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Pre Reading Activity: Wendelin Van Draanen uses a lot of idioms and colloquial sayings throughout her story:swear to howdy(p. 7),dumber'n a post(p. 11),rakin' rain(p. 49),jumpy as spit on a skillet(p. 58), andfrog-stranglin' rain(p. 124). Have students use an idiom dictionary to look up these phrases and see if they can find the origins of the sayings. Ask them to brainstorm idioms they use in their everyday language and look for more idioms as they read.Van Draanen, Wendelin is the author of 'Swear to Howdy', published 2003 under ISBN 9780375925054 and ISBN 0375925058.
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