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3333755715000ComprehensionVocabularyFigurative LanguageConflict Resolution 107632510096500Part 1 – AuggieDirections – Locate the vocabulary words in the book. Use context clues to help define the word using a synonym or a short definition.Ordinary – p. 336957004572000Petrified – p. 4Pity – p. 19 Obnoxious – p. 28Schlep – p. 32Plaque – p. 47Stampeding – p. 49 Contagious – p. 61Coincidence – p. 63Aversion – p. 71Activity – Create a matching “quiz” using Part 1 words and exchange with a classmate. Part 2 – ViaDirections – Locate the vocabulary words in the book. Use context clues to help define the word using a synonym or a short definition.Alignment – p. 83Vividly – p. 86Mischievous – p. 89Catastrophe – p. 89Gauge – p. 90Defect – p. 91Instinctively – p. 95Meticulously – p. 97Apparition – p. 99Spitefully – p. 101Indifferently – p. 101Sternly – p. 102Emphatically – p. 115Activity – Imagine you are Via and you are going to school with Auggie on his first day. Describe the day and use 5 vocabulary words from Part 2 in your story. Remember to use good transition words (first, second, next, after that, finally, etc.).Part 3 – SummerDirections – Locate the vocabulary words in the book. Use context clues to help define the word using a synonym or a short definition.Plague – p. 120Artifact – p. 125Oath – p. 132Activity – Identify each word’s part of speech. What do the words have in common? Use each word in a sentence.Part 4 – JackDirections – Locate the vocabulary words in the book. Use context clues to help define the word using a synonym or a short definition.Deformed – p. 139Scolded – p. 140Sympathetic – p. 140Expulsion – p. 156Justifies – p. 161Valid – p. 161Stringent – p. 162Hypocrite – p. 175Activity – A picture is worth a thousand words. A pictogram is a visual illustration of a word, leading to the meaning of the word. Choose one of the words from this list and create a pictogram. Color is appreciated, but not necessary.Example:REFLECTIONPart 5 – JustinDirections – Locate the vocabulary words in the book. Use context clues to help define the word using a synonym or a short definition.Abnormality – p. 188Neglectful – p. 192Manic – p. 193Unison – p. 199Activity – An antonym is a word that means the opposite. Identify 1 antonym for each of the words listed in part 5.Part 6 – AugustDirections – Locate the vocabulary words in the book. Use context clues to help define the word using a synonym or a short definition.Snitching – p. 208Pathetic – p. 209Taciturn – p. 216Ovation – p. 231Activity – Pick 2 words from part 6 and illustrate the words. The words do NOT have to be pictorgrams. Rather they can be illustrations representing the meaning of the word.Part 7 – MirandaDirections – Locate the vocabulary words in the book. Use context clues to help define the word using a synonym or a short definition.Mocking – p. 239Stunned – p. 245Bittersweet – p. 246Activity – Pick one of the vocabulary words above and make an acrostic poem. Every word in the acrostic should somehow relate to Wonder.Part 8 – AuggieDirections – Locate the vocabulary words in the book. Use context clues to help define the word using a synonym or a short definition.Incarnation – p. 255Courteous – p. 261Horrific – p. 273Seismic – p. 282Attribution – p. 288Revelation – p. 290Intention – p. 298Cusp – p. 299Activity – Create a crossword puzzle. The clues should be the definitions for the words in part 8.Figurative LanguageSimile: A simile is a comparison of two, unlike things using the words “like” or “as”. Example (p. 65) – The things we do are like monuments that people build to honor heroes after they’ve died.What is being compared? Things we do to monuments, or buildings.Why are monuments important? Monuments are lasting legacies, representing the good things people have done in their lives.How do the monuments relate to “things” we do? Things we do, especially kind things, are what we will be remembered for in life.Task: Find the 2 examples of similes on p. 35 and p. 259. Analyze the similes and decide what is being compared. ---------------------------------------------------------------Metaphor: A metaphor is a comparison of two, unlike things WITHOUT using “like” or “as”.Example (p. 82) – I am the moldy cheese.What is being compared? Auggie is being compared to old, moldy cheese.What do the moldy cheese and Auggie have in common? Auggie is comparing the catching of cooties from touching the moldy cheese in Diary of a Wimpy to catching cooties in his school if the kids touch him. Task: Change the similes found on p. 35 and p. 259 to metaphors. Figurative LanguageIdiom: A phrase used in a special way and not intended to be taken literally.Example (p. 67) – I guess the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.Meaning? Just as an apple (child) falls close to the tree (parent), it means that the child is just like the parent. Task: Search and find 4 examples of idioms in the book. Interpret the meaning.---------------------------------------------------------------Personification: Giving lifelike qualities to inanimate (non-living) objects.Example – Her smile kind of hugged me.What is being giving a human quality? The smile is being given a human quality of being able to hug.Task: Pick any non-living object mentioned from Auggie’s room (pgs. 180-183). Create a sentence, personifying the object. The Name GameOn pg. 52, Auggie and Summer discuss student names, and discuss connections of how to bring kids to their lunch table. They discuss how August and Summer are “summer” names and since Maya’s name is similar to the month of May, which is close to the season of summer, they would allow her to sit at her table. Also, they discuss how Reid is a “summer” name because reeds grow during summer.Task: Pretend you are attempting to learn all of the students’ names in your class. Try to make connections to remember their names. Be creative and have fun with this activity.Jealousy is Not BecomingAfter reading pgs. 239-240, it appears as though Miranda may be jealous of Via. Task: Look back in the text to find evidence to support the following statement: Miranda is jealous of Via.Auggie Growing UpThroughout the novel, Auggie goes through many ups and downs and changes. Task: Focusing on the mental changes, find evidence to support how Auggie mentally changes. How does Auggie mature throughout his 5th grade school year? Write the page numbers.Example: p. 256 - I took Baboo back to my room, and I laid him in my bed and taped a little note to Mom on his chest.Explanation: Auggie realizes he doesn’t need to bring a stuffed animal to camp to make him feel safe. Also, he realizes if he brings the stuffed animal, it might open him up to being bullied.Practicing PreceptsMr. Browne’s precepts: Pick your favorite precept and explain why you like it best. Using a graphic organizer (4 square, web, etc.), list ways to connect the precept with day to day life. September"When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind." —Dr. Wayne DyerOctober"Your deeds are your monuments." —Inscription on ancient Egyptian tombNovember"Have no friends not equal to yourself." —ConfuciusDecember"Fortune favors the bold." —VirgilJanuary"No man is an island, entire of itself." —John DonneFebruary"It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers." —James ThurberMarch"Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much." —Blaise PascalApril"What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful." —SapphoMay"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can." —John WesleyJune"Just follow the day and reach for the sun." —The Polyphonic Spree159067511938000Create your Own PreceptDirections: Create your own precept. Explain why the precept is significant to you. Analyzing PreceptsDirections: Turn to pgs. 312-313. Analyze each student’s precept. Draw a conclusion, citing evidence from the story to support your response, about why each student chose the precept they did.EXAMPLE:JULIAM ALBAN’S PRECEPTSometimes it is good to start over. – Julian Albans.Analysis – Julian is probably feeling guilty and embarrassed for how he and his parents treated and acted towards Auggie and Jack. Julian is also probably lonely for friends because most of the kids from Beecher Prep befriended Auggie. This precept shows that sometimes, it is good to start over and make right your wrongs. Quote AnalysisQuote AnalysisSelect one of the quotes from the beginning of each part to analyze. Your analysis should include the meaning of the quote and include evidence from the story to support the quote’s meaning in the story.Quotes:Part One – August – p. 1“Fate smiled and destiny laughed as she came to my cradle…” – Natalie Merchant, “Wonder”Part Two – Via – p. 81“Far above the world planet Earth is blue and there is nothing I can do.” – David Bowe, “Space Oddity”Part Three – Summer – p. 118“You are beautiful no matter what they say. Words cannot bring you down. You are beautiful in every single way. Yes, words can’t bring you down.” – Christina Aguilera, “Beautiful”Part Four – Jack – p. 133 “Now here is my secret. It is very simple. It is with one’s heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little PrincePart Five – Justin – p. 186“Sometimes I think my head is so big because it is so full of dreams.” – John Merrick in Bernard Pomerance’s The Elephant ManPart Six – August – p. 203“What a piece of work is a man! how noble in a reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world!...” – Shakespeare, HamletPart Seven – Miranda – p. 235“I forgot that I might see so many beautiful things I forgot that I might need to find out what life could bring.” – Andain, “Beautiful Things”Part Eight – August – p. 249“You’re gonna reach the sky. Fly….Beautiful child.” – Eurythmics, “Beautiful Child”4677956-12382500ThemeTheme is an underlying message the author is hoping to send to the reader. Task: Work with a partner to identify as many examples as possible from the book that represent the following themes.DeterminationAcceptanceKindnessFriendshipCharacter CollageDirections: Create a collage representing one of the characters from the book. The collage can represent physical and emotional characteristics of the character. Fill the entire paper. You may use computer graphics, hand drawn illustrations, or cut out magazine pictures.Quote DiscussionDirections: In small groups, discuss the following quotes. What do they mean to the story? What do they mean to you? Can they be applied to your life? School?“I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.”“Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.”“Funny how sometimes you worry a lot about something and it turns out to be nothing.”“The best way to measure how much you've grown isn't by inches or the number of laps you can now run around the track, or even your grade point average-- though those things are important, to be sure. It's what you've done with your time, how you've chosen to spend your days, and whom you've touched this year. That, to me, is the greatest measure of success.”“The things we do outlast our mortality.”“Such a simple thing, kindness. Such a simple thing. A nice word of encouragement given when needed. An act of friendship. A passing smile.”SkitsDirections: In groups of 4-5 kids, reread one of the following chapters from the book. Plan to act out the scene. All group members should have a part in the skit. Be ready to answer the following: How is the scene important to the book?What is learned from this scene?Did anyone “choose kind” in this scene? If “no”, how would the scene have changed if a character(s) did choose kind?Lamb to the Slaughter – pgs. 43-44The Bleeding Scream – pgs. 76-78The Halloween Party – pgs. 121-123The Bus Stop – pgs. 196-199School – pgs. 239-240Alien – pgs. 265-267Awards – pgs. 302-304Conflict ResolutionWhile at Broarwood Nature Reserve, Auggie, Jack, Amos, Miles, and Henry get into a scuffle with Eddie and kids from another school. Auggie did the best he could to avoid fighting and ignore mean comments from Eddie. But, when Eddie pulled Auggie’s hood, causing Auggie to fall, Amos came in and knocked Eddie to the ground. With a partner, or in groups, discuss the follow:Did Amos do the right thing? Did he have a choice?Was there any way in this situation where Auggie, Jack, Amos, Miles, and Henry could have avoided this “fight” with Eddie?Brainstorm ideas of how to avoid conflicts with others.After brainstorming ideas with your partner or groups, individually pick one idea of how to avoid conflicts and rewrite how the scene with Eddie could have “played out” differently if that conflict resolution technique were applied. ................
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