Thursday, May 2, 2013

Flipped by Wendelin van Draanen


Diving Under - Flipped
How do Bryce and Julia view their pasts differently?  How did they see the move, second grade, and Shelly in different ways?
Vocabulary:
avoidance (1)
sophisticated (4)
optimize (9)
tolerate (12)
diva (15)
swoon (16)

Buddy Beware - The Sycamore Tree
What caused Julia to start seeing the things around her differently?
vacant (21)
foliage (23)
mortify (23)
mason (32)
testimony (34)

Brawk - Brawk - Brawk
What begins Bryce's fear of eggs?  How does this affect Juli?  Bryce's father?
Vocabulary:
vile (45)
confide (46)
jabber (48)
covert (52)
dilapidated (55)
excrement (57)

The Eggs
How have the animals in the chapter changed Juli's life?  Was it for the better or worse?
Vocabulary:
converge (63)
indeterminate (65)
hygrometer (68)
cull (69)
fluctuations (70)

Get a Grip, Man
Why does Bryce's father have such a problem with Juli's family and their house?
Vocabulary:
harass (81)
petrified (84)
recipient (86)
absolved (89)
callous (90)
irreversable (93)

The Yard - Looming Large and Smelly
Why doesn't Juli's family tell people about her uncle David?  What happened to him?  What might people assume?
Vocabulary:
diligant (100)
decipher (102)
competent (108)
sabotage (120)
smirk (127)

The Visit - The Serious Willies
What happens during the dinner party?  How do people's impressions of eachother change?
Vocabulary:
askew (131)
pungent (133)
predictable (133)
tantrum (137)
phony (149)
conform (152)

The Dinner - Flipped
What causes Bryce's flip?  How do the people in his life react to it?
Vocabulary:
external (161)
repulsive (162)
neutral (166)
awe (172)
grovel (182)

The Basket Boys
What does Juli mean at the end when she says she should meet Bryce "in the proper light"?

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