Loser – Chapters 13 & 14

                                         List these events in the order in which they happened.

_____ Zinkoff imagines he sees the Furnace Monster.

_____ Donald has stomach surgery

_____ Zinkoff turns on the kitchen light and lowers himself to the third step.

_____ Donald begins third grade.

_____ Zinkoff leaves the timer behind.

_____ Zinkoff decides he will give himself a test.

_____ Zinkoff experiences absolute darkness.

_____ Zinkoff goes down three more steps.

_____ Zinkoff gets his stitches out.

_____ Polly becomes a human alarm.

_____ Zinkoff sticks a sock in his mouth.

_____ Donald goes back to school.

_____ Donald tries to sneak off to school.

 

  1. Why has Donald devised this test for himself? __________________________________________________

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  1. Choose one of the following topic sentences and write a paragraph.  Be sure that your sentences support the main idea of the paragraph. 

    1. The scariest thing I ever did was when I…

    2. I’m not afraid of a lot of things, but the thing I fear the most is…

 

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                                                                                                                                        © Ellen Gabor, 2006

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