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RAMONA!

Purpose: Discover qualities about a character, Ramona Quimby.

Instructions: Read the unforgettable moments in the Ramona books list below. Afterwards, answer the questions, which are all in your opinion.

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Unforgettable Moments In The Ramona Books:

Beezus and Ramona

In Beezus and Ramona, pretending to be Gretel, Ramona bakes her doll in Beezus' birthday cake.

Ramona invites her friends to a party at her house without asking her mother.

Ramona The Pest

Ramona becomes a kindergarten dropout in Ramona The Pest.

Ramona gets stuck in the mud, and Henry Huggins must rescue her and then her new red rain boots from a mud puddle in what is to become the parking lot of the new grocery store.

Ramona recommends Beezus get a "dawnzer" to provide "a lee light" for her to read by.
Ramona The Brave

Ramona scrunches copycat Susan's owl in class.

Ramona announces she is going to say a bad word, and she does- "Guts."

Ramona and Her Father

Ramona makes herself a crown of burdock burrs that her father has to cut out of her hair.

Ramona and Beezus campaign to make their father stop smoking.

Ramona and Howie clank around the block on tin-can stilts singing, "Ninety Nine Bottles of Beer on the Wall"- all the way from ninety-nine to one.

Ramona and Her Mother

Ramona wastes a whole tube of toothpaste.

Ramona turns herself and Howie blue when she spills a bottle of bluing in the sink.

Ramona yells at her parents through the furnace pipes, commanding them not to fight anymore.

Ramona Quimby, Age 8

Ramona cracks a raw egg on her head and becomes an egghead.

Ramona throws up in front of her whole third-grade class.

Ramona Forever

Ramona and Beezus give Picky-Picky a funeral.

Ramona suffers from siblingitis when her baby sister is born.

Ramona's World

Ramona falls halfway through the lath and plaster floor/ceiling, and Jeremy Kidd has to rescue her.

Ramona receives an original poem from Danny (Yard Ape) for Valentine's Day.

Now we have to think about Ramona Quimby... and family. Answer these questions, and in full sentences:

What kind of character is Ramona? What are some of her character traits? Write about a few of the scenarios I shared with you above, and how those situations showed you as the reader a lot about her character.

Have you ever known someone like Ramona? Explain.

Pretend that a series like Ramona is going to be written about your life. Write about one or two unforgettable experiences you shared with a sibling (brother or sister), friend, or cousin around your age.

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