keyler, Christian, Christopher, Marlon

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WHOLE CLASS

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One new thing I learned about ___ (character's name) is...

In the text it states, "__".

The author included this information about the character because...

If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because...

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One new thing I learned about ___ (character's name) is...

In the text it states, "__".

The author included this information about the character because...

If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because...

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One new thing I learned about ___ (character's name) is...

In the text it states, "__".

The author included this information about the character because...

If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because...

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One new thing I learned about ___ (character's name) is...

In the text it states, "__".

The author included this information about the character because...

If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because...

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One new thing I learned about ___ (character's name) is...

In the text it states, "__".

The author included this information about the character because...

If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because...

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One new thing I learned about ___ (character's name) is...

In the text it states, "__".

The author included this information about the character because...

If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because...

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One new thing I learned about ___ (character's name) is...

In the text it states, "__".

The author included this information about the character because...

If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because...

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One new thing i learned about freak is that he is communicative.

In the text it states ¨Also it will look a lot like me only enlarged and improved. Yeah right i Say Lets go home my feet are tired

The author included this information about the character because... it says that Max´s feet are tired and that freak has been talking a lot while max is listening.

If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because... Freak would be a quite and shy person and he would just be smart and wouldn't be interactive with Max if they were friends.

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One new thing I learned about kevin is that he is brave
In the text it states, "speak of this to no one,but at some future time as yet undetermined, i will enter that lab and become the first bionically improved human".
The author included this information about the character because he wants us to know how brave enough he is to attach bionic part in his body
If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because if he had bionic human body parts max wouldnt have to carry him all the time

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One new thing I learned about Kevin is really into becoming a human robot and all about Bionic, he's wise.
In the text it states, "Bionics, Freak says. That's the science of designing replacement parts for the human body."
The author included this information to show how Kevin is serious and engaged into getting a new body.
If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because we wouldn't be able to see how Kevin feels about the idea of getting a new body, is he worried or glad for this upcoming event.

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One new thing I learned about freak is that he is wise because he really goes deep in explaining to max about him getting different parts soon.
In the text it states ´´You mean mechanical arms and legs? Thats ancient history, Freak says. The bionics Unit is building a whole new body just my size´´
The author included this information about the character because we can see his emotions and how he feels about this and we can really see how he is very specific with whats going on which shows us he cares alot about this.
If we didnt know this information about the character the book would be different because we wouldn't actually know if freak is looking forward to this or if he is worried or if he just doesn't care but now we can see how he is very specific with whats going on and is very serious about it

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One new thing I learned about the character Kevin is that he is brave.
In the text it says, ¨speck of this to no one,but at some future time as yet undetermined, I will enter that lab and become the first bionically improved human.¨
The author included this information about the character because he wanted us to see and know that Kevin is brave enough to become a robot and risk his life with all these treatments.
If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because if he was a bionic human Max wouldn't have to carry him all the time.

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One new thing I learned about Freak is fearless

In the text it states, "I will enter that lab and become the first bionically improved human.".

The author included this information about the character Freak because he wanted to show us what Freak has to go through every month or two and that he isn't scared to be the first.

If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because we would think he would be short and not be able to do different things.

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One new thing I learned about Kevin is that he is communicative.

In the text it states "Also it will look a lot like me, only enlarged and improved." "Yeah right i Say Lets go home my feet are tired."

The author included this information about the character because it says that Max´s feet are tired and that freak has been talking a lot while max is listening.

If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because Freak would be a quite and shy person and he would just be smart and wouldn't be interactive with Max if they were friends.

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One new thing i learned about the character Freak is that he is fearless

in the text it states "i will enter that lab and become the first bionically improved human.

the author included this information about the character Freak because he wanted to show on what going on with Freak life and showing how he not scared on what gonna happen to himself.

if we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because then we would all think Freak would be short for the reset of his life.

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one new thing i learned about Kevin is that he is fear less
in the text it states that " I will enter the lab and become the first bionically improved human"
the author included this information about the character because he wanted to show us how freaks life is and that hes not scared of the surgery
if we didn't know this information about the character the book would be different because we wouldn't know really know about and freak would have to stay short / in the same body

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One new thing I learned about (Freak) is that he is smart
In the text it states, "_Now swear on your heart that the data you are about to receive will be divulged to no one_".
The author included this information about the character because he let us know that he is intellegent that he uses long words like "divulged".
If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because he would not know why is Freak talking like that why does he says big large words.

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One new thing I learned about Kevin is that he's smart.

In the text it states, "Now swear on your heart that the data you are about to receive will be divulged to no one."

The author included this information about the character because he uses very big and fancy words, some that most people wouldn't even know about.

If we didn't know this information about the character Freak, the book would be different because we wouldn't know that Freak is very smart and uses big and fancy words.

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One new thing I learned about  Gwen is she is compassionate.

In the text it states, "I grow and the more i look like my old man, the worse it gets. You really knew him i say i mean him and my mom when they were together".

The author included this information about the character because...  they want us to know that they are communicating with each other.

If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because we rarely see Max And Gwen talk because the only time when we see they talk is when freak/kevin introduces Gwen to Max.

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One new thing I learned about Kevin (Freak) is that he is talkative.
In the text it states, ¨He whispers, ¨Inside the research building is a secret laboratory called The experimental Bionics Robot for human modification¨.
The author included this information about the character because he wanted us to know that Kevin really likes to talk about what he knows.
If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because we wouldn't know what Kevin does or likes to do.

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One new thing I learned about Grim is that he is brave.
In the text it states, ¨A man has to protect his family, Not with a gun! Gram yells. That man tries to step foot in this house I aim to shoot him. Grim is saying¨
The author included this information about Grim because he wanted us to know that Grim would do anything to keep the family safe even if it means using a gun.
If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would have been different because The readers would think that if Killer Kane came back to the house, Grim wouldn't care if he hurts Gram or Max.

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One new thing I learned about Freak is that he is really smart

In the text it states, " Shh! Speak of this to no one, but at some future time as yet undetermined, I will enter that lab and become the first bionically improved human.¨ I still don`t know what it mean, i say.".

The author included this information about the character because they want us to know that he is smart and is not like other kids

If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because we wont know if he is smart or dumb.

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One new thing I learned about Iggy is that he's the type of person you don't want to mess with, he's wicked.
In the text it states, "But Iggy, there wasn't any money, and he goes, Shut up Loretta, and she coughs again and shuts up."
The author included this information about Iggy to show how he is towards people, and the relationship he had with Killer Kane, did their bond change the identity of Iggy.
If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because we wouldn't know the relationship between Iggy and Killer Kane, we would see Iggy as a mysterious or a joyful guy since the author didn't included how Iggy acts around people.

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One new thing I learned about Grim is that he is brave.
In the text it states, ¨I have an obilgation" he's saying "A man has to protect his family, Not with a gun! "Gram yells". "Not in this house! I won't have it! Oh, I can't stand it."The author included this information about Grim because the aouthor wants us to know that he would do ANYTHING no matter what  to protect his family even if it means he needs to use a gun without Gram knowing, to kill Killer Kane.If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would have been different because us readers would think that if Killer Kane came back to the house to vist Max(his son), Grim and Gram would not care and just say ok.

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One new thing I learned about Kevin is he is Brave,  In the text it states "Shhh! speak of this to no one, but at some future time as yet undetermined, I will enter that lab and become the first bionically improved human."
The author included this information about Kevin  because its telling us how Kevin is brave enough to take risk so they can figure something that will be able to help him and others who are like him.
If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because we wouldn't know if Kevin is brave. And if no one volunteered for this experiment then they wouldn't be able to help other kids who have the same disability as Kevin.

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One new thing I learned about Grim is his current mood is mournful.

In the text it states, "I guess you hear the ruckus? Your gramma gets so upset, bless her heart. Can't abide the idea of violence."  &  "Grim comed inside or once he doesn't tell me what a rat hole I'm living in, or how it smells like a locker room because I forgot to put my socks in the hamper."

The author included this information about the character because it can explain that Grim has more feelings than just being mad. He wants to do something to protect the family, but ended up hurting himself also.

If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because it wouldn't explain that Grim can be any emotion at anytime because he's always mad. When Max gets home from school, possibly when Max gets up in the morning, whenever you can always see the fact that he's always "mad". He can be happy and you wouldn't even know it because he doesn't show his facial expression as one who is happy.

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One new thing i learned about Kevin is that he is Fearless .
In the text it states " That's the science of designing replacements parts of the human body . You mean like  mechanical arms and legs  "
The author included this information about the character Kevin because they wanted to show us how kevin is fearless enough to get operations that are new and never done before and to a child that might be scary but to kevin its not because he thinks of it as becoming half mechanical like a robot which kevin likes .
If we didn't know this information about the character Kevin , The book would be different because  we would not know kevins opinion about the operation and how he personally feels about this and how brave kevin truly is and if this goes good it can help other kids who have the same disability as him

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One new thing we learned about Freak is that he is fearless.

In the text it states, "That's the science of designing replacement parts  for the human body. You mean like mechanical arms and legs?".

The author included this information about the character because to show us that Freak is brave enough to get mechanical body parts which show us that Freak is fearless

If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because if freak didn't volunteered then Freak wouldn't have been the first one to have mechanical body parts

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One new thing I learned about Loretta is that she is trouble some she is cruel.
In the text it states ´´ Why don't you find out? Find out if he is as strong as he looks´´
The author included this information about the character because without this information we would not know the type of person Lorretta is and this helps us see the type of friends Killer Kane had which kind of matches the type of person he is.
If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because we wouldn't have the idea of the type of friends Killer Kane has which matches his description on how he is a bad person and hangs out with bad people.

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One new thing we learned about the Freak is that he is fearless.

In the text it states "That's the science of the  designing replacement parts for the human body." "You mean like mechanical arms and legs?"

The author included this information about the character Freak because they want to let us now that Freak is fearless and is not scared of getting his body parts replaced with mechanical body parts.

If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because we wouldn't be able to know how he feels about getting his body parts replaced with mechanical body parts.

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One new thing I learned about Gram is that she worries about Max getting hurt or something bad happening to him.
In the text it states "I want you to promise me you'll keep away from that hoodlum boy and his friends. Nobody got hurt this time, but I shudder to think what might have happened".
The author included this information about Gram because it wants us to know how she cares about Max and his safety and it shows that Gram is a kind hearted  person who doesn't like others getting hurt and is always there for Max.
If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would have been different because us the readers would've thought that Gram treated Max poorly when in reality she is just looking out for him and making sure he isn't getting hurt.

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One new thing I learned about Grim is that he is really caring about Max

In the text it states, " Everything is going to be okay, Max. Ill make sure of it.".

The author included this information about the character because they wants us to know that Grim if a very kind person and does care about Maxwell.

If we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because we wont know if he really care about Max.

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One new thing i learned about gwen is she is kindhearted

in the text it states ¨Theres a knife on the table and i pick it up and hand it to fair gwen. she really doesnt flinch away and i decided shes okay shes really preety cool¨

the author included this information because they want us to know how max is dad is killer kane and gwen is probaly scared of kane we couldve thought gwen was scared of max but she isnt

if we didnt know the information about the character this book would be different because we would see gwen and max barely talking together and wouldnt allow max and kevin talk

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One new thing I learned about the character Max is that he looks a lot like his dad but his personality is not the same because his personality is the opposite from his dad.But people think he is a bad guy just because he looks like his dad
In the text it states ¨Grim out in the kitchen one night, after supper whispering to Gram had noticed how much Maxwell was getting to look like him?¨ In the text it also states
¨It´s more than just the way Maxwell resembles him, Grimm says that night in the kitchen,the boy is like him, we´d better watch out, you never know what he might do while we´re sleeping.¨ ¨Like his father did.¨
The author included this information about the character because it wants to let us know to not judge someone by there appearances.
If we didn't know about the character,the book would be different because we would have thought that because Max looks like his father then his personality is also like his dad.

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one new thing i learned about iggy is that he though max and freak were teaming up with the police and then realized it was killer kane son

in the text is states "i doubt he even knows his father, ig"
the author included this information about the character because we it proves what kind of person iggy is.

if we didn't know this information about the character, the book would be different because then if we never found out then we would never know what kind of person iggy was