Name: _____________________________
DUE DATE: First week of 7th grade
Summer Reading Assignment
Directions:
1. Complete this assignment AS YOU READ Schooled by Gordon Korman.
2. Respond to each quote in three to five sentences using the provided sentence starter.
3. Use the example to guide your responses.
Important Passages from Gordon
Korman’s Schooled:
My Response:
EXAMPLE:
EXAMPLE:
Rain to Capricorn: “We always try to save
the world. But sometimes the world doesn’t
want to be saved.”
In my own words, this quote means... Capricorn has
grown up in a very different place from the peers at his
new school. As a result, he does not understand why
everyone won’t accept and appreciate his help. Rain is
trying to help Cap understand that people come from
different perspectives, and it affects their views of the
world.
Capricorn Anderson: “Rain would have been
pleased. That was the whole point of the
community – to allow us to escape the
money-hungry rat race of modern society. If
people didn’t know us, they couldn’t find us,
and we could live our lives in peace. . . I was
homeschooled . . . We wanted to avoid the
low standards and cultural poison of a world
that had lost its way” (Chapter 1).
This quote explains the setting of Capricorn’s
childhood as “an alternative farm commune” in
the following ways...
Hugh about Capricorn: “He wasn’t nerdy in
a typical way. He wasn’t a computer geek or
captain of the chess club (that was me). He
couldn’t speak Klingon; in fact, he’d never
even heard of Star Trek. But just one peek at
the guy and you knew that, dweebwise, there
was a new sheriff in town” (Chapter 5).
In this passage, the reader learns the following
things about Hugh...
Naomi: “To be honest, I couldn’t explain it
either. Cap was weird, but there was more to
it than that. There was something
mysterious and strong. Not muscle strong or
fighting strong – a kind of strength that gave
him the self-control to meditate instead of
falling apart, or to ignore what other people
thought, and find meaning in a dead bird”
(Chapter 10).
Naomi’s perspective of Capricorn differs from
Hugh’s because...
Hugh on the bus with Capricorn: “The first
projectile came sailing up the aisle, spinning
like a miniature torch. The Winkleman
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identified it instantly. A bunch of jerks at
the back were flicking lit matches at Cap. I
brushed it from the seat, genuinely alarmed.
This may have been business as usual in my
life, but I had short hair. Cap’s flyaway mop
was a forest fire waiting to happen” (Chapter
11).
This conflict shows that Hugh’s identity is
affected by his peers because...
This shows that her character is...
Rain to Capricorn: “That’s society for you,
Cap. Following rules is more important than
living your life. The law says you can’t drive
until you’re sixteen. So if somebody does it,
it’s a huge deal. You should feel sorry for
these poor kids. They’re prisoners, and they
don’t even know it” (Chapter 14).
Rain’s perspective on society has affected
Capricorn in the following ways...
Darryl to Zach: “You shouldn’t be so hard on
Cap,” Darryl told me. “Sure he’s weird, but
he’s the best eighth grade president we’ve
ever had.”
“Eighth grade president isn’t a real
job,” I seethed. “It’s a joke, remember?”
“Well, maybe it started that way,”
Naomi said earnestly. “But Cap Anderson is
the most amazing person I’ve ever known”
(Chapter 19).
Darryl and Naomi are changing because...
As you continue to Schooled, please select
your own important quote about acceptance
and write it below. Please include the page
number.
This quote about acceptance became important as
I read because…
Quote:
Pg #_____
Capricorn Anderson: “It had been a tough
couple of weeks since the Halloween dance
that wasn’t a dance at all. I wondered if I’d
ever be happy again. I knew I didn’t fit in at
C Average, but Garland wasn’t exactly right
for me either” (Chapter 31).
Capricorn Anderson: “I didn’t regret my
time in real school. I learned a lot...the most
important thing I learned is how many
things out there I still needed to learn about.
I wanted to, but it didn’t seem like I was
going to get the chance” (Chapter 31).
This is an example of how Capricorn has changed
over the course of the novel because...
This quote connects to the title of the book
Schooled because…