1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,000 Hello everyone! 2 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,000 It is so wonderful to see you today. 3 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,000 I am your reading coach, Minhee Teacher. 4 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,000 Today, we are diving back into the beautiful and heart-stirring 5 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:10,000 book, Wonder. 6 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:14,000 We are looking at Part Four, which is all about Jack's War. 7 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,000 Let us pretend we are movie directors today. 8 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,000 We are holding a movie camera, looking through the lens. 9 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:23,000 We are not just reading words on a page; we are watching a movie 10 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:24,000 play out in our minds. 11 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:27,000 Let us yell, "Action!" and look at our first scene. 12 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:31,000 In our first scene, the camera pans across a busy school hallway 13 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:32,000 on Halloween. 14 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,000 Everyone is wearing masks. 15 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,000 Jack is hanging out with Julian and the other popular boys. 16 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,000 Julian says something terrible about Auggie's face. 17 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,000 He says, if he looked like that, he would kill himself. 18 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,000 Jack is wearing a mask, so he feels invisible. 19 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:47,000 He laughs along. 20 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:48,000 But wait! 21 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,000 Let us pan the camera to the left. 22 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:54,000 There is a boy in a Bleeding Scream costume standing nearby. 23 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,000 That is Auggie. 24 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,000 He hears everything. 25 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,000 In the next scene, the camera cuts to the classroom the next 26 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,000 day. 27 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:02,000 Auggie stops talking to Jack. 28 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,000 Jack is totally confused. 29 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,000 Then, the camera zooms in on Jack's face as he suddenly realizes 30 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,000 what happened. 31 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,000 He remembers his laugh on Halloween. 32 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,000 He feels a cold, heavy rock drop in his stomach. 33 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,000 He feels terrible. 34 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,000 In our final scene, Julian calls Auggie a freak again. 35 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,000 Jack cannot take it anymore. 36 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,000 He does not laugh this time. 37 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:25,000 Instead, he stands up for his friend and punches Julian right in 38 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:26,000 the face! 39 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,000 Now, the school is divided. 40 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,000 It is a total war between the students. 41 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,000 Let us think about why this happened. 42 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,000 Why did Jack laugh in the first place? 43 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:35,000 He did not hate Auggie. 44 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:36,000 He actually liked him! 45 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,000 But he was scared. 46 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,000 He wanted the popular kids to like him. 47 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,000 This is called peer pressure. 48 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:45,000 When we are scared of being left out, we sometimes do bad 49 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:46,000 things. 50 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,000 But Jack learns a big lesson. 51 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,000 If you stay silent when someone is being bullied, or if you 52 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,000 laugh along, you are helping the bully. 53 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,000 You become part of the problem. 54 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,000 But the beautiful thing about Jack is that he realizes his 55 00:01:58,000 --> 00:01:59,000 mistake. 56 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:03,000 He decides that being a true friend is much more important than 57 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,000 being popular. 58 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,000 Real friendship means fixing your mistakes. 59 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,000 Let us look at some key words our characters use in this movie 60 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,000 so we can use them too. 61 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,000 First is the word "war." Usually, a war is a big fight between 62 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:16,000 countries. 63 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:20,000 But here, it is a school war where kids split into groups and 64 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:21,000 stop talking to each other. 65 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:25,000 Second, we have "hit man." A hit man is a dangerous person paid 66 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,000 to hurt someone. 67 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:30,000 In our story, Julian makes up a silly rumor that Jack hired a 68 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,000 hit man to get him! 69 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,000 It is a dramatic school rumor. 70 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,000 Third is "ex-friend." The prefix "ex" means former or past. 71 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:40,000 So an ex-friend is someone who used to be your friend but is not 72 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:41,000 anymore. 73 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:45,000 Jack became Auggie's ex-friend for a little while because of his 74 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,000 mistake. 75 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,000 Fourth is the word "punch." To punch means to hit someone hard 76 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,000 with a closed fist. 77 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,000 Jack punches Julian because Julian was being mean to Auggie. 78 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:58,000 And fifth is "detention." This is a punishment where you have to 79 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,000 stay after school in a quiet room. 80 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Jack gets detention for fighting Julian. 81 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,000 Now, let us practice speaking like our characters. 82 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,000 I will say a sentence, and I want you to repeat it right after 83 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,000 me with real emotion. 84 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,000 Imagine you are the character in the movie. 85 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,000 Ready? 86 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,000 Number one: I heard what they said and I laughed. 87 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,000 Number two: I became his ex-friend for a while. 88 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,000 Number three: I punched Julian because he was being mean. 89 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,000 Number four: I chose the wrong side at first. 90 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,000 Number five: Real friends say sorry and try again. 91 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:31,000 You did an amazing job reading and speaking with me today! 92 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,000 Before we turn off our movie camera, I want you to think about 93 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,000 one final question. 94 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Is it harder to be kind when your other friends are watching? 95 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Think about it, and we will talk about it next time. 96 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:38,000 This is Minhee Teacher, signing off. 97 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Keep reading, keep shining, and always choose kind! 98 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:38,000 See you next time!