Shelley Pearsall's 'All Of The Above'

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Sixth Grade Summer Reading Graphic Organizer: Narrative Text Student First and Last Name: Samantha (Sam) Paris________________________

1. Book Title: All Of The Above______________________________
Author: Shelley Pearsall___________________________________
2. Protagonist(s) (main character(s), who the book is mostly about.): · James Harris III_________________________________
· Mr. Collins____________________________________
· Rhondell_____________________________________
· Sharice______________________________________
· Marcel_______________________________________
3. Setting (time/place): Washington Boulevard, late 20th Century_____________________
_____________________________________________________________________

4.
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Everyone wanted to give up._________________________________
5. Plot Summary: (choose the five most important events that take place): a. No one is paying attention in Mr. Collins’ math class, so to motivate them to learn and pay attention, he creates a group that will try to build the tallest tetrahedron ever._________________________________________
b. When kids actually show up, they start building the tetrahedron and get pretty far through it. Sharice then starts staying late at night so she can work even more on the tetrahedron.__________________________
c. James Harris III’s brother decides to destroy the tetrahedron with his friends, and the tetrahedron group starts doubting their efforts.Some of them quit.________________________________________
d. After some individual conflicts, the group gets back together and they rebuild the tetrahedron even better than before.___________________________________________________________
e. They call the news and show their tetrahedron to the world, making it clear that they had beaten the

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