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Gordon KormanSlacker
Gordon KormanFiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Introduction
Slacker
- Genre: Fiction; middle-grade humor
- Originally Published: 2016
- Reading Level/Interest: Lexile 710L; grades 4-7
- Structure/Length: 33 chapters; approx. 240 pages; 5 hours and 34 minutes on audio
- Protagonist and Central Conflict: Cameron Boxer is a slacker whose house nearly burns down when he gets engrossed in a video game, so he and his friends invent a fake club at school to appear less like slackers. Cameron is stuck being president when some of his classmates think the club is real.
- Potential Sensitivity Issues: Use of a gaming name that pokes fun at violence (“Evil McKillPeople”)
Gordon Korman, Author
- Bio: Born in 1963 in Montreal, Canada; currently lives in New York with his wife and family; holds a BFA from New York University; has written over 80 novels; published his first novel as a freshman in high school
- Other Works: The Toilet Paper Tigers (1993); Son of the Mob (2002); Born to Rock (2006); Swindle (2008); Restart (2017)
- Awards: Short-listed for the Cybils Award for middle-grade fiction (2016)
CENTRAL THEMES connected and noted throughout this Teaching Unit:
- Contributing to Something Greater
- The Importance of Community
- Cooperation Versus Competition
STUDY OBJECTIVES: In accomplishing the components of this Unit, students will:
- Consider the benefits of getting involved in one’s community through the examination of Cameron’s character arc.
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