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Hello everyone!

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I am your English reading coach, Minhee Teacher.

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Today, we are opening a truly beautiful and famous book called

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Wonder.

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We are going to explore Part One, which is titled Ordinary.

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Grab your imaginary movie director's chair, because today, we

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are going to look at this story like a film director.

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We will paint the scenes in our minds, look closely at the

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characters' feelings, and make the English words come alive.

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Let's start by looking at our story through the camera lens.

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Imagine our movie starting with three simple scenes.

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In scene one, we see a ten-year-old boy named Auggie eating ice

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cream, riding his bike, and playing ball.

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He looks like any other kid.

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But when he goes to a playground, other kids scream and run

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away.

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In scene two, the camera moves to Auggie's cozy living room.

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He is talking with his mom.

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He has been homeschooled his whole life, but now, his parents

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want him to start a real school called Beecher Prep.

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He is terrified.

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In scene three, the camera follows Auggie as he walks through

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the school hallways.

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He meets the principal, Mr.

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Tushman, and three classmates who are showing him around.

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He can feel everyone’s eyes staring at him.

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Now, let's zoom our camera in close on Auggie's face during that

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first scene.

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Auggie tells us, I know I am not an ordinary ten-year-old kid.

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He explains that he does normal things.

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He plays Xbox, he loves ice cream, and inside his heart, he

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feels completely ordinary.

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But then, the camera pulls back, and we see the sad truth.

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When he goes to a playground, other kids look at his face, get

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scared, and run away.

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Can you picture that?

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Imagine how heavy and lonely his heart must feel.

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He just wants to play, but his outside appearance stops other

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kids from seeing who he really is.

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Why does this happen?

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Let's explain this in a very simple way.

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Imagine you go to a bookstore and see a book with a very

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strange, unusual cover.

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Because the cover looks different, you might hesitate to touch

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it, or you might even walk away.

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But if you actually open the book and read the pages, you find

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the most wonderful, funny, and exciting story inside.

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Auggie is just like that book.

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His face looks different because of a medical condition he was

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born with, but his inside story, which is his feelings, his

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humor, and his kindness, is totally ordinary and wonderful.

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The problem is that other people get stuck looking at the cover

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and forget to read the book.

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To help us direct this movie, we need to understand a few

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important words.

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The first word is ordinary.

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This means normal, or just like everyone else.

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Think of an ordinary day with no surprises, where you just eat

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breakfast, go to school, and come home.

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Auggie wishes for an ordinary life.

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The second word is stare.

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This means to look at someone for a long time, often rudely.

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Imagine someone opening their eyes really wide and pointing

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their face at you without blinking.

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That is staring, and it makes people feel very uncomfortable.

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The third word is petrified.

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This means so scared that you freeze like a stone.

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You can think of the word petrified as turning into a rock

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because you are so frightened.

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Auggie feels petrified about his first day of school.

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The fourth word is homeschooled.

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This means being taught at home by your parents instead of going

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to a school building.

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Auggie was homeschooled because he had to have many surgeries.

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Our fifth phrase is cleft palate.

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This is the medical term for a split in the roof of the mouth

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that Auggie was born with, which made it hard for him to speak

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and eat before his surgeries.

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Now, let's practice speaking like the characters in our movie.

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It is time for our shadowing practice.

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I will say a sentence, and I want you to repeat it right after

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me with real feeling.

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Let us begin.

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Number one: I know I am not an ordinary kid.

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Number two: Ordinary kids do not make other kids run away.

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Number three: I felt petrified on my first day.

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Number four: I want to be seen as just another student.

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Number five: It takes courage to walk into a new school.

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You did an amazing job repeating those sentences!

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You sound so natural and expressive.

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Before we wrap up our lesson today, I have one final question

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for you to think about.

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If you were a student at Beecher Prep, and you saw Auggie

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walking down the hallway on his very first day, what is one

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small thing you could do to make him feel welcome and safe?

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Think about your answer, and keep reading this wonderful book.

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I will see you in our next lesson.

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Bye-bye!