Monday, December 14, 2009

Lawn Boy Activity #1

Lawn Boy
By Gary Paulsen

Listed below are words that appear in the story Lawn Boy.  They are in the order that they occur in the story.  Respond to this blog with a prediction/summary of the events that you think will happen in the first three chapters of the book.

secret, twelve, money, ten-speed, inventor, broke, fire, birthday, turtle, danger, neighborhood, pockets, crashed, camp, limit, Arnold, lawnboy, stockbroker, sneaky, account, account, owe.

29 comments:

vampiress1909 said...

I think In the first three chapters this happens...
"The Lawn Boy" has a secret, he's twelve years old, he gets money, he buys a ten speed lawn mower, he is an inventor, his lawn mower broke, they had a bon fire, then it was his birthday, he got a turtle for a present, he somehow became in danger, he started mowing people's lawns in the neighborhood, he filled his pockets with money, he crashed the lawn mower, he went to camp, there was a limit to how far away he was aloud to mow lawns, he got a new friend called Arnold, he got the nickname lawnboy, he got involved in stocks, he became very sneaky, he opens a bank account, he takes money out of his bank account, then he owes the bank.

latteree said...

I think the lawn boy has a secret birthday party and recieves money he buys a ten speed lawn mower he bought it because he is an inventor he broke his lawn mower so he could make an invention.he began to mow poeples lawns for money he got a new friend named arnold his nickname became lawnboy. He opens a bank accont and gets invovled in stocks.Opens a bank account then takes to much money out of theh bank account then owes the bank money

chucknorris said...

I think that the lawn boy starts a buisness and he wants to buy a ten speed bike and he gets the ten speed finally and owes money to somebody

Piggy1234 said...

I think the first three chapters of "Lawn Boy" will be about a boy who needs to think of a way to earn money, maybe for something he broke or needs to replace. He might think of the idea to mow peoples lawns for money to rack up the cash he needs. He then starts up his own lawn mowing business and spends most of his free time mowing peoples lawns.

laughsxabunch said...

I think that the lawn boy does have a secret party or something and he gets money and buys a lawn mower so he can make something , like an invention. he mowed peoples lawn so he could get money . and opens a bank account up too take out money well his friend arnold did that and his nickname is lawnboy .

Anonymous said...

I think that there is going to be a kid who is 12 and wants to start a business . So he buys a lawn mower that only goes 10mph . Then something bad is going to happen and then its going to be fixed and he is going to start a account because he is making so much money .

laughsxabunch said...

I think that the lawn boy does have a secret party or something and he gets money and buys a lawn mower so he can make something , like an invention. he mowed peoples lawn so he could get money . and opens a bank account up too take out money well his friend arnold did that and his nickname is lawnboy .

GoGreen123 said...

The boy in the story is 12 years old and he wants more money because he is broke so for his birthday he get a lawnmower and so he goes and cuts peoples lawns. then there s a turtle and he almost runs it over then crashes the lawnmower into a tree then barrows money from someone to replace it and he cant pay the person back later??

student38 said...

I think that the Lawn Boy is keeping a secret from some one of some people. He is the age of twelve and has money and invents something. He has or goes to a birthday party and gets or gives a turtle. Lawn Boy some how gets and account somewhere and gets into the stock market.

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cchick said...

I think that in the first 3 chapters of this book the main character will have or learn a secret. I think he/she is 12 years old and that they have lots of or need lots of money to buy a ten speed bike. His/Her father or mother might be an inventor and their invention might have broken and caught fire. Then they had a B-day party and someone got a turtle which was dangerous in the neighborhood. Then someone's pockets got picked and someone crashed a car, sought refuge in a nearby camp. The crashed because they were over the speed limit and Arnold mows lawns for a job afterward to help pay for the car damage. He then becomes a stockbroker and is a sneaky person then has many bank accounts and then gets in debt. That is what I think will happen in the book "Lawn Boy."

muffins13 said...

First he learns a secret, and gets 12 dollars then he invents a ten speed bike and has a fire on his birthday. He then finds out there is a dangerous turtle in his neighborhood, his name is arnold, and he is called the lawnboy and then owes some money to someone.

peacexo said...

I think that in the first three chapters that a twelve year old boy will mow lawns for money and then he will invest his money into the bank. He does this because he is broke after he gets in a car crash because he was speeding and they hit a turtle and it was dangerous, it was his birthday and they were going on their way to camp. But know he owes money to the other person in the crash, and he has to earn the money to give to them, but he invests in stocks instead and he has to be very sneaky.

bbygrllxo said...

I think the story "Lawn Boy" is about a lawn Arnold is the lawn boy and He would cut the neighbors lawns. He got 12 dollars every time he mowed a lawn, which he took the money to his bank account. I also think he was sneaky with his job. Maybe one time when he was mowing he hit a turtle. The lawn mower went to speed 10, and it was a dangerous machine.

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XConverseGirlX said...

Lawn boy has a secret birthday party and he turns twelve and he gets money for his birthday, He wants to make more money so he spends his money on a ten-speed lawn mower. he decides to be an inventor. after trying to be an inventor he spent all his money and becomes broke. Then he has a bon fire for his 13th birthday and he gets a turtle, his turtle becomes in danger when he almost runs it over. Then his neighbor asks him too mow their lawn. and he pockets the money he gets from them.Lawn boy crashes his lawn mower and goes to camp? he becomes friends with someone named arnold and he gts the nickname lawnboy. Then he meets a stockbroker who he finds out is very sneaky, and he opens a bank account, His account gets robbed and he owes the bank.

GGGGunit50 said...

I believe that in the first 3 chapters of the Lawn Boy go along the lines of... His name is Arnold and he is a sneaky twelve year old who lives in a neighborhood where there is danger and people selling things on the streets for money, his dad has a 10 speed impala that he had to sell in order to buy a lawnmower to make some extra money. THe lawnmower crashed and now he had no money and he owed some on account that he borrowed and spent other peoples money. So now he pick pockets people that way his family doesn't lose all money and become broke. Especially on his birthday in which he wanted a turtle

its a gift said...

I think that the Lawn Boy has his own job mowing lawns and that he is saving enough money to buy parts for an invention that has a 10 speed engine and is made out of a lawn mower. He might enter in a race on his birthday and bet that he is going to win. Then I think he will crash and have to owe money to the people that he bet with. Then he will do something sneaky to get out of it.

horsechick8077 said...

I think that lawn boy secretly crashed his 10-speed lawnmower and broke it by swerving around a turtle in danger. At camp he was mowing the lawn because he was throwing a birthday party for a person named Arnold and the whole neighborhood was invited. He then got money from Arnold and payed for the tractor to get fixed.

Anonymous said...

I think that it is lawn boy's birthday and he get money for a ten speed lawn mower which he uses to invent a secret new lawn mower. His invention is stolen and broke and the thief get's lots of money off of his idea. The theif is a stockbroker who got a lot of investment on the ideas and made lots of money.

Anonymous said...

In the first 3 chapters lawn boy receives a new lawn mower for his 12th birthday. The lawn mower is the one who gave him the lawn mower. One day he is mowing his lawn when a fellow neighber offered to pay him to mow his lawn. then a whole bunch of neighbors wanted him to mow there lawns. Eventually he is making lot's of money and working all days of the week. Then one customer offers to pay in buying stock and lawn boy accept.

007agent said...

I think that in the book Lawn Boy, Lawn Boy is a twelve year old boy who loved to get money, but secretly. He wanted to get more money so he wanted to invent a ten-speed lawnmower that broke because he was chasing his turtle with it and it fell into the fire. Then it will have a section about how dangerous his neighborhood when people pick his pockets. Then the stock market crashed and he went to a boot camp where for limited children and the he meets arnold and is a lawnboy for peoples lawns and then decides that he wants to become a sneaky stockbroker and then he has to owe money is his account because his sneaky habits failed him

Anonymous said...

I think that the Lawn Boy has a secret and if mihgt have to do with all the stuff that is listed in the paragraph below the directions. I would say his age is twelve and that he is an inventor at ten-speed. He broke something he invented and it caught on fife at his birthday. At his birthday he got a turtle but that caused danger and that isn't good. The neighborhood hears all about it and the guilt is filled in his pockets. Th crashed camp because of it and there was a certain limit of why you could quit. Arnold is his name and he is considered the lawnboy and he is a stockbroker. Being very sneaky having an account, and most of it is going to be gone because he has to owe people money.

Dog5 said...

I think think the lawn boy is about a kid that gets a lawn mower and he mowes lawns and gets lots of accounts and makes lots of money because people see him mowing his lawn and decide that they want him to mow there lawn and comes accross a turtale and hits the tutle.

begreen13 said...

I think that the Lawn Boy has a secret and if mihgt have to do with all the stuff that is listed in the paragraph below the directions. I would say his age is twelve and that he is an inventor at ten-speed. He broke something he invented and it caught on fife at his birthday. At his birthday he got a turtle but that caused danger and that isn't good. The neighborhood hears all about it and the guilt is filled in his pockets. Th crashed camp because of it and there was a certain limit of why you could quit. Arnold is his name and he is considered the lawnboy and he is a stockbroker. Being very sneaky having an account, and most of it is going to be gone because he has to owe people money.

nommixo(: said...

I think that there is going to be a kid who is 12 and wants to start a business . So he buys a lawn mower that only goes 10mph . Then something bad is going to happen and then its going to be fixed and he is going to start a account because he is making so much money .

dinomaster said...

I was right on my prediction on lawn boy. Because I said that It would be about a boy who gets involved in the stock market and starts up a lawn mowing bussness. You will have to read the rest of the book to find out what happens.

greenmachine123 said...

I think that there is a boy that is keeping a secret from everyone he knows and he is twelve years old and he is riding his ten speed and that the boy likes to invent his own little inventions and one of his inventions broke so that caused a fire on his birthday and it was a big one it even put his turtle in danger. I also think that he has been walking around his neighborhood with his hands in is pockets and someone crashed into him and it was a camp employee and he told the boy not to walk because that was beyonds his limits right now and then he meets a boy named arnold who mowes lawns and he knows about what a stockbroker does and he has been sneaky latley he put moey in an account and now he owes money.

lil D said...

I believe that lawnboy is keeping a secret from everyone in his neighborhood while he holds twelve dollars, maybe he is in a poor neighborhood. He might find a tenspeed somewhere and fix it up and use it, he thinks he invented a new project and tries it out. The tenspeed breaks and catches on fire right on his birthday. He knows enough that the turtle on the tenspeed means slow, and the fact that he did not have it on slow which caused severe danger to his neighborhood. He had a pocket full of money during his crash on a neighbors house. He hid away at a camp for a limited amount of time while waiting for his friend Arnold so they can fix the tenspeed. He was given the title LawnBoy and became the stockbroker for his little company, Arnold hid a sneaky account from lawnboy and same for lawnboy against Arnold, though they still both owe money to his town.