Workshop 1

Kindness - When people are respectful, caring, helping and include others.

Example 1 - Fight scene at the nature reserve.

• Amos and the boys rescue Auggie and jack from the bullies. At the end they high five Auggie
• This show kindness because up until this point the others hadn't touched him and treated him with respect
• Theme of kindness- is important because through it Auggie makes friends, is more confident and happier. 

Example 2 - Cafeteria scene where Summer sits with Auggie.

• Shows theme of kindness because Summer leaves the friends she has been sitting with who were bystanders and went to sit with Auggie he was alone.
• Summer helps rebuild Auggies trust in friendships. If she hadn't show kindness by sitting with him he wouldn't have learnt how to make new friends and move on

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Importance of family and friendship - Through these relationships our characters build trust, resilience  and self confidence. 

Example 1 - Scene where Auggie cuts off his padawan braid.

• Link to importance of family because this shows that when Auggie is feeling sad/alone/depressed  that he has a support network to build his resilience.
• Home is Auggies safe and supportive place he needs hi relationships with his parent to help him build confidence to make new friends.

Example 2 - When Jack punches Julien for calling Auggie a freak

• Shows importance of friendship becase Jack wasn't willing to let Julien bully Auggie anymore. Auggie is a real friend to Jack where as Julien is the kid of friend that puts you down if you don't agree with him.
• It is important because it shows how real friends treat each other they build trust and can forgive.

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Being right VS being popular - Doing the right thing even when no one is watching or doing it.

Example 1 - Julien bullies Auggie

• Julien chooses to do things to be popular rather than doing the right thing. He calls Auggie  names, hides notes in his locker and tells Auggie he should kill himself. Julien is the most popular boy in class so when he choses to mean that becomes the thing to do.
• Julien shows importance of being right over being popular because through his actions he has lost his friends and been removed from the school. Juxtaposed to this is will. He decides to be right rather then kind to Auggie and as a result keeps all his friend and isn't kicked out.