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Hello everyone!

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I am your English reading coach, Minhee Teacher.

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Welcome back to our Wonder journey, where we are exploring Part Six, Auggie's Second Half.

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I am so excited to guide you through the beautiful ending of this amazing book today.

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For this lesson, let's put on our movie director hats.

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Imagine we are sitting in the director's chair, looking through a camera lens.

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We are going to watch how Auggie's story reaches its heart-warming climax, scene by scene.

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Let's start with a quick bird's-eye view of our movie.

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Our camera captures three main scenes in this final part of the book.

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In the first scene, the screen is dark.

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We are deep in the woods at a fifth-grade school trip.

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Suddenly, some mean older kids confront Auggie, but his classmates stand up to protect him.

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In the second scene, the camera cuts to a bright, crowded auditorium.

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It is graduation day, and Auggie is walking up to the stage while everyone stands up to cheer.

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In the final scene, the camera pans out to a quiet, sunny street.

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Auggie is walking home with his dad, holding his hand, feeling completely loved and happy.

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Now, let's zoom the camera in for a close-up on the most important moments.

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Imagine the dark, chilly woods during the school nature retreat.

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Auggie and his friend Jack are cornered by mean seventh-graders from another school.

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Auggie is terrified.

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His heart is beating fast.

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But look at what happens next through our camera lens.

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Classmates who used to ignore Auggie, or even play mean jokes on him, step in.

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They form a human shield around him.

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They fight back and run together to safety.

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In this moment, Auggie loses his hearing aids, but he gains something much more valuable: real, true friends.

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He realizes he is no longer alone.

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Next, let's cut to the graduation ceremony.

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Mr. Tushman, the principal, calls Auggie's name to give him a special medal for his quiet strength.

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As Auggie walks up, one person stands up and claps.

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Then another.

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Suddenly, the entire room is on their feet.

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This is a standing ovation.

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The camera captures the tears in Auggie's eyes and the huge smile on his face.

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He feels like a normal kid, celebrated for exactly who he is inside.

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Why did this amazing change happen?

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Let's explain it simply.

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At the start of the school year, everyone was afraid of Auggie because of his face.

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But Auggie did not fight their fear with anger.

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Instead, he just kept being himself: kind, funny, and strong.

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This is the cause.

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The effect is that his quiet kindness slowly melted the ice around everyone's hearts.

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When the big crisis happened in the woods, his classmates realized they cared about him.

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Their small, daily moments of kindness added up to a giant wave of support at graduation.

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Auggie overcame his challenges, and his school overcame their prejudice.

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To help us talk about this movie like professional directors, let's learn a few key words from the story.

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Our first phrase is nature retreat.

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A nature retreat is a school trip to the woods and outdoors where students camp and bond.

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It is the perfect setting for our characters to face their fears.

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Next is bleeding scream.

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This is the scary Halloween mask Auggie wore earlier in the book.

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It hid his face, but by the end of the story, he does not need to hide anymore.

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Our third phrase is standing ovation.

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This is when everyone in an audience stands up to clap and cheer loudly because they are deeply moved.

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Auggie definitely deserved his standing ovation!

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Next is an old-fashioned word, overcometh.

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It simply means overcomes or defeats.

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We all overcometh the world when we beat our biggest challenges.

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And finally, the word wonder.

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A wonder is something or someone truly amazing.

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Auggie is a wonder, and so are you!

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Now, it is time for our shadowing practice.

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I want you to speak like the characters in our movie.

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I will say a sentence, and I want you to repeat it right after me with feeling.

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Are you ready?

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Let's go!

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The woods were dark and scary.

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My friends ran with me until we were safe.

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At graduation everyone gave me a standing ovation.

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I felt like a normal kid for the first time.

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We all overcometh the world.

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Wonderful job!

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You sounded just like the characters in the movie.

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To wrap up our lesson today, I want to leave you with one big reflection question.

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Why do you think everyone in the world deserves a standing ovation at least once in their life?

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What would your own standing ovation moment look like?

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Think about this question, keep reading, and remember that kindness always wins.

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Thank you for joining me today.

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I am Minhee Teacher, and I will see you in our next reading adventure.

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Bye-bye!