Biographie of R.J. PalacioRaquel Jaramillo was born on the 13. July 1963 is an American author and graphic designer. She is the author of several novels for children, including her best the Wonder, which was adapted into a film version in 2017.

Palacio attended Manhattan's High School of Art & Design. Now she lives in New York with her husband and two sons.

Since 2006 she works at the New Yorker publishing company. In 2013 she got a member of the jury for the extraordinary book of the children's and youth program of the Berlin International Literature Festival.

She wrote 9 noticeable books (The Notebooks of Frank Herbert’s Dune, Dream, Baby, Dream, Ride, Baby, Ride, Peter Pan - The Original Tale of Neverland, Complete and Unabridged, The Nights Before Christmas, Last Summer - A Little Book for Dads, The Handiest Things In the World, Wonder, That was

the River) and one has been translated to German.

ThemesFriendship: Is when two people really like each other.

Overcoming Challenges: If someone does hard things.

Bullying: If someone says bad things to you.

Betrayal: If someone stays at your side and changes

Science(illness): If you don’t like science.

Overcoming Challenges

Overcoming challenges are when something is very hard to handle, and someone manages to master it. You can see that pretty good in those parts of the text.

As Auggie goes to school.

As Auggie put his Astronaut helmet off.

As Julian had to move school cause of his parents.

Monthly preceptsJust follow the day and reach for the sun!

I think it’s a very good precept because it tells you about the live.

You can’t change anything that happened in the past so just follow the day but if you reach something great reach for it.

Beauty is given but friends you must get.

Kind Bingo+Exercise

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Letter

From: Jonas

To: Jack

Dear, Jack

How are you? I hope you and Auggie like the way the school went! I would wish I could see you and talk to you and Auggie!

I think it’s nice of you that you accept Auggie as a person and not only look at the outside. The most important thing in a friendship is the inside.

To be a friend of Auggie cause the teacher and your mum told you is one thing but being his friend because you like him is the other. I liked how you defended him as he got bullied and I hope you defend him even now if he is not able to do it himself. But I don't think it is right to write off.

I hope you like your new friend and have even now fun playing with him. I would wish he got scientist because of his great science knowledge. I also hope he is happy and managed to integrate well into the society.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Bye,

Jonas

New Wordsgrade= Klasse

ordinary= gewöhnliche

handsome= gutaussehend

shrugging= Achselzucken

fractions= Fraktionen

rude= unhöflich

neighbourhood= Nachbarschaft

bizarre= bizarr

nothing= nichts

doorknob= Türknauf

shrieking= Geschrei

pillow= Kissen

casually= beiläufig

spitefully= boshaft

entitled= berechtigt

odds= Chance

nodded= nickte

handsome= gutaussehend

force= Macht

sled= Schlitten

precept= Ich gebot

bud= Knospe

arrange= ordnen

honestly= ehrlich

dissed= dissed

ditched= fallen gelassen

dutifully= pflichtbewusst

grocery= Lebensmittelgeschäft

assures= versichert

crumpled= zerknittert

Wunder FeedbackI really liked the book because of the way it brings closer important themes like bullying or friendship. I do not think younger persons which are not good in English should read the book because of many new words which are important to understand the meaning.

I really recommend the book because of the things I mentioned before.

I would give the book three out of five stars because it was not that interesting to read and there were many new words which I translated in the internet.

I also think the worksheets were funny and took a great amount of time.

casually= beiläufig

spitefully= boshaft

entitled= berechtigt

odds= Chance