Chapter 1
Why is Beezus so angry?
Why is Ramona so proud?
Is Mother's advice good? |
Chapter 2
What are the girls fighting about?
What does indignant look like (pg32)
Check the dictionary to see what does "varlet" mean (pg 37)?
Why does Ramona look at the gorilla
picture?
What are mother's big announcements?
What does Ramona say to let you know how she feels about Howie's grandmother
taking care of her when she's sick (pg41)? |
Chapter 3
Why is Ramona so impatient for school to start?
What agreement has the family reached about who gets the new room?
What is special about how Ramona writes her name? |
Chapter 4
It's Ramona's first day in first grade, do you think the author got it
right?
Why was Ramona so upset about the misunderstanding about the hole in her
house?
How does Ramona know that Howie is mad? |
Chapter 5
On pg 78, Ramona describes the trouble Davy is having & how she's trying to
help. What do you think about what she does?
Did Ramona handle her frustration with Susan? What advice would you give
her? |
Chapter 6
What did Ramona have to do in front of the class? Do you agree with Miss.
Griggs that she should have done it in front of the class? |
Chapter 7
On page 121,
Ramona tells why she thinks the chair was for
Pal the dog, but Miss. Griggs marks it wrong. What advice would you give
Ramona about her teacher and school work.
Why is Ramona afraid to sleep in her new room?
Compare Mr. Cardoza and Miss. Griggs as teachers.
Why does Ramona hate school so much? Is there something she should or could
do about it? |
Chapter 8
What talent do we see in Ramona in this chapter?
What do you think about Ramona's progress report?
On page 154 Ramona's mother describes love, do you agree with her?
What does Beezus do to make Ramona fell better?
Do you agree with what her parents tell her on page 158-159? What decision
does Ramona make at the end of the chapter? |
Chapter 9
What happens to Ramona on the way to school? What does Miss Griggs do on
page 175 that she hasn't done for Ramona before now?
On page 183, what does the author mean by "school paper towels being what
they are"?
Miss. Griggs surprises us again on page 185, how?
On page 187, why has her reader become more interesting? |
The BIG question:
Why is this book called "Ramona the Brave"? |
