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Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt

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The Case of the Masked Robber

  1. Describe Encyclopedia Brown.
  2. What is the problem in this story?
  3. What makes the twins look guilty?
  4. Who so you think is the robber?

ACTIVITY: Draw a picture of Encyclopedia.

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The Case of the Round Pizza

  1. What did Encyclopedia do when school let out? Why do you think he did this?
  2. Describe Bugs Meany.
  3. Donald Sobol chooses interesting names for his characters. Why do you think he chose the names Encyclopedia and Bugs Meany?

ACTIVITY: On the worksheet labeled VOCABULARY begin to define (tell the meaning of) each of the words.

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The Case of Bugs’s Zebra

  1. Why didn’t Bugs bully Encyclopedia Brown?
  2. Do you think that Bugs set up Encyclopedias and Sally? Why or why not?
  3. How does Encyclopedia solve the problem?

The Case of the Treasure Hunt

  1. Why Mr. McPherson worried about the treasure hunt?
  2. What letters do you think Encyclopedia wants to switch around? Why do you think this?

ACTIVITY: On the worksheet labeled VOCABULARY begin to define (tell the meaning of) each of the words.

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The Case of the Stolen Jewels
  1. Who does Dustin Durant make money?
  2. What strange things were the suspects saying?
  3. Would you like to e able to solve crimes and mysterious like Encyclopedia Brown or not? Why or why not?

Activity: Create a Venn diagram comparing Encyclopedia and Bugs

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The Case of the Painting Contest
  1. How do you think Sally feels about Pablo? What makes you think this?
  2. Why did Pablo want first prize so badly?

Activity: Make sure you have finished all other activities, questions and vocabulary.

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The Case of Orson’s Tree
  1. What is Orson afraid will happen? Why would he be afraid of this?
  2. Who are the suspects? Why are they suspects?
  3. Who stole the tree? How did Encyclopedia figure it out?

Activity: Create a timeline describing what has happened in the story The Case of Orson’s Tree. You should have at least 5 items on your timeline.

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The Case of Lanthrope’s Hobby
  1. Do you have a hobby? What is it?
  2. What does Lanthrope collect? Why is it such an unusual thing to collect?
  3. What makes Paul and Tommy look guilty?
  4. In this case there were red herrings. A red herring is a clue false clues that can mislead the reader to the WRONG solution to the mystery! Can you spot any red herrings in this case?

Activity: Make sure you have finished all the other activities, vocabulary and questions

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The Case of the Leaking Tent

  1. Why was it such a challenge to take Benny camping?
  2. What does it mean on page 61, “John Carter had the bandage, but Benny had the touch.”?
  3. How do you think he will use the bandage and penny to make them confess? Now turn and read the solution. How does he really make them confess?

Activity: Make sure you have finished all the other activities and questions

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The Case of the Worm Pills
  1. Why are Melvin and Wilford double trouble? What is sill about Melvin’s bowling ball invention?
  2. What was wrong with the pills?

Activity: Complete the attached book rating. Tell me how you REALLY felt about the book