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Tuesday, 10 March 2020

Workshop 1: Unpacking the Themes & ideas

Kindness- verbal/physical action that is nice, caring, using manners, respect





Example- When jack sticks up for Auggie during the fight scene with Julien.
- Shows kindness-sticking up for a friend
-not letting others talk badly  about friends
-Jack has previously not been kind, talked about Auggie behind his back.



 - Important because    -important because - helps people make friends
-builds a person self-confidence
-makes people feel accepted/included
-if there wasn't kindness Auggie wouldn't have made any friends, grown his self-confidence to be able to take off his helmet, Ro included at breaker prop.


importance of  Friendship and family - trust, trust of others, support systems, people you feel safe with, help build resilience


Example 1: When the  Pullman's dog Daisy dies.
-Shows theme- bring the family together to grieve
-show support for one another
- Auggie and Via put aside their argument to look after each other




Example 2: The fight at the Nature Reserve where Amas and the other boys come together to rescue Jack and Auggie from the  Graders.


-Show theme- support because they stand up for each other
-Trust-the boys come to help them, they don't abandon each other
-resilience- the boys support each other to move forwards, they are all friends now.

Important to the story-  Goods relationships with friends help Auggie build trust and feel safe. He takes the helmet
-his friendships with summer teach him resilience, trust and forgiveness
- His family are always there to support him when things go wrong at school.

Struggle between being right and being popular-  Being right means showing integrity- doing the right thing each when no one is watching
-Being popular means agreeing with/acting in a way others want you to, even when you don't agree.


Example 1- When Jack chooses to stay with Auggie as his science partner instead of Julien.

Shows theme- Jack choose right over popular. Julien wanted to leave Auggie out and jack chose not to.
-in the past, Jack had picked friendship with Julien over Auggie.

Example 2-  When SUmmer decides to sit with Auggie instead of the popular girls who were talking behind Auggie back.

Shows theme- Summer chose right not to sit and talk nasty with  her friends, but to go and sit with Auggie who was alone
-Auggie doesn't trust her a first because of dack
Summer stays anyway and helps Auggie-link to the importance of friendships


Important to the story- the concept is relatable, everyone has to experience this so it helps to viewer to engage with the story.
-Makes kindness/relationships more obvious when we've seen the persons struggles.


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