Hello everyone!
I am your English reading coach, Minhee Teacher.
Welcome back to our Wonder journey, where we are exploring Part
Six, Auggie's Second Half.
I am so excited to guide you through the beautiful ending of
this amazing book today.
For this lesson, let's put on our movie director hats.
Imagine we are sitting in the director's chair, looking through
a camera lens.
We are going to watch how Auggie's story reaches its
heart-warming climax, scene by scene.
Let's start with a quick bird's-eye view of our movie.
Our camera captures three main scenes in this final part of the
book.
In the first scene, the screen is dark.
We are deep in the woods at a fifth-grade school trip.
Suddenly, some mean older kids confront Auggie, but his
classmates stand up to protect him.
In the second scene, the camera cuts to a bright, crowded
auditorium.
It is graduation day, and Auggie is walking up to the stage
while everyone stands up to cheer.
In the final scene, the camera pans out to a quiet, sunny
street.
Auggie is walking home with his dad, holding his hand, feeling
completely loved and happy.
Now, let's zoom the camera in for a close-up on the most
important moments.
Imagine the dark, chilly woods during the school nature retreat.
Auggie and his friend Jack are cornered by mean seventh-graders
from another school.
Auggie is terrified.
His heart is beating fast.
But look at what happens next through our camera lens.
Classmates who used to ignore Auggie, or even play mean jokes on
him, step in.
They form a human shield around him.
They fight back and run together to safety.
In this moment, Auggie loses his hearing aids, but he gains
something much more valuable: real, true friends.
He realizes he is no longer alone.
Next, let's cut to the graduation ceremony.
Mr.
Tushman, the principal, calls Auggie's name to give him a
special medal for his quiet strength.
As Auggie walks up, one person stands up and claps.
Then another.
Suddenly, the entire room is on their feet.
This is a standing ovation.
The camera captures the tears in Auggie's eyes and the huge
smile on his face.
He feels like a normal kid, celebrated for exactly who he is
inside.
Why did this amazing change happen?
Let's explain it simply.
At the start of the school year, everyone was afraid of Auggie
because of his face.
But Auggie did not fight their fear with anger.
Instead, he just kept being himself: kind, funny, and strong.
This is the cause.
The effect is that his quiet kindness slowly melted the ice
around everyone's hearts.
When the big crisis happened in the woods, his classmates
realized they cared about him.
Their small, daily moments of kindness added up to a giant wave
of support at graduation.
Auggie overcame his challenges, and his school overcame their
prejudice.
To help us talk about this movie like professional directors,
let's learn a few key words from the story.
Our first phrase is nature retreat.
A nature retreat is a school trip to the woods and outdoors
where students camp and bond.
It is the perfect setting for our characters to face their
fears.
Next is bleeding scream.
This is the scary Halloween mask Auggie wore earlier in the
book.
It hid his face, but by the end of the story, he does not need
to hide anymore.
Our third phrase is standing ovation.
This is when everyone in an audience stands up to clap and cheer
loudly because they are deeply moved.
Auggie definitely deserved his standing ovation!
Next is an old-fashioned word, overcometh.
It simply means overcomes or defeats.
We all overcometh the world when we beat our biggest challenges.
And finally, the word wonder.
A wonder is something or someone truly amazing.
Auggie is a wonder, and so are you!
Now, it is time for our shadowing practice.
I want you to speak like the characters in our movie.
I will say a sentence, and I want you to repeat it right after
me with feeling.
Are you ready?
Let's go!
The woods were dark and scary.
My friends ran with me until we were safe.
At graduation everyone gave me a standing ovation.
I felt like a normal kid for the first time.
We all overcometh the world.
Wonderful job!
You sounded just like the characters in the movie.
To wrap up our lesson today, I want to leave you with one big
reflection question.
Why do you think everyone in the world deserves a standing
ovation at least once in their life?
What would your own standing ovation moment look like?
Think about this question, keep reading, and remember that
kindness always wins.
Thank you for joining me today.
I am Minhee Teacher, and I will see you in our next reading
adventure.
Bye-bye!