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About This Passage
This passage will teach the writer how Gordon Korman uses Donovan's first-person voice to make the reader laugh and feel sorry for him at the same time. Notice how Donovan describes his own troubles as if they were almost not his fault — that mix of honesty and excuse-making is exactly how a real kid talks when they have just gotten in trouble.
Open Chapter 1 of Ungifted. Find the first sentence where Donovan describes himself or describes the kind of trouble he gets into at school. Choose 1-2 sentences that show Donovan's voice — the way HE...
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell the story of this chapter. Stop at the moment when Donovan does the prank. Why did he do it? What was he hoping would happen?
Discussion Questions
- Donovan does a prank that goes very wrong — much worse than he planned. Was Donovan a BAD kid for doing it, or was he just a kid who didn't think about what could happen? What in the chapter makes you think so?
- The grown-ups in this chapter — Donovan's mom, his teachers, and the school people — all see Donovan as a 'troublemaker.' Is that a fair word for him? What in the chapter shows a different side of Donovan that the grown-ups might be missing?
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