Bookapedia task 5, How might Auggie be an inspiration to others?

WALT: make inferences to better understand the author's message.

SC: use clues from the story to make connections beyond the text.

Task: How might Auggie be an inspiration to others?

Brave because he made the desicion to go to school. Perseveres because he never complains about the vists to the hospital he just gets on with it. He shows kindness because he supports his family and friends and others. Character because he believes in himself. He shows this by picking himself up when someone puts him down. For example, when he has the bleeding scream problem he doesn't stop going to school. 

I know he inspired others in the story because they awarded him " the Henry Ward Beecher medal to those students whose quiet strength has carried up the most hearts." People chanted his name, patted his back, high fived him and appluded him. This shows that they thought he deserved the award.

I think the author wrote this book to inspire others and to show that just because someone looks different or behaves differently it doesn't mean that they aren't the same as you on the inside, "Don't judge a book by its cover!"

I think I have achieved the success criteria because I have infered that Auggie was an inspiration to others from things the author wrote.

Bookapedia task 4, Julian wasn't expelled by Mr Tushman why is thisgood or bad.

WALT: consider alternative viewpoints to better understand the authors message.

SC: compare different character's points of view to form opinons.

Task: Do you agree with Mr Tushman's decision not to expel Jack? Why or why not? 

I agree with Mr Tushman. Mr Tushman must have known that it was out of Jack's character to hit another student. He would know this because Jack is a great student and has a cool personality and  has never been in trouble before. I  know this because Mr Tushman asked for Jack when he wanted three good students to help Auggie out and show him around the school.                                         

I think I have achieved the success critearia because I have formed my opinion by looking at Mr Tushman's point of view and then Jack's view point which is that he thinks he did the wrong thing even though Julian did deserve it.

                                                 

Bookapedia task 3, My symbol!

WALT: make inferences to better understand the authors message.

SC: use clues from the story to make connections beyond the text.

My third task for bookapedia was to make a symbol that represents yourself. My symbol is a bookcase. At first I thought a book or two would be a good symbol, but then I realised that there are too many books that I like, so I made a bookcase. The signs represent  library signs that show I love to go to the library and the different range of things that interest me. The books represent my love for reading and stories. Here it is.

 I think I have achieved this task because I have thought about my ideas and I have fiddled with them to see what would suit my personality best. I have represented different things about myself in my symbol.

Bookapedia task 2, the differences between Via and Auggie's Halloween.

WALT: Consider alternative viewpoints to understand the authors message better.

Success Criteria: Compare different character's points of view to form opinions. 

These are the instructions and answers for my Bookclub task numbr two.

Auggie and Via's descrepition of Halloween are quite different. What did you learn from Via that you didn't already know from Auggie? What did you learn from Auggie that Via dosn't tell you? List at least three things unique to each person on a double bubble map.

What Auggie tells us that Via dosen't is that Auggie likes Halloween because he gets to were a mask and walk around like a normal person. Auggie overheard some boys being mean about him and one of them was his friend, Auggie tells us exactly what the boys said. Auggie pretends to be sick to get out of school and when he gets home he is really sick.

What Via tells us that Auggie dosen't is that Gran died the day before Halloween a few years ago so Via and Mum are extremly sad. Via stays home with Mum that day because she is too sad.  Via feels like mum dosen't spend much time with her. I learnt from Via that they went to the Halloween parade.

I think I have achieved the Success Criterea because I have shown how the author used the fact that they could make a story of the whole day even if they split up the parts of the day into two different people's views and if the reader could connect these halfs together it would give them the whole story.  

   

Bookapedia task 1 compare my birth story to Auggie's!

WALT: To use various sources of information to understand the author's message better.

Success Criteria: Use prior knowledge and the text to form logical opinions.

For this task I had to compare my birth story to Auggie's birth story. To do this I read the chapter when Auggie is telling you what his birth story is and then I read my birth story that my mother wrote when I was born. After that I talked to my mum about it. Next I wrote two lists down, one about the differences between our births and one about the similarities.

When I was born my mum was happy when she was going into the the hospital, but then the doctors said that my heart beat was slowing. Mum and Dad were very scared and concerned for me. They had to take her to the emergency room and do some surgery to get me out. In the end I came out healthy and perfect. Everyone was very happy and relieved.

When Auggie as born the doctors thought he had Cleff palate, but he had major facial deformities. Before he was born his parents and docters were feeling happy and relaxed about him. I know this because his parents were joking around. When he was born they all suddenly became very worried.         

The two most important differences are the parents' and the doctors' feelings and the health between me and Auggie. The people at Auggie's birth were worried when he as born and the people at my birth were joyful when I was born. I was healthy and Auggie was sick and had facial deformities.

The main similarity is when his mother and my mother see us for the first time and think that we are beautiful. When Auggie's mother first sees him Auggie wrote "All she could see was how pretty my eyes were." My mum thought I was absolutely perfect.

I have achieved the Success Criteria because... I have used my prior knowledge about births and my birth story and I have read Auggie's recount about his birth story and found some similarities and differences between them.