The Unteachables - Discussion questions

1.     What happens when Kiana's stepmother drives her to school on the first day of school?

 

2.     How can you tell that Kiana does not like her stepmother?

 

3.     How do Kiana and Parker first meet?   Why is Parker allowed to drive if he is only 14?

 

4.     Why is Kiana “Temporary” at Greenwich Middle School?  How does she end up in SCS-8?

 

5.     What does SCS-8 stand for? For which reason might a student be put in SCS-8?

 

6.     Who are the unteachable?

 

7.     Who is Mr. Kermit? Why isn’t he happy when he is assigned to be the teacher of the unteachable?  

 

8.     What would you do if you were one of the students of SCS-8? What would you do if your teacher was Mr. Kermit?

 

9.     Who is Miss Fountain? What is her connection to Mr. Kermit?

 

10.What is Barnstorm reaction when he isn’t allowed to be with the rest of the team on the day of the first football rally leading up to Spirit Week? What does Mr. Kermit do to help him?

 

11.Does Mr. Kermit really cares about the unteachable at the beginning of the story? How does this attitude change over the time?

 

12.Who is Jake Terranova? Why does Mr. Kermit dislike him?

 

13.Can you guess why does Mr. Kermit hate the vuvuzelas? What do the unteachables do when they know a thousand of Vuvuzela arrive at the school?

 

14.How does Mr. Kermit help Parker and other unteachables?

 

15.Why does Dr. Thaddeus want to fire Mr. Kermit? What would you do if you were treated unfairly by someone like Dr. Thaddeus?   

 

16.What do the students of SCS-8 to do to help Mr. Kermit from being fire?

Are they success or not?

 

17.Who is your favorite characters in the story?

 

18.If you were Kiana would you go with your mom or stay back with scs-8 to finish the school year?