Dear Mr. Henshaw – Flashcards
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author of story
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Beverly Cleary
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librarian
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Miss Neely
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aspiring author
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Leigh Botts
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the author Leigh is writing to who suggested he keep a diary
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Boyd Henshaw
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he drives a truck cross country
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Leigh's father
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there is a contest at school to see who is the best one of these
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Young Writers
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a story Leigh tried to write but decided not to
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The Great Lunchbox Mystery
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a story Leigh wrote for the contest
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Story about a trip with his father
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one of Leigh's friends who they invited over for dinner
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Barry
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a bad guy who looked for travelers to rob
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Black Bart
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this is how Leigh and Barry protected their lunchbox
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Burglar alarm
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Leigh's house was this compared to BArry's house
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Smaller
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this is a food dish made up of many things and baked all together
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Casserole
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signs Leigh saw on the road with his father
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STEEP GRADE / TRUCKS USE LOW GEAR
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someone who looks around where they are not supposed to
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Snoop
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something Leigh's Dad had to send to them every month
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Support payments
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this is the price of the trucking license for Leigh's Dad
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Over a thousand dollars per year
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Because Leigh's father will never grow up
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Why Leigh's Mom and Dad will not remarry
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the type of fuel needed to run trucks
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Diesel oil or fuel
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this is the prize Leigh's story won
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Honorable Mention
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this is print which is a copied page
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Mimeographed print
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this is the famous author the winners of the contest would get to meet.
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Angela Badger
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because the poem that won second place was copied out of a book and was not original
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Why Leigh got to go to lunch with Ms. Badger
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The location for the lunch with the author
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Holiday Inn
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this means your place at a table is being held for you
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Reserved
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this means someone with a full rounded body or form
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Plump
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the types of foods on the salad bar
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Lettuce, bean salad and potato salad
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they were short and could only reach the first row
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Why some kids had problems with the salad bar?
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these words mean to try and get out of the way of something
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Ducked and dodged
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this is a type of bean
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Garbanzo
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By knowing the title to his story
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How did Mrs. Badger surprise Leigh?
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because Leigh wrote like himself and did not try to imitate anyone else
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Why did Mrs. Badger like Leigh's story?
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because they tried to write books like Mrs. Badger instead of writing like themselves
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Why were some girls embarrassed?
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If he ever met Boyd Henshaw
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What did Leigh ask Mrs. Badger?
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because a real live author had called him an author
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Why was Leigh proud?
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on telephone wires
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Where were the hawks in "A Day On Dad's Rig"
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a load of grapes
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What was the truck carrying in "A Day On Dad's Rig"
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Highway 152 through Pacheco Pass
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What roads did the truck travel on in "A Day On Dad's Rig"
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to a winery
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Where was the truck going in "A Day On Dad's Rig"
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parts about the waitresses and the video games
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What parts were left out of "A Day On Dad's Rig"
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description
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a statement that describes
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diary
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a daily record or journal
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differences
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the condition or quality of being unlike, different
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disappointed
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made unhappy by not having one's hopes or wishes satisfied.
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experience
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something that happens to someone; personal involvement in an event
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prose
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ordinary spoken or written language as opposed to poetry
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rejected
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turned down; not accepted
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snoop
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someone who tries to find things out in a sneaky way
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splendid
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excellent
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submitted
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put forward for someone else to judge or consider
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understanding
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knowledge; being aware of why something is the way it is
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persistent
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refusing to stop or give up
