Wonder

RJ Palacio

A book-club

discussion with

our WN Parent

Community and

our 6th graders

RJ Palacio and the writing of

Wonder

6th graders: Please share with our parents how you

have been reading and discussing Wonder.

Mrs. Stephens' Wiki

Google Pages

If you were Auggie, how would you feel about your parents?

How do you deal with bullying?

Think about the chapter “Carvel.” (The ice cream.) Imagine Auggie beginning as a student at WN. How would it be?

How do you think the younger children would react? What would you suggest?

If you could ask Auggie a question, what would it be?

“When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind." —Dr. Wayne Dyer

"Your deeds are your monuments." —Inscription on ancient Egyptian tomb

"Have no friends not equal to yourself." —Confucius

"Fortune favors the bold.“ —Virgil

"No man is an island, entire of itself." —John Donne

"It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers." —James Thurber

"Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much." —Blaise Pascal

"What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful." —Sappho

"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 Wesley

"Just follow the day and reach for the sun." —The Polyphonic Spree

"Everyone deserves a standing ovation because we all overcometh the world." —Auggie Pullman

1. If you were Auggie, how would you feel about your

parents?

2. This is a parent question: If you are being bullied,

how DO YOU deal with the situation?

3. Remember the chapter Carvel at the beginning of the

book. Imagine Auggie beginning as a student at WN?

How do you think it would be? How do you think the

younger children would react? What would you

suggest?

4. If YOU could ask Auggie a question, what would it

be?

5. Answer one of these questions

-Which of the precepts speaks to you and why?

- What would YOUR personal precept be? Explain?

WONDER Book Talk Questions

Other resources for you:

Mrs. Stephens’ Reading Wiki:http://reading221.wikispaces.com/WONDER

You Tube: Peter’s CCA Wonderkid Life Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fohz-wRnhs&safe=active

Real Life Auggie;

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23RealLifeAuggie&src=hash

Choose Kind

http://choosekind.tumblr.com/