Ribbit - who remains in disgrace after a 25-year-old cheating scandal and is just killing time, doing crossword puzzles and waiting to take early retirement at the end of the year.Īre they really incorrigible, or is it possible they are just misunderstood? This unlikely group of heroes is about to find out for themselves. Over the course of the book, the book-smart Kiana learns to be flexible, working with machines at Terranova Motors, seeing the kinetic chaos of her baby brother as a science lesson, and helping Parker. Plus Kiana, who is just in town visiting her dad and isn’t even registered with the school. The Unteachables highlights the importance of cultivating many different types of intelligence for both traditional and nontraditional learners. The Unteachables are a medley of wayward characters: Parker the dyslexic farm boy Aldo, in need of anger management classes Elaine (rhymes with pain) Barnstorm the jock Rahim the sleep-deprived artist and Mateo, lost in fantasy worlds.

In the multiple-narrator format that Gordon perfected in Ungifted and Supergifted, this book tells the story the story of Greenwich Middle School’s class SCS-8, a.k.a The Self-Contained Special Eighth Grade Class, a.ka. Kermit This character is a 55-year-old teacher who is looking forward to retiring from teaching.

Is this classroom of outcasts really incorrigible, or just misunderstood? The Unteachables Character Descriptions Gordon Korman This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 129 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

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