Wonder Lesson 38: Via's Secret - PowerPoint

In an engaging English lesson from a comprehensive teaching resource, students delve into a segment of the novel 'Wonder', specifically focusing on pages 216 to 227. The class is encouraged to read and discuss the chapters titled 'Via's Secret', 'My Cave', 'Goodbye', 'Daisy's Toys', and 'Heaven'. During this interactive session, students continue to expand their vocabulary using a 'Wonder Dictionary' sheet. They are also prompted to make predictions about the upcoming narrative based on the chapter titles, stimulating their analytical and forecasting skills.

The lesson incorporates a 'Word Warm-up' activity, which challenges students to distinguish between nouns and other word classes in a given list. Following the identification of nouns such as anger, nature, penny, science, and fame, students are tasked with transforming these nouns into adjectives by adding appropriate suffixes, for example, changing 'anger' to 'angry'. Further deepening their understanding of the text, the class engages in a thoughtful discussion, pondering questions about the characters' motivations and emotions. They are invited to interpret a poignant quote from the book and express it in their own words. To conclude the lesson, students are asked to write a heartfelt letter from the character Auggie to Daisy, reflecting on unspoken thoughts and feelings, thereby fostering empathy and creative writing skills.