Wonder Lesson 1: Investigating the Text

Wonder teaching resource is a unit of work for the novel 'Wonder' by R J Palacio. The unit begins with an introduction to the author and book before closely focusing on the text. It contains 47 lessons which explore the text from Chapter One, 'August' to the end of the novel. The unit contains a range of teaching and learning activities including: - Developing reading and vocabulary skills and building a personal dictionary - Differentiated tasks (Gold, Silver and Bronze) to provide appropriate learning for all abilities - Reading and comprehension tasks - GPS activities that cover contractions, time adverbials, pronouns, homophones, synonyms and word classes - Language study - comparing American English with British English - Class discussion of key themes - Character analysis - Formal and informal writing - Drama activities and ze framing.