1 00:00:00,450 --> 00:00:01,385 Hello everyone! 2 00:00:01,385 --> 00:00:03,616 It is so wonderful to see you today. 3 00:00:03,616 --> 00:00:06,094 I am your reading coach, Minhee Teacher. 4 00:00:06,094 --> 00:00:10,856 Today, we are diving back into the beautiful and heart-stirring book, Wonder. 5 00:00:10,856 --> 00:00:14,507 We are looking at Part Four, which is all about Jack's War. 6 00:00:14,507 --> 00:00:17,232 Let us pretend we are movie directors today. 7 00:00:17,232 --> 00:00:20,698 We are holding a movie camera, looking through the lens. 8 00:00:20,698 --> 00:00:26,077 We are not just reading words on a page; we are watching a movie play out in our minds. 9 00:00:26,077 --> 00:00:29,234 Let us yell, "Action!" and look at our first scene. 10 00:00:29,234 --> 00:00:34,057 In our first scene, the camera pans across a busy school hallway on Halloween. 11 00:00:34,057 --> 00:00:35,671 Everyone is wearing masks. 12 00:00:35,671 --> 00:00:39,322 Jack is hanging out with Julian and the other popular boys. 13 00:00:39,322 --> 00:00:42,479 Julian says something terrible about Auggie's face. 14 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:45,883 He says, if he looked like that, he would kill himself. 15 00:00:45,883 --> 00:00:48,731 Jack is wearing a mask, so he feels invisible. 16 00:00:48,731 --> 00:00:49,728 He laughs along. 17 00:00:49,728 --> 00:00:50,293 But wait! 18 00:00:50,293 --> 00:00:52,401 Let us pan the camera to the left. 19 00:00:52,401 --> 00:00:56,113 There is a boy in a Bleeding Scream costume standing nearby. 20 00:00:56,113 --> 00:00:57,048 That is Auggie. 21 00:00:57,048 --> 00:00:58,292 He hears everything. 22 00:00:58,292 --> 00:01:02,313 In the next scene, the camera cuts to the classroom the next day. 23 00:01:02,313 --> 00:01:04,112 Auggie stops talking to Jack. 24 00:01:04,112 --> 00:01:05,664 Jack is totally confused. 25 00:01:05,664 --> 00:01:10,549 Then, the camera zooms in on Jack's face as he suddenly realizes what happened. 26 00:01:10,549 --> 00:01:12,780 He remembers his laugh on Halloween. 27 00:01:12,780 --> 00:01:15,752 He feels a cold, heavy rock drop in his stomach. 28 00:01:15,752 --> 00:01:16,872 He feels terrible. 29 00:01:16,872 --> 00:01:20,214 In our final scene, Julian calls Auggie a freak again. 30 00:01:20,214 --> 00:01:21,952 Jack cannot take it anymore. 31 00:01:21,952 --> 00:01:23,690 He does not laugh this time. 32 00:01:23,690 --> 00:01:28,266 Instead, he stands up for his friend and punches Julian right in the face! 33 00:01:28,266 --> 00:01:29,942 Now, the school is divided. 34 00:01:29,942 --> 00:01:32,358 It is a total war between the students. 35 00:01:32,358 --> 00:01:34,651 Let us think about why this happened. 36 00:01:34,651 --> 00:01:37,006 Why did Jack laugh in the first place? 37 00:01:37,006 --> 00:01:38,435 He did not hate Auggie. 38 00:01:38,435 --> 00:01:39,802 He actually liked him! 39 00:01:39,802 --> 00:01:40,922 But he was scared. 40 00:01:40,922 --> 00:01:43,338 He wanted the popular kids to like him. 41 00:01:43,338 --> 00:01:45,137 This is called peer pressure. 42 00:01:45,137 --> 00:01:49,158 When we are scared of being left out, we sometimes do bad things. 43 00:01:49,158 --> 00:01:50,957 But Jack learns a big lesson. 44 00:01:50,957 --> 00:01:57,076 If you stay silent when someone is being bullied, or if you laugh along, you are helping the bully. 45 00:01:57,076 --> 00:01:58,999 You become part of the problem. 46 00:01:58,999 --> 00:02:03,143 But the beautiful thing about Jack is that he realizes his mistake. 47 00:02:03,143 --> 00:02:07,966 He decides that being a true friend is much more important than being popular. 48 00:02:07,966 --> 00:02:10,629 Real friendship means fixing your mistakes. 49 00:02:10,629 --> 00:02:15,946 Let us look at some key words our characters use in this movie so we can use them too. 50 00:02:15,946 --> 00:02:20,461 First is the word "war." Usually, a war is a big fight between countries. 51 00:02:20,461 --> 00:02:25,963 But here, it is a school war where kids split into groups and stop talking to each other. 52 00:02:25,963 --> 00:02:30,910 Second, we have "hit man." A hit man is a dangerous person paid to hurt someone. 53 00:02:30,910 --> 00:02:35,918 In our story, Julian makes up a silly rumor that Jack hired a hit man to get him! 54 00:02:35,918 --> 00:02:37,779 It is a dramatic school rumor. 55 00:02:37,779 --> 00:02:41,430 Third is "ex-friend." The prefix "ex" means former or past. 56 00:02:41,430 --> 00:02:45,945 So an ex-friend is someone who used to be your friend but is not anymore. 57 00:02:45,945 --> 00:02:50,460 Jack became Auggie's ex-friend for a little while because of his mistake. 58 00:02:50,460 --> 00:02:55,530 Fourth is the word "punch." To punch means to hit someone hard with a closed fist. 59 00:02:55,530 --> 00:02:59,242 Jack punches Julian because Julian was being mean to Auggie. 60 00:02:59,242 --> 00:03:05,361 And fifth is "detention." This is a punishment where you have to stay after school in a quiet room. 61 00:03:05,361 --> 00:03:07,839 Jack gets detention for fighting Julian. 62 00:03:07,839 --> 00:03:10,934 Now, let us practice speaking like our characters. 63 00:03:10,934 --> 00:03:16,128 I will say a sentence, and I want you to repeat it right after me with real emotion. 64 00:03:16,128 --> 00:03:18,791 Imagine you are the character in the movie. 65 00:03:18,791 --> 00:03:19,294 Ready? 66 00:03:19,294 --> 00:03:22,328 Number one: I heard what they said and I laughed. 67 00:03:22,328 --> 00:03:25,238 Number two: I became his ex-friend for a while. 68 00:03:25,238 --> 00:03:28,765 Number three: I punched Julian because he was being mean. 69 00:03:28,765 --> 00:03:31,552 Number four: I chose the wrong side at first. 70 00:03:31,552 --> 00:03:34,647 Number five: Real friends say sorry and try again. 71 00:03:34,647 --> 00:03:38,236 You did an amazing job reading and speaking with me today! 72 00:03:38,236 --> 00:03:43,306 Before we turn off our movie camera, I want you to think about one final question. 73 00:03:43,306 --> 00:03:47,080 Is it harder to be kind when your other friends are watching? 74 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:50,299 Think about it, and we will talk about it next time. 75 00:03:50,299 --> 00:03:52,530 This is Minhee Teacher, signing off. 76 00:03:52,530 --> 00:03:55,687 Keep reading, keep shining, and always choose kind! 77 00:03:55,687 --> 00:03:56,850 See you next time!