Novel Study: Wonder the begining

Wonder The Begining

We have now finished the Merchant of Venice and are now beginning our first ever novel study, Wonder. Wonder is about a boy named August starting 5th grade he has a condition that makes him look different to other people. Here are the first questions we have on page 11-43.

Questions:

What was August's one wish that he wanted? If you could change one thing about your appearance what would it be?

His one wish was to not have this illness that affects the appearance he wants to have a normal life without all the looks from people. If I could change anything about my appearance is nothing really, I believe I look fine not so good that I get unwanted attention and stares, and not to bad that I get a lot of stares.

What do you think it means to be ordinary? What makes August extraordinary?

Ordinary depends on the community you are in for example different cultures and religions have different perspectives on ordinary. Some communities will view certain hobbies as ordinary others will not. Ordinary can also be what you look like. In this case, he is viewed as extraordinary because of his facial feature and the rare situation he is in. The fact that he has survived then he was thought to not survive also makes him extraordinary.

How do people react when they see Auggie's face for the first time? How would you react?

Many people would look down or away or look somewhere near him and give him a fake smile. Some people would do it on accident some on purpose after a bit they would begin to look at him through the corner of their eye since they would be intrigued about this person. If I ever met him I would be shocked at first a bit but then be as friendly as I could and would try to not look away or look at him through the corner of my eye like so many others do in this book.

August's dad said, "So sending him off to middle school like a lamb to the slaughter...." What does this mean? Explain.

A lamb to the slaughter is a term used for something that is almost guaranteed to end really badly. He uses this since August has never gone to school before and because of his condition, it could go badly so his dad says that sending him to school is like a lamb to the slaughter.

Would you send August to school if you were his mom or dad? Explain why or why not.

Yes, I would send him to school at first and let him try it out if it goes really badly I will take him out and do my best to help him otherwise I would send him there. It's better if August goes to school to give him the chance of an easier life and a chance to have new friends, without sending him to school he might never get that chance again.

What white lie did August's mum tell? Why did she do it? Are white lies ok to tell?

A person came around and asked him some questions about stuff his mum said this was an IQ test but in reality, it was a school entry test. White lies like this are normally fine as long as you don't do them all the time. In this case, it was fine as August would have never tried the test if he knew what it actually was.

Auggie decided he liked Mrs Garcia ‐ when she wasn’t wearing her shiny smile. What is a 'shiny smile'?

A shiny smile is a forced smile that looks different than your normal smile most of the time. In this case, she uses it to not look rude towards August.

How does Auggie know the first time he meets Julian that he will be a bully? What are some of the ways that Julian bullies Auggie? How does Auggie respond?

Julian says stuff like "he probably doesn't know what a rubber is" stuff like that might not seem like bullying but he says it as if August has special needs or something like that preventing him from knowing what a rubber is. He also states that the science elective is the hardest elective so August probably won't make it in because he was homeschooled. Later on, August gets a bit of revenge by correcting him the reason this annoys Julian a lot. This is because he believes himself to be really smart and being corrected by a person with "special needs" is humiliating.

Our final task was to create a person like August using this site https://create.wonder.movie here is mine