Ungifted

Characters

• Donovan Curtis
• Dr. Schultz
• Chloe Garfinkle
• Mr. Osborne
• Noah Youkilis
• Ms. Bevelaqua
• Katie Patterson
• Abigail Lee

Plot

• An ungifted kid mistakenly enters a gifted school
• The gifted kids realize Donovan is not gifted
• Donovan brings the gifted kids together
• The gifted kids and non gifted kids learned something about each other
• It is not easy no matter what

Setting

• Hard Castle Middle School
• The Academy For Scholastic Distinction

Conflict

• Mr. Schultz and the unmasked student (Donovan
• Abigail and Donovan

Climax

• Mr.Schultz identifies Donovan as the boy who broke the statue
• Donovan is proved to be at the school by accident
• Abigail helped Donovan cheat to keep him in school

Enjoy

• For people who like robots
• People who feel like they don't fit in
• People who like to see conflict worked out

Does fit

• Ungifted Donovan did not really get into the gifted program
• Noah tried to pretend that he was not gifted
• Kids at the Academy felt ungifted in non school areas

Doesn't fit

• The kids at the Academy were very smart and gifted
• Donovan had a gift of bringing people together
• Everyone had a gift
• No one is ungifted

Text to World

• Robot's broken arm
• Brothers broken arm
• Academy had a dance
• Hill top went to a dance

Questions for Autthor

• Why was the statue only held by one bolt?
• Why did Abigail help Donovan cheat?
• Have you written any other books?

Surprise

• Abigail helping Donovan cheat
• Noah went to the regular school
• How his ancestor survived in cold water

Text to self

• I wouldn't have touched the statue
• I make friends easily
• I have a dog

Feeling and emotions

• Happy- Donovan was different and helped them
• Confused- How the ancestor survived in cold water
• Worried- When Mr.Schultz identified Donovan