Search for the Shadowman

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Search for the Shadowman

• By Joan Lowery Nixon

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Chapter 1 Vocabulary

• genealogy (p. 2)
• 2. desperado (p. 2)
• 3. conceited (p. 5)
• 4. dignified (p. 5)
• 5. impressive (p. 5)
• 6. decrepit (p. 7)
• 7. indignation (p. 7)
• 8. quavery (p. 9)

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Chapter 1 Notes

• Characters Andy Thomas (Main)
• Miss Winnie Grandma Dorothy
• J.J. Gasper Miz Minna
• Mr. Hammergren Mrs. Thomas
• Setting Fall, West Texas, Hermosa
• J. J. and Andy best friends
• Project from history teacher (Mr. Hammergren) on
  family history
• Conflict between Miz Minna and Miss Winnie

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Chapter 1 Quote

• What did Miss Winnie mean when she said, Some
  stories are for the telling, some are not? (p.
  8)

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Chapter 2 Vocabulary

• dutifully (p. 10)
• wary (p. 11)
• frugal (p. 11)
• intrigued (p. 14)

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Chapter 2 Notes

• Family moved to West Texas
• Family was poor money was stolen
• Coley Joe (Cole Joseph) name marked out in family
  Bible

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Chapter 2 Quote

• But the money hed saved to build a house and
  buy stock that was stolen. (p. 11)
• Why was this statement so shocking and
  interesting to Andy?

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Chapter 3 Vocabulary

1. thong (p. 20)
2. preening (p. 26)
3. plaintively (p. 27)

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Chapter 3 Notes

• Andy wanted to ask Miz Minna about Coley Joe
  (mystery man)
• Marked out of Bible if disgraces family
• Andy talked to Miz Minna about Coley Joe but she
  wouldnt tell him

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Chapter 3 Quote

• When Miz Minna warned, Sometimes asking too many
  questions leads to trouble. (p. 28)
• What was she warning him not to ask? Why was she
  warning him?

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Chapter 4 Vocabulary

1. exasperation (p. 30)
2. mementos (p. 30) memento
3. shards (p. 31) shard
4. solemnly (p. 32) solemn
5. warily (p. 37) wary
6. bandied (p. 38) bandy

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Chapter 4 Notes

• Mom took Bible and some papers from the box to
  copy and list family
• Andy broke frame of Bonner picture and sees Coley
  Joe for the 1st time
• Andy tried to sneak questions in about Coley Joe
  to Miss Winnie
• In 1879 CJ was 23
• CJ did not move with family to Corpus Christi
• The family thought CJ stole the money

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Chapter 4 Notes continued

• Andy received phone call warning him to quit
  snooping
• Coley Joe disgraced family by supposedly taking
  the familys money

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Chapter 4 Quote

• Andy declared to J.J., Im going to prove that
  Coley Joe was a good guy. (p. 33)
• Do you think Andy really believed that Coley Joe
  was innocent? Why?

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Chapter 5 Vocabulary

• frustration (p. 40)
• gruesome (p. 44)
• wistful (p. 50)
• tombstone (p. 42)
• isolated (p. 44)
• hodgepodge (p. 51)

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Chapter 5 Notes

• Andy J.J. decide to go to the cemetery
  tombstones
• Mom says no Dad says yes
• Andy uses internet for project (Hunter)
• Locates poetry book by Grace Elizabeth Bonner
• Dreamed about GEB

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Chapter 5 Quote

• Andy told his mom, I just had a nightmare. (p.
  52)
• Why did he consider his dream a nightmare?

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Chapter 6 Vocabulary

1. confidential (p. 54)
2. wrought-iron (p. 56)
3. obelisk (p. 57)
4. mottled (p. 58)

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Chapter 6 Notes

• Andy talked to Mr. Hammergren about project (CJ)
  and gets advice
• At the cemetery Malcolm John Bonner snake
  head, storm comes, grabbed by Elton
• Elton talks to the dead

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Chapter 6 Quote

• Elton stated, I can. meaning he could talk to
  the dead (p. 62)
• Did he really mean he could talk to them? Why or
  why not?

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Chapter 7 Vocabulary

• serpent (p. 64)
• passel (p. 65)
• upstarts (p. 71) upstart
• rigors (p. 73)

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Chapter 7 Notes

• At dinner (Andy, Mom, Dad) discuss MJB tombstone
• Shakespeare How sharper than a serpents tooth
  it is to have a thankless child. CJ?
• Elton talks to the dead?!
• Andy gets e-mail about love letters from CJ to
  Felicity from El Paso (he made it)

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Chapter 7 Notes continued

• Interviewed Grandma Dorothy Grandpa Zeke
• Read letters CJ had arrived in El Paso, planned
  to buy livestock, and he promised to go back to
  marry Felicity!

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Chapter 7 Quote

• From King Lear (by William Shakespeare)
• How sharper than a serpents tooth it is to have
  a thankless child. quote from Malcolms
  tombstone (p. 64)
• If this is talking about Malcolm John Bonner and
  Coley Joe, what does it mean?

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Chapter 8 Vocabulary

• query (p. 77)
• immaculate (p. 80)
• negotiate (p. 80)

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Chapter 8 Notes

• History class discuss progress of projects
• Andy tells that he received love letters
• Andy talked to Miz Minna about family trees
• Posted another question on the internet
• Headed to the cemetery to see Elton

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Chapter 8 Quote

• Andy asked J.J., You want me to give up? (p.
  79)
• Does Andy want to give up? Why or why not?
• Does J.J. want Andy to give up? Why or why not?

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Chapter 9 Vocabulary

1. thrive (p. 88)
2. ominous (p. 90)
3. orthodontist (p. 90)

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Chapter 9 Notes

• Find out info from the Bonners
• Looking at the box of stuff thought about more
  questions
• 1st letter, 2nd poetry book (on nightstand) 3rd
  thong
• Andy received threatening mail/letter

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Chapter 9 Quote

• Who else did you tell? Andy frowned as he
  thought. Mom and Dad, of course. And Grandpa
  and Grandma and you. A stray thought zapped
  Andy like the painful sting of a mosquito.
  Thanks for reading the letter. Ive gotta go.
• Who was the you Andy was talking about?
• Why did Andy all of a sudden feel a sting and
  want to rush off?

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Chapter 10 Vocabulary

• dawdled (p. 95) dawdle
• populace (p. 98)
• patrons (p. 103) patron
• battered (p. 98) batter
• indictments (p. 99) indictment
• Archives (p. 103) archive

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Chapter 10 Notes

• Andy raked leaves at home and grandparents
  finally (because of being upset about J.J. and
  the 2 threats)
• Received e-mail from a DrPR about Texas history
  (Salt Wars) in San Elizario
• Read about it at library but runs into more
  questions
• frustrated Mrs. Alonzo helps ? will find out
  who were killed there (in San Elizario) Was it CJ?

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Chapter 10 Notes continued

• Also, who was CJs friend (mentioned in letter to
  Felicity)
• Someone in the shadows. Who is it?

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Chapter 10 Quote

• Its tough being a detective, he said.
• (p. 100)
• Why did Andy tell the librarian it was tough
  being a detective?
• What was he looking for at this point in the
  library?

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Chapter 11 Vocabulary

• fortifying (p.108) fortify
• snob (p. 109)
• miscellaneous (p. 108)
• agenda (p. 111)

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Chapter 11 Notes

• J.J. was in the shadows came to see if Andy
  wanted to play video games or something
• Sorted through Bonner papers (Andy/J.J.)
• At community theater Miz Minna tells Miss
  Winnie what Andy is doing

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Chapter 11 Quote

• Was that why I saw you by the mailbox, J.J.?
  (p. 106)
• Why did Andy ask J.J. about being at his mailbox?

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Chapter 12 Vocabulary

• intermission (p. 118)
• double-cross (p. 118)
• recounted (p. 119)
• adolescent (p. 120)
• compromise (p. 121)
• conclusive (p. 122)

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Chapter 12 Notes
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Chapter 12 Quote

• I need to know that you respect what I have to
  say and that you trust me. (p. 120)
• Why did Andy say this to his parents and what was
  he trying to accomplish?

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Chapter 13 Vocabulary

• superstitious (p. 130)
• beseechingly (p. 133)

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Chapter 13 Notes
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Chapter 13 Quote

• It was Coley Joe! he shouted. I found Coley
  Joe! (p. 132)
• Why was Andy so excited he had finally found out
  about Coley Joe?
• Why was where Coley Joe important to Andy, Miss
  Winnie, and the plot of this book?

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Chapter 14 Vocabulary

1. ridiculous (p. 140)
2. scandal (p. 145)

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Chapter 14 Notes
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Chapter 14 Quote

• The first J.J. was a clerk, in a low-paying job.
  How did he suddenly come into enough money to
  move to Hermosa and establish both a store and a
  bank? (p. 141)
• What kind of reaction did Andy expect from Miz
  Minna when he asked this? What is the correct
  answer to the above question?

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Last Chapter Vocabulary

1. strongbox
2. incriminate

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Last Chapter Notes
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Last Chapter Writing Response

• What would you do if you were Andy with the
  information he discovered about Coley Joe and the
  first James Jonathan Gasper?

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Authors Notes