FOREWORD AND CHAPTER 1 On notebook paper write

FOREWORD AND CHAPTER 1 • On notebook paper, write a summary for each day’s reading. Use this for recall after reading each day and to study before the test. • Title it with the chapter number. We will complete two chapters per day. That will include: reading, summary, comprehension questions and vocabulary for each chapter. • Example: • FOREWORD: WRITE SUMMARY • CHAPTER 1 • WRITE SUMMARY

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS • WRITE THE QUESTION AND ANSWERS: • foreword • 1. What jobs did Lawn Boy’s parents have? • 2. What gift did he receive from his grandmother for his birthday? • 3. How old was the boy? • Ch. 1 • 1. How would the boy’s grandmother be described? • 2. What were the pictures on the mower and what did they represent? • 3. How did he get his first mowing job?

CHAPTER 1 COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS write the question and answer • 1. How would the boy’s grandmother be described? • 2. What were the pictures on the mower and what did they represent? • 3. How did he get his first mowing job?

FOREWORD example • Lawn Boy (we don’t know his name) was hoping for money for a new inner tube for his bike. Mom and Dad do not make a lot of money. Lawn Boy has a business that started with an old riding mower his grandmother gave him for his 12 th birthday.

CH. 2 & CH. 3 COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS Write out the question & answer • Ch. 2 • 1. How much did the neighbor pay Lawn Boy (LB) to mow his lawn? • 2. Why did he not immediately mow the second neighbor’s lawn? • 3. How many lawns did LB mow the first day and how much money did he earn? • CH. 3 • 1. What time of the year (season) did this story take place? • 2. What was different about the way that Arnold wanted to pay him? • 3. What was Lawn Boy unable to do because he was mowing lawns?

• Ch. 4 • 1. How does Lawn Boy describe himself? • 2. What did Arnold buy for Lawn Boy? • 3. What trouble was Lawn Boy having? • 4. What did Arnold suggest Lawn Boy do other than turning down mowing jobs? • Ch. 5 • 1. What did Lawn Boy do with the money he made (before giving it to Arnold)? • 2. What type of person did grandma say you could always trust? • 3. What was Arnold going to do with the money LB had been keeping in his pocket? • 4. Why did LB keep some of the money rather than giving it all to Arnold?

• CH. 6 • 1. Where did LB go every morning and why? • 2. How did LB get to the jobs that were far from his home? • 3. How was LB able to remember all of the lawns that he was cutting? • 4. Who was in charge of paying all the workers? • CH. 7 • 1. How many employees did LB have cutting lawns for him? • 2. What did Arnold suggest LB do for seasonal workers? • 3. What percentage did Arnold request for helping LB?

Chapter 8

Ch. 8 1. What happened to Lawn Boy when Arnold told him how much money he had? • Ch. 9 • 1. Why was LB unable to see the money he had earned? • 2. Why did Arnold want LB to tell his parents about the money? • 3. Arnold misread a sports fund. Who did LB actually “own”’ or sponsor? • 4. Who did Pasqual say was threatening the workers?

Ch. 10

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Ch. 12

Ch. 12

Ch. 13

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Ch. 15