Wonder
What is the name of the author?
R. J. Palacio
Describe what a protagonist is.
The main character who is usually good but not always.
What is a pediatric neurologist?
A brain doctor for children
What are the the five text structures?
Compare and Contrast
Problem and solution
Discription
Cause and effect
Sequencing
What does the prefix re mean?
Give me a word using that prefix.
To do again.
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What is the name of August's sister?
Oliva or Via
Describe what an antagonist is.
Usually the someone or something that goes against the protagonist. Answers may vary slightly.
Lacking the ability to think or understand.
Having the standard ability to think or understand.
What text structure is this?
Mr. Andrew and Ms Kerri have some things in common but are also quite different. They both share a love of traveling but Mr. Andrew prefers to climb large hills, whilst Ms. Kerri likes to go to a spa and relax.
Compare and contrast
What does the prefix non mean?
Give me a word using that prefix.
Not
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What is the name of the school that August goes to?
Beecher Prep
Name the four main types of conflict.
man vs man
man vs nature
man vs society
man vs self
What is myelin?
A material that coats the outside of the nerve cells.
What text structure is this?
On February the 10, 2016, Ms. Kerri moved to Kuwait. On the 11th she met Mr. Andrew for the first time. Three months later they went to a party and decided that they might like to be a couple. When they returned in September to Kuwait they became official. 7 years later Mr. Andrew made the best decision and asked Ms. Kerri to marry him.
Sequencing
What does the prefix mis mean?
Give me an example of a word using this prefix.
wrong
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Who creates the different precepts for the class?
Mr. Browne
What is a metaphor?
Give an example
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What is synaptic pruning?
Cutting back on the number of synapses.
What text structure is this?
On beautiful sunny day I arrived at my first day at the Naval base in Kuwait city. It was a new experience for me only working with adult men. I was a little nervous. I met some really nice people one of which was a Canadian man called Andrew.
Description
What does the suffix able/ible mean?
Can you give me an example word.
Capable of being.
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What is the name of the song by David Bowie that fits with August's life?
Space Oddity
What is alliteration?
Give an example
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There are four lobes in the brain - name them.
frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital
What text structure is this?
After Andrew and I had finished our teaching degrees we had to decide what to do next. We had a few small issues about deciding where to teach. We wrote our top five places secretly on a piece of paper and if we had some in common we would try to choose from there. Thankfully we had two places in common and one happened to be Istanbul, Turkey. In 2018 we moved to Istanbul.
Problem and solution
What does the suffix ism mean?
Tell me a word using that suffix
Theory, act of believing
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