"We Beat the Street" SS pp 362 - 367

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Across
  1. 2. Miss Johnson believed that George was capable of going to ____.
  2. 7. 8-year-old boy; main character who loves school
  3. 8. day of the week when the topic in class was Shakespeare.
  4. 9. The lady thought George's class was a private school because they wore matching sweaters and were attentive and ___ ___.
  5. 10. Miss Johnson took the kids into New York City to listen to music at the ____ ____.
  6. 13. Miss Johnson advised George to ____ people like the lady; to just "do your thing."
  7. 15. George's third-grade teacher is Miss ____ _____.
  8. 16. Miss Johnson took the kids into New York City to see plays on ______.
  9. 18. George attended ____ ____ Elementary School in Newark, New Jersey.
  10. 22. Vocabulary term meaning "to take in"
  11. 24. The lady at the concert wore a mink coat and too much ____.
  12. 26. When George's class formed the Shakespearean Club, Miss Johnson helped them get ____.
  13. 27. Miss Johnson told the class about the ___ ___; a time when disease and death ravaged much of Europe
  14. 28. During what part of the concert did a lady approach George?
Down
  1. 1. Miss Johnson told George he could go to college if he kept his ____ out of trouble.
  2. 3. George's 10-year-old brother who skips school
  3. 4. George thought the lady at the concert smelled like ____.
  4. 5. Vocabulary term meaning "unclear"
  5. 6. Vocabulary term meaning "control"
  6. 11. city in New Jersey in which George lived
  7. 12. The narrator describes Miss Johnson as a tiny ball of _____.
  8. 14. one of George's classmates; George wished he would be quiet and not ask questions.
  9. 17. Vocabulary term meaning "a quick look"
  10. 19. Miss Johnson taught her class everything about ____ and his time on Tuesdays.
  11. 20. According to George, most kids in his neighborhood believed it wasn't ___ to be good at school.
  12. 21. a Shakespearean play Miss Johnson introduced to the class; she let them act it out
  13. 23. what Garland was tossing into the gutter on the way to school
  14. 25. name of the avenue on which George and Garland were walking at the beginning of the text