Schooled by Gordon Korman is about a hippie boy‚ named Cap‚ who transitions to a regular school from a hippie commune. Cap is clueless about everyday objects. He has never watched television‚ he had never tasted pizza‚ and he had never talked on a phone. Korman wrote a lot of deep and wise sayings. At one of the student government meeting considering the Halloween party‚ Cap does something out of the ordinary. Trent Davidoff suggested an awesome deejay to Cap‚ and then Cap assigns him the job of
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“I’d swear Donovan Curtis wasn’t gifted at all”- Oz Words can not describe the love for Donovan Curtis in the book Ungifted by Gordon Korman. Ungifted means not having any exceptional talents. Or you could say Donovan Curtis and his teachers would think ungifted. The cover reminds you of kids just being kids and having fun so I picked the book right up. Donovan Curtis is the main character in the book and is pretty reckless. So reckless he took a stick and hit the Atlas statue like a baseball which
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Amnesia: a partial loss of memory. Restart by Gordon Korman is about a boy named Chase Ambrose who fell off his roof and got amnesia. Before all this‚ Chase was Hiwassee’s biggest bully and was determined to make everyone’s life miserable with Bear and Aaron. Restart is chock-full of memorable moments‚ has an important theme and its rating is off the charts. To begin with‚ Restart had great themes embedded into the writing. I think that one of these important lessons is that you should always try
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and play video games. He doesn’t play any sports‚ he’s not in any clubs and he can’t even check on his mother’s food while it’s in the oven‚ resulting in the house almost burning down. You can find all of this and more in the book Slacker‚ by Gordon Korman. This book is first person point of view‚ and you get to read how everyone in the story is feeling‚ not just the main character because you get to have a point of view on all of the characters. It’s a very fast paced 230 paged book‚ full of entertainment
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I am reading Masterminds by Gordon Korman. From where we left off‚ Eli was in the Serenity hospital‚ recovering from his accident. In the following chapter‚ the perspective changed‚ to Amber Laska. She is writing down her priorities. In her list of priorities‚ she writes about herself and Tori having a sleepover. Based on this information‚ I infer that Tori is Amber’s best friend. Apparently‚ Randy is leaving the city! Imagine how that would feel for Eli!!! Everyone in Serenity loves where they
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TASK #4- PERSONAL ESSAY Why Should all ENG4U students read Born to Rock by Gordon Korman "You know what punk is? A bunch of no-talent guys who really‚ really want to be in a band. Nobody reads music‚ nobody plays the mandolin‚ and you’re too dumb to write songs about mythology or Middle-earth. So what’s your style? Three chords‚ cranked out fast and loud and distorted because your instruments are crap and you can’t play them worth a damn. And you scream your lungs out to cover up the fact
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The novel Schooled‚ by Gordon Korman‚ is very unique. Capricorn Anderson‚ the main character‚ has a rough start and gets moved to the middle school after being homeschooled by his grandmother Rain in Garland Farms where they are following the act of being hippies. Rain is picking plums from the plum tree and she slips and falls. Cap. drives Rain to the hospital at age thirteen and gets pulled over at the hospital. Cap. can not be homeschooled by her and must go to the Cleavage Middle School. This
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Marcus Jordan is a 16 year old boy that Just moved to a new town in the middle of summer. He was on the football team at his previous school and intended to be on the one in his new school‚ so he practiced by himself at a park. That shows that he is very disciplined and determined (page one‚ paragraph three). Out of nowhere‚ this other figure comes in and starts practicing with Marcus. His name was Charlie‚ and it looked to be like he was in his mid forties. It turns out he’s very good at football
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In the novel Schooled by Gordan Korman‚ Capricorn Anderson’s life has changed for the better. Have you ever heard of a thirteen year old who got arrested two times in less than two months for doing a silly thing like driving‚ and being underage while doing it? Cap Anderson is a flower child‚ who lives in Garland Farms with his sixty-seven year old grandmother‚ Rain‚ who educates him until she has an accident. Cap is different from other characters because Cap comes from Garland which is a whole
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Dessert- 50 points CHOOSE 1 *Due Thurs.‚ Dec. 15 Directions: Complete ONE of the following prompts. Remember your writing must be free of spelling and grammatical errors. REMEMBER NO TEXTING LANGUAGE—NONE! You should have finished the entire book by this point. Title:__Dive – Book One______ Author:__Gordon Korman______ Currently on page #__148__ of ____148____total pages OR finished the book * Find OR write a POEM (8 line minimum) that represents your book. Attach the poem
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