Ayesha

= //Wonder//  =
 * BY R. J. PALACIO**

//**CHARACTERIZATION- Getting to know your**// **//character//** PROTAGONIST- Good guy; Auggie ANTAGONIST- Bad guy; Julian STATIC- Did not change at all throughout the novel; Julian, Summer, Charlotte DYNAMIC- A character that does show some change throughout the novel; Auggie, Miranda, Jack, Maya DIRECT CHARECTERIZATION- INDIRECT CHARECTERIZATION-

01/27/2016-

What were your feelings at the end of the "tour"? The tour left me with mixed feelings; for better, and for worse. Charlotte helped Auggie by upstanding for him and Jack gave him advice. Such wonderful friends! I just wish that Auggie would have stood up for himself instead of looking down and staying quiet (or at least without being prompted to)! But by the end of the tour, I was quite worried for Auggie's performance at Beecher Prep. Although I had a feeling that he, Jack Will, and Charlotte would become good friends, Julian seemed to be turning into more of a rat through the chapter. The way Julian was treating him; teasing him and pushing him around, it made me wonder if other kids at the school were going to be like that. If so, Auggie was going to have a rough year. Because of Julian, he left the tour early, will Julian make him leave the school early as well? Or will the kindness of Jack and Charlotte coax him to stay the year? I wonder.... Also, I wondered what Via was experiencing at her school. Did she get teased for being related to Auggie? Did she even tell anyone about Auggie?

02/01/2016-

How do you feel about Auggie's September at his new school? I don't feel too confident about the rest of Auggie's year. He's barely surviving now, and rules and regulations get tighter toward the end of the year. He's never had to get up early before (or rarely at least) and he's never had a "quiz" before. He's still getting used to the workload and barely has time to himself, and on top of all that, he has to deal with whispers, stares, and rude remarks from Julian. He's already changed the way he looked once due to a nasty comment by, who else, Julian. Will he change more things about him just to "fit in" (or try to). Because then, I see plastic surgery coming his way. Good thing he's got Jack, Charlotte, and Summer with him, but will they be enough?

02/03/2016-

What should Auggie do about school? Explain. What could help him decide to return? I think Auggie should go back to school and face his fears and regrets and pains head-on. He should act like nothing ever happened in front of his parents. He should act normal to Via. He should confront Jack Will. And most importantly, he should confide in Summer, currently his only true friend at the moment. I think Summer will be the one to make Auggie finally come back. She'd talk to him through the telephone or something. She'd talk about being a unicorn and looking for him in the crowd- feeling abandoned, and Auggie would share what he'd gone through and Summer would be understanding. He'd come back to school and to his senses and everything would be back to normal.

02/04/2016-

List at least 3 strong questions you have about Via, Auggie's sister, that you hope to find out in the next part. 1.) Is Via proud or ashamed about having a sibling with a deformity? 2.) Does Via think Auggie is different or the same from other people? 3.) Does Via get teased for being related to Auggie at her school?

02/09/2016-

What did you learn about Via that most surprised you? What I learned about Via that surprised me the most was that she saw Auggie different then the way other people saw him. Even if i had lived with Auggie all my life, I would still think his face would be a little bit frightening to other people. I wouldn't get mad or anything, I would just understand that they weren't used to his face. If looked through the peephole, I wouldn't see two August's, I'd only see one. But Via didn't see him to be different or as a monster. Horrified. Sickened. Scared. She saw Auggie as a loving younger brother and treated him as if he was a normal sibling, and if anyone treated him the slightest bit differently, her defensive older sibling instincts would kick in and she would get mad at them.

02/09/2016-

How does Via's part about Halloween differ from Auggie's? Via's part in Halloween was usually to feel sad and weepy about her grandmother and Auggie's part is to go out, dress up, and have fun. But Auggie was feeling bad on Halloween because Jack Will, his best friend, hurt his feelings. So Via came in and talked him, and listened to him as he told her what went wrong at school. Then she made him feel better and talked him into going Trick or Treating. This shows us what a caring and compassionate older sibling Via is.

02/16/2016-

Why was the Justin part, part 5, important for us to read? What did we need to understand by reading Justin's perspective? Please explain your ideas and use examples. (50 points) Justins part was important for us to read because it really got us thinking about his side of the story and his relationship with Via. It let's us know the perspective of someone who hasn't seen Auggie before and what his reactions to Auggie are, being someone being introduced to him in his own home. From this chapter we understood the way Justin looked at the way Auggie's life turned out to be the deep, thought provoking questions he ponders about universe. He at first thinks that maybe it's all luck, maybe the universe is just all one giant lottery system. But then he reflects on that saying, no it can't be. Because then then the universe would have abandoned us completely and it hasn't. Maybe Auggie has a face with a deformity. Maybe August wore an astronaut helmet over his head for 2 years of his life just so that no one would see his face. Maybe August Pullman has gone through more surgeries in his life than most people do in 10 lifetimes. But he has parents who love him dearly and give him all the attention he could ask for. He has grandparents (or now grandparent) who spend time with him. He has a sister who loves him with all her heart and feels guilty at the slightest thought of embarrassment for having him as a brother. He has a friend who keeps his photo in her wallet and feels proud to have known him since he was six years old. Maybe life seems unfair at first, but in the end everything balances out. The universe takes care of all it's birds.

02/18/2016-

On page 248, Miranda admits to herself, ". . . for the first time in a very, very long time, I felt absolutely happy." Explain why she feels this way and be sure to use supporting details. (50 points) Miranda had been trying for so long to fit in with a group she didn't belong in, but now, when Via insisted she come to he family's dinner and shared with her a familiar, friendly smile that Miranda knew all to well, she realized where her place was and with whom she belonged. She realized that some friends will always be there for you and some "friends" will just use you as a sponge- to soak up attention for them self. Miranda realizes which people in her life are sponges, and which are real, true friends.

= //Nothing But the Truth//  =
 * BY AVI**

//**CHARACTERIZATION- Getting to know your**// **//character//** PROTAGONIST- Good guy: ANTAGONIST- Bad guy: STATIC- Did not change at all throughout the novel: DYNAMIC- A character that does show some change throughout the novel: DIRECT CHARECTERIZATION- INDIRECT CHARECTERIZATION-

05/10/2016-

Do you think parents should believe the stories their children tell, or should they investigate the truth when important matters are involved? Do you think a parent's role is to give a child emotional support even when he or she has done something wrong? Is there a point at which a parent may have to let society punish a child for wrong-doing?

05/10/2016-

When a rule at school does not make sense to you, do you have the right to decide which rules you will obey and which you will not? Can you think of a rule you would refuse to obey? What would be the consequences?