Very nervous
afraid _S_u_p_e_r_nervous
August’s appearance
I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you are thinking, it’s probably worse.
August’s personality
shy unconfident sensitive observant kind-hearted
helpful well-behaved ……
The other characters Attitudes towards August
Jack Ms. Petosa Henry Miles Julian
five kids
VS small
August’s group
weak
The fight
Who do you think are the winners? Why?
Eddie’s group
VS
August’s group
Character development
What changes can you findБайду номын сангаасin August? What changes can you find in the classmates?
“Yeah, dudes, thanks,” I said, holding my palm up like Jack just had, though I wasn’t sure if they’d high-five me, too.(L152) ……
The classmates’ changes
“Leave them alone, dude,” said Henry, with Miles and Amos right behind him. (L122) …the first guy yanked me by my arm and started pulling me behind him as we ran…(L132)
friendly nice
sympathetic
(同情的)
unfriendly
unkind mean
prejudiced
(歧视的)
“Darth Sidious”
Ambiguous Darth Sidious’s face gets burned by Sith lightning
and becomes totally deforme(d隐. H晦is的sk)in gets all
Extended reading
Appreciation of excerpts
from WONDER
Lead-in
How did you feel on your first day of high school?
Excerpt One
On the First Day of Middle School
8 August’s group successfully lost Eddie’s group and
highfived each other.
The fight
Obvious bullying (verbal and behavioral)
six kids Eddie’s big group
strong
August’s changes
“Look,” I said, stepping in front of Jack. “We’re a lot smaller than you guys …” ……And this was the point where I knew I should run away as fast as I could, but Jack was still on the ground and I was not to leave him.(L116-119)
Excerpt Two
On the Nature Reserve Trip
Plot
6 Eddie pulled August and Henry fought with Eddie. 1 August and Jack walked into a group of seventh
graders.
August’s feelings
I admit that the first day of school I was so nervous that the butterflies in my stomach were more like pigeons flying around my insides. (L1)
4 August stepped in front of Jack and tried to reason
with Eddie.
9 August burst out crying and his classmates
comforted him.
7 Miles grabbed August and helped him escape.
Verbal shriveled up
melts.(L83)
and
his
wh(言ole语fa的ce)
just
kind
of
Bullying (欺凌)!
“a lamb to the slaughter”
Dad compared ___A_u_g_u_s_t__to a weak and vulnerable (易受伤害的) lamb； and compared ___sc_h_o_o_l___to the slaughter house, where August was sure to become the victim of __b_u_ll_y_in_g___.
5 Henry, Miles and Amos came to August’s rescue.
3 Eddie pushed Jack and made Jack fall. 2 The seventh graders laughed at August’s face and
called him an ugly freak.