Muggie Maggie

Identify three of Maggie’s character traits. What kind of thoughts, feelings, or actions in the story reveal these traits? Explain with specific examples.

How do Maggie’s parents try to encourage her to write in cursive? Does the novel suggest that this is a good approach? Explain.

How is Maggie affected by her classmates and friends? How does this change her learning?

How does the author include humor in the story? Use at least three examples from the book.

Maggie wants to be more independent from grown-ups and make her own decisions. How does she act on that desire, and what sort of response does she get?

Choose your favorite character from the story and explain what you like about them. Write about at least two things they do or say in the story that made them your favorite character.

Because Maggie does not work hard on her cursive, she fails to be able to read it. She has to learn from this failure by working over the weekend to master cursive reading. Do you think she could have learned cursive without this experience? Why or why not?

Compare yourself to the main character, Maggie Schultz. How are you similar and different? Would you be friends with Maggie? Answer with a Venn diagram and a paragraph.