Kindness- Verbal/physical action that is nice, caring, using manners, respect
Example 1: -When Jack sticks up for Auggie during the fight scene with Julian
- 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 - helps people make friends
- build a persons 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, feel included to school
Example 2: When others help Jack and Auggie fight the 7th graders.
Importance of Family and Friendship - trust, trust of others, support systems, people you feel safe with, help build resileince
Example 1: When the Pullman's dog Daisy dies
- Shows theme by brings family together to grieve
-Show support for one another
-Auggie and Via put aside their argument to look after each other
Example 2: Fight at the nature reserve when Amos and the others come together to rescue Jack and Auggie from the 7th graders
-Show theme by standing uopfor each other
-Shows trust by the boys come to help them, they don't abandon each other
-Resileince is shown by the boys support rech other to move foward, they are all friends now
Importance of the story: Good relationships with friends helps Auggie build trust and feel safe. He takes the helmet off
-His friendship with summer teaches him resilience, trust and forgiveness
- His family are always there to support him when things go wrong
Choosing between right and popular - being right means showing integrity, doing the right thing 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 chose ot stay with Auggie as his science partner instead of Julien
-Shows theme by Jack chooses right over popular. Julien wanted to leave Auggie out and Jack chose not to.
-In the past Jack has pick friendship with Julien over Auggie
Example 2: When Summer decides to sit with Auggie instead of the popular girls who were talking behind Auggies back
-SHows theme by Summer chooses right not to sit and talk nasty with her friends, but to go and sit with Auggie who has alone
-AUggie doesn't trust her at first because of Jack. Summer stays anyway and helps Auggie links to importance of friendship
Importance of the story the concept is relatable and we can understand it, everyone has to experience this so it helps the viewer to engage with the story, makes kindness/relationships more obvious when we've seen the person struggle
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