Wonder written by R.J. Palacio

Wonder
R.J. Palacio
790L

            This book is about the life of August Pullman, a little boy who was born with severe physical deformities. The story describes his experiences in living daily life with a disability, how people react to how he looks, and how his family and friends cope with his ailments.

ALA Notable Children’s Book
Amazon Best of the Year 2012
Barnes & Noble Best Book of the Year 2012
California Young Reader Medal 2015
Children’s Book Award 2014
Christopher Award
Colorado Children’s Book Award 2014
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award 2014
Hawaii Nene Award 2015
IRA Teachers’ Choices
Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award 2014
Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award 2015
Kentucky Bluegrass Award 2014
Kid’s Indie Next List “Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers” 2012
Louisiana Young Reader’s Choice Award 2015
Maine Student Book Award 2014
Mark Twain Award 2014
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award 2013
National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA) 2012
National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Gold Award
New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) Book of the Year Award 2012
New Hampshire Great Stone Face Award 2012
New Mexico Land of Enchantment Book Award 2014
New York Times Bestseller 2012
Ohio Buckeye Children’s Book Award 2013
Rhode Island Children’s Book Award 2014
Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award 2014
Texas Bluebonnet Award 2014
Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fischer Book Award 2015

Learning Activity:
After reading Wonder, the student look at how August’s friends and enemies interacted with them throughout the story. The student will write about how they feel about how Jack, Julian, or Via reacts to August. How would they feel during scenes where one of those characters said or acted hurtful to August?

Standards:
CCSS.ELA-L.RL.6.1 - Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-L.RL.6.3 - Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

Goal:
The student will go through the text and select 1 of 3 characters and describe what that character did during the story in relation to August. The student will write about the story and how they would feel if it happened to them.

Objective:
Cognitive -
            The student will write 2 paragraphs on one of three characters and describe how that character acted to the main character.
Affective -
            The student will write a paragraph following up on how they would feel if they were in the main character’s position when the selected character was cruel to them.

Outcome:
The student will write 3 paragraphs describing events a selected character did in the story and how the student would feel if they were in August’s place interacting with the selected character.