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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1. With whom do you agree here-Abdala or Korman? I don’t agree with any of them because both made mistakes that created the situation. 2. What mistakes do you think each party made? One of the mistakes made by both of them was the fact that both could not refrain from insulting one another. If one or the other would have simply been the bigger person and stopped responding‚ the situation may have not gotten out of hand. But if we focused on each of their mistakes firstly Abdala’s Mistakes:
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Describe the traditions of Bredgar Chambers as outlined in the text: Well-schooled in Murder. Bredgar Chambers is a school where discipline is on high priority. It is a boarding school where the students live. They have something like a dress code; they have to be dressed like rich people as the text says: “they were nice-looking boys‚ nearly dressed in grey trousers‚ crisp white shirts‚ and a yellow pullovers and yellow stripped ties.” That means that all students have to wear the same clothes
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Gordon Ramsey Gordon Ramsay was born on November 8‚ 1966 in Stratford‚ England. His dream was to become a soccer star. At the age of 15‚ the talented Ramsay joined the Glasgow Rangers‚ a pro club. His time with the team spanned three years until 1985‚ when a knee injury prematurely ended his career.he went back to school to study Hotel Management. When he was 16 he moved out‚ his father was abusive and an alcoholic. Gordon Ramsay has had a few run ins with the law once was for driving under the
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Gordon Ramsay Gordon Ramsay is a British chef. He was born on November 8th 1966. Ramsay is most famous for his television show Hell’s Kitchen. Gordon Ramsay was brought up in Stratford upon-Avon‚ England. When Gordon was younger he had high hopes on being a professional football player. After a few serious injuries he finally decided it was time to settle in and focus on his culinary education. At age 19 he enrolled at North Oxfordshire Technical College to study Hotel Management. After graduating
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