~Identify figurative language, key vocabulary and important events in Wonder.
~Respond to comprehension questions about the novel Wonder.
~Make Inferences about events, situations and people in Wonder.
~Use strategies to become an active reader.
Vocabulary:
Ordinary
Extraordinary
Connecticut
Manhattan
cleft palate
anomalies
hysterical
Figurative Language: (Find the _________on page _______.)
Find the metaphor on page 6.
Find the hyperbole on page 7.
Important Events:
List important events that have occurred in the novel?
Comprehension Questions:
If August could have one wish, what would it be?
How does August know that Via doesn’t see him as ordinary?
What grade will August be in soon?
Why hasn’t August been to school before?
How many surgeries has August had since he was born?
What did his mother do as a career?
How old is Via?
What was unusual about the nurse in the delivery room?
What did August’s mom say she noticed about him when she
saw him for the first time?
Inferring Questions:
Who is Via? Why do you think she yells at kids when they
make noises at August?
What do you think August means when he says that his
parents see him as extraordinary?
Why do you think August is so focused on the birthday
parties he has been invited to? Why would being invited be
so important to him?
Why did the room get quiet when August was born?
What did the nurse mean when she said, “Everyone born of
God overcometh the world”?
Why do you think August describes his family at the end of
the chapter?
Homework:
Writing prompt - If you could have just one wish, what would
it be? How does your wish stack up against August’s wish?
Wonder Pages 1-7
Ever hear stories about a genie in a magic lamp? This is what a magic lamp might look like.
Doogie Howser was a TV show in the 1980s and 1990s about a genius kid who becomes a doctor at age 16. What does it tell you about the doctor when Auggie was born if his parents kept calling him Doogie? (Um, Doogie's the one in the front.)
Doogie Howser was a TV show in the 1980s and 1990s about a genius kid who becomes a doctor at age 16. What does it tell you about the doctor when Auggie was born if his parents kept calling him Doogie? (Um, Doogie's the one in the front.)
*All images linked to their source.
Info borrowed from http://mrwreads.blogspot.com/2012/03/wonder-pages-1-26.html
