Wonder and ing the book to talk about kindness and then use art to represent it. Wonder novel character study, characterization, pennant. Readers learn about selfacceptance, kindness and going against the grain in this story about a boy with facial differences and the family, friends, educators and classmates who care about him. The book, which was inspired by an encounter the author had with a girl who suffered from facial birth defects, is a new york times bestseller and has won numerous awards for excellence. While the unit focuses on reading the novel wonder, students engage in analysis of other literature and text. The wonder pennant is a reading and writing activity.
Each player in a game of chess attempts to capture i. Wonder character list the resource for readers, book. Wonder 2017 mirandas story scene 69 movieclips youtube. The lack of a notable villain did hurt the story but the chemistry great between wonder woman and harley quinn makes up for it. Vias former bff, shes suddenly changed a lot hey there, hot. Tushman august pullman is a tenyearold kid boy who was born. Olivia and miranda ar different because miranda became popular,paint her hair and stop being friend with via. Wonder film a film adaptation directed by stephen chbosky and written by steve conrad starring julia roberts and owen wilson as isabel and nate pullman respectively, and jacob tremblay as august pullman was released on november 17, 2017 by lionsgate. Palacio wrote wonder after an incident where she and her threeyearold son were waiting in line to buy ice cream. Camp lies miranda s parents get divorced the summer before ninth grade.
She has aspergers, which makes things complicated sometimes. The timeline below shows where the character miranda appears in wonder. It is based on the 2012 novel of the same name by r. Via forgives miranda, just as auggie forgave jack, underscoring the link between forgiveness and friendship that is central to wonder. An absolute wonder of a book yes this book is truly a wonder. Compare and contrasting characters whats happening. The wonder quotes below are all either spoken by via pullman or refer to via pullman. A student at faulkner high school, miranda enjoys acting. The character of miranda in wonder from litcharts the creators of. There are two characters named zack in the book one is one of augusts childhood friends, one is miranda s boyfriend. The wonder quotes below are all either spoken by miranda or refer to miranda. Via is so great, this makes miranda pretty hard to like for most of the bookafter all.
Miranda then goes to dinner with the pullmans at the end of the section, showing that, for true friends, it is possible to pick up where you left off. It will be counted as your first book report grade. Uttered in the midst of this highly emotional moment, miranda s words embody the kind of optimism that characterizes her role in the play. Wonder is an amazing novel study for young readers. Palacio character study pennant is all you need to teach and promote the memorable characters found in the book. She also cares for august like a little brother, calling him major tom, as a nickname.
Palacio tells the story of auggie, a tough, sweet, 10yearold boy, who was born with distorted facial features a craniofacial difference caused by an anomaly in his dna. This study guide consists of approximately 43 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of wonder. Palacio requires a wonderful followup projecta project thats as unique as auggie. Wonder and kindness portraits students write 15 ways they could show kindness in their lives. Miranda has always been extremely close to auggie, and loves him like a little brother of her own.
Once students have completed the questions for the novel, wonder by rj palacio, they are to complete one of the attached projects. If i am completely honest i never really enjoyed reading books until i read wonder by r. I think the book was for grades fiftheighth grade, and adults would like it. Christopher plays the guitar in the afterschool rock band. The book opens with augusts pointofview, shifts to others, comes back to august, shifts back to others, and ends with august. Here are some incredible books to read if you absolutely loved reading wonder. Auggie is a 2017 american drama film directed by stephen chbosky and written by jack thorne, steven conrad, and chbosky.
Uttered in the midst of this highly emotional moment, mirandas words embody the kind of optimism that characterizes her role in the play. Mar 19, 2012 then you need to read the julian chapter, pluto, and shingaling. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance. Vias former best friend, who broke ties with via over the summer after she lied and pretended to have a deformed brother while at camp. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness. Your students will love creating these agamographs using the readytogo, colorbynumber templates. Via takes the subway without permission instead of getting a ride home with miranda, then tells her mother she was late because she and miranda stopped for pizza. Palacio and stars julia roberts, owen wilson, jacob tremblay, noah jupe, izabela vidovic, mandy patinkin, and daveed diggs the film, which follows a boy with treacher collins syndrome. She later calls the pullman house to talk to via, but she instead. Character profile for miranda navas from wonder wonder. Palacio, which was the very first novel that i had difficulty putting down. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Palacio and stars julia roberts, owen wilson, jacob tremblay, noah jupe, izabela vidovic, mandy patinkin, and daveed diggs. As part seven of wonder ends, miranda feel happier than she has felt in ages.
Amanda conner and jimmy palmiotti showed a clear understanding of both characters. Along with miranda, vias other old best friend, who also broke ties with via over the summer. Miranda address the past and shows relationship changes. Miranda s words open the plays second scene, and with them she makes a plea to her father to calm the violent tempest he has roused.
These wonder character faces are perfect for creative writing, extension activities, or novel study. And other students will love watching the agamographs morph from one image t. The main conflict of this book is august getting through an entire school year in the fifth grade. Since via is so great, this makes miranda pretty hard to like for most of the book after all, she ditched auggies super awesome big sis without. In the beginning of the via chapter81, via says miranda, ella, and i have known each other since the first grade. Based on the new york times bestseller, wonder tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story. Another conflict is that somewhere in the book there will be a boy war between julian, jack, and august. In addition to the fact that her name means wonder in latin, mirandas marriage to ferdinand represents optimism about new beginnings and the possibility of a more prosperous future. In addition to the fact that her name means wonder in latin, miranda s marriage to ferdinand represents optimism about new beginnings and the possibility of a more prosperous future. Wonder is a childrens novel by raquel jaramillo, under the pen name of r.
Palacio wonder is a childrens novel by raquel jaramillo, under the pen name of r. Via takes the subway without permission instead of getting a ride home with miranda, then tells her mother she was late because she and miranda. Agent of peace delivers an enjoyable teamup adventure with harley quinn. Space oddity by david bowie in the book wonder, what book was via reading that made her old enough to ride the subway. The chart below lists resources and materials used throughout the unit.
The main characters in wonder are august pullman, via pullman, jack, julian, summer, miranda, justin, and mr. As booklovers, wonder book believes that books are not made to be disposed ofthey are made to be read, collected, shared, and displayed. All characters august pullman via pullman mom dad mr. Palacio wrote wonder after an incident where her son noticed a girl with a severe facial difference and started to cry. Its no wonder miranda chooses to reconnect with her more funloving friend ella when she gets home from campserious via would have asked her real questions about real things. Projects are due to their language arts teacher on september 16, 20. And ella miranda s best friend, eleanor vias new friend, and ellie one of augusts classmates are three variations on the same name. Palacio writes the book in multiple voices auggies, some of his friends, his sisters and the different points of view are mostly very wellrealized and show the inner feelings of the different characters. Summer if very kind and sweet to august and she puts up with people asking her why. In part 2, olivia says miranda was one of her best friends in middle school, along with ella.
At vias school, she gets the role of understudy for the character of emily, while miranda earns that part. Miranda is vias friend at first but i guess she gets rude or something and they dont hang out as much, but she is very sweet to august. All are by the same author and feature characters from wonder. Each character is going through a transitional phase in life as they take on new ventures and work to figure out how to be themselves.
Miranda danielle rose russell explains what happened the summer before she stopped speaking to auggies jacob tremblay sister, via izabela vidovic. Her parents got divorced the summer before high school started, and she and. I would like you to compare or contrast two characters from wonder by r. The novel includes an entire community as the main character moves through life, but there are only a few characters readers get to know well. From her very first lines, miranda identifies herself as an empathetic figure, a mediator who wants to calm tensions and make peace.
Miranda navas is one of the main characters in wonder. Then you need to read the julian chapter, pluto, and shingaling. Characters tell lies to get themselves out of sticky situations. Justin character traits, justin is a caring person because on page 196199 he talks to julian, henry, miles on by the store after they were bullying jack he acted tough and told them to not be picking on him. Students will be allowed to choose to complete a reflection journal or collage.
Her powers are drawn from history and and mysticism found on the island of puerto rico. Miranda navas and auggies sister, via, have known each other since first grade, so shes known auggie since he was a baby. She included him in the things they were doing or she would talk to him about stuff he liked. Based on the new york times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of august pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time. And still auggie was able to face the world not always an easy thing for him, but he carries it out with intelligence and humor. We talked about the book, wonder, and how the main character is beautiful on the inside and how we need to remember to not judge by looks, but by the. Miranda vias former bff, shes suddenly changed a lot hey there, hot pink hair and isnt paying much attention to via anymore.
Justins section really stands out since his section is devoid of capital letters and quotation marks for speech. Miranda is one of the main characters in the novel and the narrator of part 7. Palacio tells the story of a 10yearold boy, who was born with distorted facial features a craniofacial difference caused by an anomaly in his dna. Wonder by rj palacio character agamograph activities by. The novels perspective switches to miranda, a character who has not played a particularly large role in the story until now. Wonder is the story of 10 year old august pullman auggie to his friends who has a severe facial deformity. Wonder classroom discussion guide michigan medicine.
He hasnt been to school in his life before because of his health and many surgeries. His favorite character is jango fett, and he used to have a small braid in the back of. Julian is the antagonist of the novel, who bullies august relentlessly. Your students will list character traits using the bac. We know theres no steamy romance with summer this book is about fifth graders, after all, but. It has additional information about wonder in it too. Describe justin, august, and vias character traits. Vias former bff, shes suddenly changed a lot hey there, hot pink hair and isnt paying much attention to via anymore. Miranda lovingly chastises ferdinand for cheating in a game of chess. Wonder activities organized by days in one pdf file. Like auggie, christopher is obsessed with star wars, and they both dream of going into outer space to visit pluto one day. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one. Though she and via pullman go through a rough patch for most of the story, they emerge as friends again at the end.
Palacio, is considered a middlegrade novel, the complex characters and nature of the story send a powerful message to people of all ages. Palacio this study guide consists of approximately 43 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of wonder. This means something because it shows how good of friends they were in the beginning of the chapter. The topofthefoodchain girls from bungalow 32 assimilate miranda, changing her hair and teaching her how to smoke and make tube tops from tshirts. August via summer miranda posters with lines and no lines are included. The summer before the novel starts, mirandas parents undergo a nasty divorce and send miranda to summer camp to remove her from it. Tushman jack will julian albans miranda justin summer julians mom grans charlotte ella mrs. We strive to find a home for every book, and we recycle around 1. Wonder novel wonder book book study writing a book 5th grade reading reading time reading wonders book club books book clubs i first read the book wonder while on vacation at the beach. Character log lesson 1 postcard lesson 10 about this resource. Inaki miranda hifitravis lanham dc indeed, after the opening sequence, wonder woman winds up feeling like an afterthought only a few pages into her own book perhaps understandable. Things were okay for awhile because her big brother would always explain things to her. Shes and auggie used to sing space oddity by david bowie together all the time because of the astronaut helmet that auggie liked to wear.
Choose kind this book companion helps to give your students a fun way to respond to the novel wonder if you havent read the novel wonder to your students. Via, ella, and miranda miranda was always the sweetest to auggie. Via pullman character analysis in wonder litcharts. With jacob tremblay, owen wilson, izabela vidovic, julia roberts. Please write one comment and then reply on a classmates comment. August lets jack copy his homework and then tells the teacher that they did it together. Julian asks auggie if darth sidious is his favorite star wars character. Summer is augusts friend, who sits with him at lunch. Miranda begins by talking about the previous summer, when her parents got divorced. Although her tone is lighthearted, her suggestion that ferdinand has cheated has an important symbolic resonance. I just couldnt put the book down, so i ended up spending a good bit of the day sitting under an. Wonder 2017 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.