Jaden+Journal

1 7 15 I think Auggie shouldn't worry about birthday parties too much. Being left out of a birthday might stink a little but then you move on in life. In fact its better not to hold a grudge against a person for not inviting you to a birthday. It might ruin your relationship with that person. From Auggie's view a birthday might seem like a token of friendship. He should not take it that way. You can be friends with somebody without inviting them to a birthday. Jaden, please **tell me more** about Auggie's point of view and feelings. Your advice is great but will Auggie be able to feel the way you do?

1 9 15 I think mom is more scared than Auggie because she loves him and would not want him to get hurt. Mom has Auggie to lose if he gets his feelings hurt he might get mad and stay mad at her for a long time. Mom also love Auggie and she has done so much for him and has a strong connection with him. I f something happened to Auggie would be moms worst fear.

1 12 15 I think Julian is going to make Auggie's life hard by teasing or bullying him. Auggie knows that Julian will try to embarrass him. This will be a problem when he goes to school. I think Jack and Charlotte will defend him though. The science election thing will be a good challenge for Auggie and I think he will make it. I think going to school will help other people understand him more and not be scared of him.

1 16 15 Auggie surprised me at the end of //Home// because he said he wanted to go to school. From the experience he just had you would think he would hate school but he did not. I think maybe he got that school would be a good experience for him to learn about people and be more sociable. Auggie decided to be brave and do something good for his life. he probably knew it would be a rough time but its all going to be for the best. During his time at school he would learn more about people and how they react to him

Jaden, I need for you to date these entries. Please tell me more about your ideas and feelings here. I want you to use this journal as part of your learning. Make corrections where wikispaces gives you a red underline too. 1/15/15- I wish you had read my comments as I reminded you so you could correct and revise these entries. You have good ideas. Share them here, please.

1 16 15 I have learned a lot of things from chapter 1. One of the main and most important one to me is friends. I have learned just because someone looks different they may not be on the inside. Auggie considers himself a typical kid,yet other kids are scared of him and even mean to him. Some kids don't think about Auggie's feelings. The kids should put themselves is shoes to see what it feels like to be him then maybe they would be nicer to him. I would like to tweet about accepting Auggie for who he is.

1 26 15 What I think Via is saying by using the planets and the solar system. The solar system always runs in a pattern and she said that Auggie has always been the most important thing. Now the planets are falling out of alignment. This makes me question Auggie's position as 1 priority in Via's universe. If this assumption is correct that means that something bad may happen. The family might get broken up and they will lose communication with each and their relationship will get disconnected.

1 26 15 Via is using the blanket as an expression meaning that she used the secret of grandmas to comfort her during hard times in her life. Blankets cover people and keep them warm. The secret is the blanket and the secrets comfort is the blankets warmth. So Via uses the secret grandma told her as a blanket. I think this is a wonderful expression using a blanket as a lie.

2 2 15 I think summer left because she knew that the people at the party do not like Auggie. She also knew that the kids their would make fun of Auggie and she did not want that to happen. If I were in her situation I would stay for a little bit more of the party and defend Auggie. That might help the kids to have a different perspective of Auggie. Then he would be more accepted. At about halfway in the party I would do the same as summer and slip out secretly so no one notices.

2 9 15 in the war I would be on Jacks side because I know what Julian has done wrong, and I would stick up for Jack and Auggie. Julian wants to take away all of Jacks friends. Even for me as way of getting back on somebody that is a little extreme. Taking away all of somebody's friends is not right so that's another reason would be on Jacks side. Plus Julian lied about Jack he doesn't have anger problems. Just as a side note how would Jack get back at Julian if nobody will talk to him?

2 9 15 I learned from the electronic communications that Melissa Albans is part of the parent-leader-board and doesn't like Mr. Tushmans way of telling the kids to befriend Auggie. She also doesn't like Auggie being at the school. She thinks that holding Auggie at different standers then the rest of the school is unfair. I learned that Mr. Tushman would defend Auggie the best way he could. Mr. Tushman thinks that Auggie should be at the school he doesn't have any more disability than any other kid.

2 9 15 I think I might have forgiven Jack if he repented to me. I liked him as a friend and I would want to keep him as a friend. In a place like middle school you need as many friends as you can get. If Jack had lied about saying any thing I might have not forgiven him so quickly.I think Jack likes Auggie as a friend to and is relived that they are now friends again. I know Jack is a really, really good person and he said something he did not mean to say and he most likely will never ever do it again.

2 9 15 If I were suck right into the middle of the war I think I would be on Jacks side knowing he punched Julian for a good reason and Julian started taking the whole war idea a little to far. Jack is a nice guy but Julian makes him sound bad. I would not want to be around a id who has different personalities in front of a teacher. I might be even a little scared of him spreading rumors about me. That would defiantly not be good. In all Julian is not that much of a nice guy and all his popularity is from being infamous.

2 23 15 I learned that some families are separated like Miranda's family and some families are very close and love each other like Auggie's family. Miranda wishes her family could be like Auggie's because families who are close and love each other make a stranger fell welcome and at home. Even if some families are not close together I think they still love each other like how Miranda loves her mom. If families build this special bond when they do get mad at each other they do not stay mad for long like how Via did not want Auggie going to her play. Auggie did not stay mad for long even if he really mad at that moment. This special bond is a necessity for families to love each other.