https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/kids-talk-bullying.html

• Why does a bully, bully?
• Why is it important to stick up for others being bullied?
• When you see other people being bullied, what are some things you can do?

Complete the following Blog – “Making Predictions”

1. What’s your prediction? Put your novel away. You are going to predict the ending of your novel and include this prediction in your blog. What page are you on? What’s the total number of pages in the book?

• Which character will experience the biggest change? Based on what you’ve read, which character do you think will experience the biggest change by the end of the book? These changes may include physical circumstances, lifestyle, relationships or thinking/values.  Explain what you think is going to happen to this character by the time the story is over.  Briefly describe the clues in the story that make you think this.

• How will the book end? What are the clues?  Next, based on what you’ve read so far, how do you think the book will end? What problems will be resolved? What will happen to the main characters other than the one you discussed in Question 1? Brily explain the clues in the story that make you think this.

After you jot note your reaction, share your ideas with your group.

• How is our theme being portrayed in the setting and development of this novel? Is bullying being introduced in the first section of the readings.

Creative Response Post: Week 1

Reflect on the discussion from the live chat about the video clip from Wonder.  How can you tell that bullying is taking place in your novel? Using Adobe Spark, create a post with the key quote (or quotes) from your novel. The background must represent you think the setting of your story looks like.

Step 1: Find a key bullying quote that sums up the beginning of your novel.  Using Adobe Spark (or another platform of your choice) create a Post with the quote from your novel.  The background must represent the setting of your story.  Include the quotes in your visual with the title of your book, as well as chapter and page number.

Step 2: Write a blog post that includes the image, and a paragraph that explains how your novel is about bullying.

Complete the following questions.

• Why do people look quickly away when they first see August?
• In this section August discusses the issue of him going to school.
• Why has he never gone to school? Do you think he should?
• August goes on the tour of the school and meets three students. In your opinion which one would turn out to be a bully?
• How would you describe the other students’ reaction to August in homeroom?
• What does September’s precept, “When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind,” mean?

Complete the following questions.

• Describe each of the characters relationship with one another.
• Who are the socs?  Who are the greasers?
• How do Ponyboy’s relationships with Darry and Sodapop differ?  Explain.
• Why is the ‘gang’ important to Johnny?
• How does Ponyboy react to what Sodapop tells him about Darry?
• Do you think Darry loves Ponyboy?  Why does he treat Ponyboy the way he does?

 

Complete the following questions.

• What are your initial thoughts about Clay? Support your answer with 2 direct quotations from the novel.
• What are your initial thoughts about Hannah? Is she sympathetic character? Do you like her? Why or why not?
• What was your reaction to listening to Hannah’s voice over the tape?
• What was Clay’s reaction when his mother wanted to listen to the tape?
• Do you think Hannah’s tapes will stay between the twelve people on the list, or will they be shown to the authorities and/or released to the public? Should they be? Why or why not?
• At the beginning of the first tape, Hannah says, “…there are thirteen sides to every story.” What does she mean by this?