Frindle
Class clown Nick Allen has met his match in Mrs. Granger, his tough fifth grade teacher who worships the dictionary. Nick decides to pull a prank on Mrs. Granger and have his friends start calling pens “frindles.” Nick’s invented word spreads like wildfire across the country, much to Mrs. Granger’s fury. In the end, “frindle” ends up in the dictionary, and Nick learns a powerful lesson about how teachers encourage our creativity and growth.
For this book, we offer a mix of literary and informational texts to support your upcoming novel unit. These lessons are designed to build students’ reading comprehension and engagement.