Friday, November 25, 2016

RANDALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL class learns lessons from book


Mrs. Collin's fifth-grade class at Randall Elementary School read together the book “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio. 

Toward the end of the story, the following quote is shared in a speech: "Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right using of strength... He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts..." (Henry Ward Beecher).


After we finished reading the book, we discussed the quote's meaning and how it applied to the book's main character, Auggie.  August (Auggie) Pullman was born with a facial deformity that prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Auggie is just an ordinary kid, with an extraordinary face. After the class had their discussion, students worked on a reading response writing activity then wrote their final copies on images they created that resembled the book's cover.

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