Lawnboy Chapter 3

Vocabulary - Prefix: "Three lawns a day, plus refilling the tank from time to time, was all I could manage..."

In which word does the prefix 're-' mean the same as it does in 'refilling':

Vocabulary - Context Clues: Determine the meaning of this phrase using context clues. "It seemed like a staggering whop of money."

Vocabulary - "It seemed like a staggering whop of money."

What is a synonym for staggering?

Figurative Language: Write the type of figurative language used in the following Chapter 3 excerpt.

"And his haircut looked like somebody had put a large bowl around his head and cut around it with scissors."

Reflect: Arnold does not have the money to pay the narrator to cut his lawn. How did he offer to compensate the narrator?

Setting - What time of the year did this story take place?

Literal - By the end of the second day how many jobs did he have?

True / False

Lawn Boy was able to cut only three of four lawns per day.

What did Arnold do to help the boy?

Which image would best illustrate Arnold based on the description in the book.