MY TEACHER IS AN ALIEN Make sure you did it all!

◦ Vocabulary

1. Find these words in the book and copy the sentences in which they appear (Notebook)

miserable    /mimicked/    maliciously / rehearsals /grudgingly / intending 

2. Rewrite the word under each sentence and add their meaning . 

◦ Figurative Language: What type of figurative language is this?

"Duncan would cream him" 

3. Connections: 
▪ Bullying is a problem that takes place in schools, workplaces, and homes across
the country. Explain how Peter Thompson was a victim of bullying and what he
did to deal with it.

 In your opinion, what are the best ways to deal with a bully?

You will do the same activities as chapter 1:

1.Vocabulary

blathered /curriculum / astonishment / murmur / grim/ philistine 

2. Figurative Language: What do you think these phrases mean? What type of figurative language do they represent?

▪ "by the book" pag 9

 ▪ "Sixth grade was going bad faster than a dead fish on a hot day"  page 10

3. Questions:

▪ Why does Susan think 6th grade has started going bad? Do you agree?
▪ What do you think will happen because of the "Note of Doom?"

1. Vocabulary
▪ unearthly (pg. 14) wailed (pg. 14) clutched (pg. 16) pitiful (pg. 16) hesitated (pg.
16) desperate (pg. 17) pathetic (pg. 17) accomplish (pg. 18)

2. Figurative Language
▪ "I felt my blood turn to ice" (pg. 19)
▪ "It sounded like someone was trying to put a cat in a blender" (pg. 19)

3. Questions
▪ What do you think is happening in Mr. Smith's house? Why?

1. Vocabulary
▪ prevented (pg. 21) implant (pg. 25)

2.  Figurative Language: What do these phrases mean?
▪ "That noise was like a tiger running its claws on a blackboard; it felt like
aluminum foil against my teeth" (pg. 22)
▪ "enormous orange eyes slanted up and away from his nose like a pair of
butterfly wings" (pg. 24)

3. Questions
▪ Why does Susan go into Mr. Smiths house? Was it a good decision? What
would you have done?