Frindle Worksheets

by Andrew Clements

Reading Level R · Lexile 830L · ATOS 5.4

Clever fifth-grader Nick Allen invents a new word — 'frindle' for pen — and watches it spread far beyond his classroom, in a funny story about how words take on a life of their own.

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Frindle vocabulary words and comprehension questions

45 vocabulary words and 45 comprehension questions across 15 chapters: Chapter 1 · Chapter 1: The Tropical Island · Chapter 2 · Chapter 3 · Chapters 4-5 · Chapter 6 · Chapters 6-7 · Chapter 8 · Chapter 9 · Chapters 10-11 · Chapter 12: Frindle Goes National · Chapter 12 · Chapters 13-14 · Chapter 15: Frindle in the Dictionary · Chapter 15.

Vocabulary words include jolt, gradually, creative, custodian, tropical, thermostat, reputation, dictionary, essential, assignment, delay, research, origin, report, agree, fancy, stumbled, absorbed, oath, blurted.

Sample questions

What kind of student is Nick Allen?
Why does Nick like to come up with new ideas at school?
How does the author describe Nick at the start of the book?

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