A comprehensive database of more than 10 wonder quizzes online, test your knowledge with wonder quiz questions. Inspired by nancy pearls if all seattle read the same book, tacoma reads is a one book citywide reading initiative, now in its 11th year. All the beloved novel characters take shape as viewers finally get the chance to see each character in real life. What award does auggie win at the end of the school year. It is called wonder because it makes you wonder if you were him, or them st georges book club thu 11 dec 2014 07. In rj palacios book wonder, the main character august has a facial deformity known as mandibulofacial dysostosis. August via summer miranda posters with lines and no lines are included. Summer was brave and when she shook augusts hand august asked, arent you going to. I would have to describe him as a caring, childish in a positive way, intelligent. August auggie pullman is the main protagonist in wonder. Tushman august pullman is a tenyearold kid boy who was born. Wonder is the story of 10 year old august pullman auggie to his friends who has a severe facial deformity.
August s friend but never invited him to any party. When august starts school at beecher prep, via starts high school at faulkner high school, a selective and academically challenging private school. The last important event i am going to talk about fifth grade graduation. I hope youll have a fun time taking this quiz, just like i had fun making it. Before she began homeschooling august she was a childrens book illustrator, though august insists that her boy illustrations arent that great. Your students will list character traits using the bac. He likes star wars, hot dogs, smores, and video games. It is estimated that 1 in 70,000 kids are born with this disease. 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. In class today we compared the different characters mentioned in the book and completed a detailed comparison between august and olivia.
The characters views of auggie and how they changed are vital to the book. Wonder is the perfect book to integrate social skills, habits of mind and character traits lessons. August reads christian authors, namely tolkiens lord of the rings and c. The protagonist, august auggie pullman, begins by explaining that he knows he is not an ordinary tenyearold kid. Wonder character list the resource for readers, book. Wonders greatest lessons are more emotional or behavioral than academic. Palacio, is only 10 years old, but his story engages readers of any age. August pullman is the tenyearold protagonist of the novel. He loves xbox, his dog, daisy, and he really loves star wars. Via, whose real name is olivia, is august s fifteenyearold sister. Palacio, which was the very first novel that i had difficulty putting down. He is childish and strong, he can bare other peoples looks and live his life dealing with that. Fearing he would react badly, palacio attempted to remove her son from the situation so as not to upset the girl and her family but ended up worsening. If i am completely honest i never really enjoyed reading books until i read wonder by r.
Debuting in november 2017, wonder the movie brings this compelling novel to life. But only after getting to know august did the other characters understand who he really was. Hey there so i absolutely love wonder, so i decided to make a macfriking quiz on it so yah, hiiii hey. Its wellwritten, engaging, and so much fun to read that the pages almost turn themselves.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Auggie loves star wars, and he isnt in a hurry to grow up. 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. He is childish, unique, inspirational, unassuming, emotional, sympathetic and empathetic.
But the book does go into some detail about genetics and the probability of a child developing physical differences like auggies. 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. Tushman gives the most important award to one student. The novel tells the story of auggie going to a real school for the first time and growing up substantially over the course of his first year there. The main characters in wonder are august pullman, via pullman, jack, julian, summer, miranda, justin, and mr. His parents and his big sister via always defend him, but he has gotten used to uncomfortable reactions by now. An absolute wonder of a book yes this book is truly a wonder. August pullman is a fifthgrade boy with a severe facial difference. He is a boy, and he is old enough to start 5th grade. August pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, has prevented him. With jacob tremblay, owen wilson, izabela vidovic, julia roberts. Wonder is a story about a boy named august pullman who was born. Your homework task for this lesson is to write a character description about olivia or august and one other character. Text to text wonder and stories about disability don.
Feb 07, 2016 august starts school and makes lovely friends, but also enemies who hate him. His favorite character is jango fett, and he used to have. What i wanted was to go to school, but only if i could be like every other kid going to school. Palacios wonder, august pullman was born with mandibulofacial dysostosis, a severe birth defect that combined with other abnormalities to disfigure his face. The wonder quotes below are all either spoken by august pullman or refer to august pullman. Dont worry, the last question does not effect your ending result. Palacio is a story that revolves around a 10 yearold kid named august auggie pullman.
This character is a tenyearold who was born with a several facial abnormality. Summer pages 1183 jack will pages 4185 justin pages 187234. He explained how the doctors said that when he was in his mothers stomach they saw small anomalies. Have lots of friends and hang out after school and stuff like that. The timeline below shows where the character mom appears in wonder. And lucky for auggie, hes got a pretty great team as he makes his way through the fifth grade. The boy was born with a face that horrifies most who. August pullman character analysis in wonder litcharts. While i have included lessons on bullying, i have never come across an illustration as powerful as the crumpled paper thank you so much for sharing.
This is the moment after all the speeches, and all other awards are given out when mr. The novel also offers a telling view into middle school life and curriculum and a bit about the differences between middle school and high school culture. 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. People on the streets are shocked to see the boy, but those who know him well see him as a bright, funny boy with a sweet heart. I think jack will is a dynamic character because in the beginning of the book he is only being friends with august because august follows him around. His loving parents and sister have shielded him from many outside influences before wonder begins.
The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance. Books about friendship, like wonder, explore the different ways people make and view friends. These birth defects require many surgeries throughout his childhood. The first important event i am going to talk about is how he came to life. Our online wonder trivia quizzes can be adapted to suit your requirements for taking some of the top wonder quizzes. Incredibly proud of her son, augusts mother comments that he is a wonder. Lesson 3 character studies literature with mrs smith. The book that inspired the choose kind antibullying movement, wonder is now also a major motion picture starring jacob tremblay, julia roberts.
The timeline of events is the most important events in a book event 1. I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives. Reading response activities for wonder rundes room. In a wonder of a debut, palacio has written a crackling pageturner filled with characters you cant help but root for. August pullman is a child who lives in his imaginationas evidenced by chewbacca and darth sidious showing up from time to time in his classroom. Then in the the middle of the book he realizes august is not hanging out with him, and then he talks to august, and they are friends again. Jacks baby sitter, after seeing august, tells jack to thank the lord for his blessings. Palacios debut novel, wonder, was published in 2012 and sold a million copies in its first 18 months. All auggie wants is to feel normal, but he has had to get used to being stared at and avoided by others throughout his entire life. Wonders side characters judged auggie by his deformities and thought he was a freak, which impacted augusts selfesteem and opinions. When the novel opens, august is ten years old and has survived a number of plastic surgeries. The wonder quotes below are all either spoken by mom or refer to mom. Wonder is an amazing novel study for young readers. His favorite character is jango fett, and he used to have a small braid in the back of his head like a padawan jedi apprentice.
These wonder character faces are perfect for creative writing, extension activities, or novel study. Here are the main characters in wonder, many of who serve as narrators at some point in the novel. But at the start of the book, his mother has decided that its time for auggie to brave a real school experience. Honestly speaking, i think the character jack will resembles me and my actions the most from the book wonder is the character jack will from the book wonder. In the book, via recalls when as a child, the doctors told her and her parents that august had multiple small facial anomalies, all that could be fixed, when in reality, he had an incurable disease that is. You are a wonder, auggie voices of youth cambodia medium. The character of august pullman in wonder from litcharts the. Wonder is the touching tale about a fifth grade boy, august pullman auggie, who was born with a rare combination of genetic anomalies, causing him to look deformed. This story is about love, betrayal, friendship and a phrase that we have all heard before. His favorite holiday is halloween, and his birthday is october 10th. Auggie is a tenyearold boy who was born with a facial deformity. 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. The first section of the novel, written from auggies perspective, introduces us to the major characters in the book. Wonder character face posters wonder novel, wonder.
Then we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks. Character the main character in wonder is august pullman, a. Wonder is a childrens novel by raquel jaramillo, under the pen name of r. He spent his younger years going through one surgery after another. Palacio character study pennant is all you need to teach and promote the memorable characters found in the book. One in four million is what a doctor says about auggies. August starts school and makes lovely friends, but also enemies who hate him. 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. See more ideas about wonder activities, wonder novel, wonder book. He has rare craniofacial anomalies known as mandibulofacial dystosis and. Palacio wrote wonder after an incident where her son noticed a girl with a severe facial difference and started to cry. Movies based on chapter books give readers a chance to see the story in a new light.
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