1 / 7

A Long Way from Chicago By Richard Peck

A Long Way from Chicago By Richard Peck. Characters. Joey: curious; clever; adventurous; (like grandma) Grandma: ridiculous; smart; liar(in a good way); nice(sometimes) Mary Alice: sweet; scared( of the tomcat); curious. 1929 Shotgun Cheatham’s Last Night Above Ground.

susan-waters
Download Presentation

A Long Way from Chicago By Richard Peck

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. A Long Way from ChicagoBy Richard Peck

  2. Characters • Joey: curious; clever; adventurous; (like grandma) Grandma: ridiculous; smart; liar(in a good way); nice(sometimes) Mary Alice: sweet; scared( of the tomcat); curious

  3. 1929Shotgun Cheatham’s Last Night Above Ground • In this chapter, Joey and Mary Alice have their first summer at grandma’s. Even being city kids, Joey and Mary Alice have never seen such a crazy town.

  4. Problem • Shotgun Cheatham dies • It occurs because he is bankrupt

  5. Solution • Grandma lied that he was in the Civil War, and everybody believed her. A reporter came to Grandma’s house and Grandma made Shotgun Cheatham look like he came back from the dead. The reporter got scared and left.

  6. Setting • Grandma Dowdel’s old house • The rustic town • 1929

  7. !!!!!!!Thanks for watching!!!!!!! BY: Carter,Andrew,Brett,Eva,Kaitlyn Still watching you!

More Related