During the first couple days of reading and class discussion, we have delved into character studies of both Maniac and Amanda. Here is your chance to cement some of your thoughts!
Assignment: Using our "21st Century Character Traits sheet", choose 1-2 traits for either Maniac or Amanda and defend your claim with at least 2 pieces of evidence from the text for each trait. You must use "Text Evidence Phrases" to defend your claim. Your finished product should be edited and professional. Use a word processor to help you edit!
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Rose
3/15/2016 15:36:02
Jeffery\Maniac is very ambitious. An example of this occurs when the Jeffery implored, “Please, Pleeeeeeaaaase, may I borrow a book!" to Amanda Beale. In this quote Jeffery is pleading Amanda Beale for a book, this happened right before Amanda's school bell rang. In the end Jeffery gets his way. This shows that he is an ambitious person because his argument with the "Pleeeeaaases" went on for a little while before he got his way.
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Alexa
3/15/2016 15:46:35
One character trait for Jeffrey is that he is persistent. I think this because he was asking to read one of Amanda’s books multiple times. One quote from the book was “So what if I loaned you one, huh? How am I gonna get it back? I’ll bring it back. Honest! If it’s the last thing I do. This shows you that he is persistent and he wants the book very much
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Derek
3/15/2016 16:17:17
My character trait is for Amanda. I think Amanda is logical. I think that she is logical because she brings her books to school instead of leaving them at home with her eating dog and coloring siblings. Also she was logical because she was thinking about being late for school a lot instead of not caring if she was late.
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Jack
3/15/2016 16:18:54
I think Maniac is energetic. I think this because on page 8 it says that Maniac ran 200 miles from Hollidaysburg to Two Mills in one year. That a long way to run probably no-stop. Also the author says on page 14 “But the ball never reached hands. Just as he was about to cradle it in his big brown mitts it vanished. By the time he recovered from the shock a little kid was weaving upfield through the varsity football players .Nobody laid a paw on him. When the kid got to the soccer field, he turned a punted the ball. It sailed back over the up looking gym-classers, spiraling more perfectly than anything Brian Denehey.” I mean to do that you have to have a lot of energy.
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Makenna
3/15/2016 16:38:03
Amanda is a very amiable girl who loves books. I know this because she is very friendly to Maniac because she said hi to him on page 10. She also is very pleasant because she didn’t use a very harsh tone when Maniac was bothering her on page 11. She spoke calmly and friendly when she asked him questions like “where are you from “ on page 11.
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James Christian
3/15/2016 16:41:41
Maniac is amiable. I know this because the author states in the book that every time he ran by someone he said "hi". This proves he's amiable because it shows how he has a friendly and pleasant manner. Maniac is also energetic. I know this because the text it states that Maniac ran 200 miles. That proves that Maniac is energetic because not everyone will be able to run 200 miles.
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Nate D.
3/15/2016 17:26:15
I think that Jeffery (Maniac) Magee is amiable. I think this because the meaning of amiable is someone that displays a friendly or pleasant manner. I know that Magee talked to a stranger and was friendly and was not shy. As noted on page 10, "But Amanda Beale was ALSO friendly." The Also means the author is comparing her to someone else, and in this case, that means Magee. For example, he just walked up to strangers and said "Hi." I think Magee can be called amiable.
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Anna
3/15/2016 18:07:04
Maniac Magee is persuasive because he was able to make Amanda let him borrow one of her books. As noted on page 13 he said "I'll bring it back. Honest!. If it is the last thing I do. What's your address?" This proves he is persuasive because saying that was what made Amanda give him the book. Maniac Magge is also amiable. An example of this occurs when the main character happily said hi to random people. Also when he stopped Amanda and started talking to her he was being amiable.
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Alex
3/15/2016 18:19:10
I think Maniac is ignorant. I think this because he stole the ball from the high schoolers without thinking about what they would say or do. And the ball was theirs. Also Maniac sat in the Finsterwall's steps without thinking about what they would say or do. He did it when all the kids were scared of the Finsterwalls. This evidence is how I know how Maniac is an ignorant person.
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Sophia
3/15/2016 19:17:48
I think Maniac was ambitious. I think this because when he met Amanda he made sure she would give him a book. He wouldn't stop asking for a book so he ended up chasing Amanda down the street and ended up getting the book! I also think that Maniac was ambitious because when he was little and he was in a concert, his aunt and uncle wern't sitting with each other so he dicided to scream until they caught his attention. Therefor Maniac is ambitious.
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Aurora
3/15/2016 19:18:53
I think Maniac is an amiable person. I believe that because "As he passed them he said "Hi!" and "He figured she was like him, running away, so he stopped and said, hi". Amiable means: displays a friendly or pleasant manner.
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Colin
3/15/2016 19:22:23
One of Amanda's many character traits is friendliness. She is friendly because she said hi to Maniac when she had never even seen him before. Also she gave him one of her books even though he made her late to school for the first time in her life.
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Eva
3/15/2016 19:30:35
I think that Maniac McGee is confident. I think this because being confident is trying new things, and he also isn't afriad to go to new places.He also was confident because he didn't doubt his journey and leaving his aunt and uncle. I also think Maniac McGee is energetic because he runs very fast when he goes places. He is also energetic because when he was at his musicale he screamed for a long period of time.
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Julianne
3/15/2016 19:49:35
I think that Maniac is stubborn. This is what I think because when Amanda wouldn't give him a book, he kept chasing after her until she finally threw a book at him. Another reason I think this is because at his spring musical, after the song had ended Maniac was still screaming "Talk! Talk, will ya! Talk!" at his aunt and uncle. I also think that Maniac is friendly, because when he got into Two Mills, he said hi to everyone, and also because he helped Arnold Jones get out of Finsterwald's backyard.
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Rebecca
3/15/2016 19:57:30
I am writing about Amanda.I think that Amanda is friendly and grown up.I think she is friendly because she didn't walk away when Maniac said hi.She just stood their and talked to him.Also I think she is grown up because she thought of the idea to bring her books to school so her siblings and dog wouldn't ruin them.That is a really smart idea.This is what I think about Amanda.
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Amanda
3/15/2016 20:07:37
One character trait of Amanda is that she is amiable. In the book, she decided to be friendly to a stranger she has never even heard the name of. Page 10 quoted, "Amanda Beale was also friendly. She stopped and said hi back." This quote is showing what the author thinks her character traits are, and how she was being friendly. Although, Amanda is also ignorant. This is because she gave out her address to someone she doesn't know well and she is not familiar with. "Seven twenty-eight Sycamore. But you can't come there. You can't even be here." (page 13) This quote shows her telling Jeffery where she lives but she is angry that she is going to be late for school.
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Ryan
3/16/2016 07:20:23
I think Maniac Megee is energetic. Maniac is energetic because Energetic means you have a lot of fuel to move and jump. Maniac ran for 200 miles and that is really energetic because I don't think anyone in the world could run for 200 miles. Also Maniac walked right up to Amanda and started to talk to her. That is energetic because after running 200 miles he ran up to a complete stranger and started talking to her for a while. Maniac is really Energetic.
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Aidan
3/16/2016 11:53:13
I think that Jeffrey is a very energetic Person. Jeffrey talks really fast and never really stops moving. I also think Jeffrey is ambitious. I think he is ambitious because he was very determined to get a book from Amanda. Most people after someone said no would walk away but not Jeffery. He is a very determined person. Also another reason he is energetic is he never stops moving,.
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Rebecca
3/16/2016 11:54:08
I am writing about Amanda. I think that Amanda is friendly and cautious. I think that she is friendly because she didn't walk away when Maniac said hi. She just stood there and talked to him. Also I think she is cautious because she thought of the idea to bring her books to school so her siblings and dog wouldn't ruin them. That is a really smart idea. This is what I think about Amanda.
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Heidi
3/16/2016 11:54:19
I think Amanda is resourceful. I think this because she has two younger brothers who like to scribble on everything and a dog who likes to chew on everything. So she is resourceful for solving how to not get her books ruined by bringing her books in a suitcase to school everyday
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Nina
3/16/2016 11:54:35
The character I am doing is Jeffery. Jeffery is energetic. I think this because when he is doing something he has a high amount of energy when he is doing it. Also I think he is efficient. I think this because when he tried to get one of Amanda's books he would not quit, and soon enough he got a book from her.
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Allison
3/16/2016 11:57:16
I think that Maniac is independent. I think this because he ran away from his Aunt and Uncle. Also he was fine when he ran away. He lived and got food and water. Finally Maniac's parents died when he was three so he has lived without them. Another trait he has is determination. One day Maniac left his home and was determent never to go back. I probably would have left and come back in an hour or so.
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Christopher Utley
3/16/2016 12:00:31
In the story Jeffery is independent and energetic. One reason Jeffery is energetic is that in the story after Jeffery runs out of the auditorium, for a whole year Jeffery is running for so long and hard. That in year, Jeffery runs more than 200 miles! After Jeffery does this, know one dares to step on his property ever again. One reason that Jeffery is independent is that when he was running the 200 miles, he didn't ask anyone to help him. I know this because while he was running, the first person to ever actually have a conversation was when Jeffery was around the 2 hundred mile mark. After Jeffery had this conversation I think that he will stay there.
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Jamie
3/16/2016 18:38:22
One character trait that I think Amanda has is that she is curious. I think this because on page 11 she says, "who are you?". She also asks, "where are you from? West End?", on page 11.
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Kieran O'Grady
3/16/2016 21:56:46
I choose Maniac. I think one of Maniac's traits is being argumentative. This is because when Amanda would not give him a book, he was resistant to let the book go and had to have it. Also, this made Amanda late for school and he knew this, he must really be argumentative if this is is how he acts over a book. Especially to somebody he doesn't even know. I think that Maniac's crazy ways will land him in trouble sooner or later.
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Demetres
12/19/2017 13:28:27
I think one descriptive trait about Maniac is that he is brave I think this because he was able to scream while at a musicale in front of a lot of people. Another way he is brave is because he's from the west end and he crossed over into the east end.The town was split into east and the west or another way to put it is, the whites and the blacks. The east end was the blacks and the west end was the whites. Maniac crossed the boundary no problem and that's saying something.
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