So here is an example of a good quality post for the 2nd Blog Entry. The question is:
"Who is the most dynamic character in the story so far? What are their goals? What events have motivated them to achieve their goals? Name at least 2 events and explain how they have motivated the character."
Section 2 came up with this awesome answer:
In the book Wonder, August is a dynamic character. A dynamic character is a character in a story who changes in some way, either physically, emotionally, or in another way because of a goal they might have. August is a 10 year old boy with a cranio-facial anomaly who will be going to middle school for the first time when the book starts. Because of his disorder, August looks very different from all of the other kids his age. This makes him a little sad and makes him feel left out. His whole life he has felt left out. When he was a little kid, other kids would run away scared when he would go out in public. He also has never been to public school and was home schooled by his Mom because he had to get so many surgeries as a child. Going to middle school is a big deal for August, but it’s going to take a lot of guts to survive his first year.
August’s biggest goal so far in the book is to fit in in middle school. Middle school is, for most kids, the hardest years of childhood. It’s a time where everyone is a critic, and standing out at all can make you a target for bullying. For August, bullying is even more of a reality because of his disorder. One of the first things that motivated August to fit in was Summer, a nice girl in his grade, sitting with him at lunch on the first day of school. This event gave August hope because he knew that Summer hadn’t been told to hang out with him and that she chose to sit there on her own, which showed him that there are actually good people at his school. Another motivator was when Julian, the class bully and constant suck-up, compared August to a Star Wars character with a melted face. This jab made August aware that kids can be super cruel and without teachers ever finding out about it. It showed him that if he wants to fit in, he’s going to have to do it for himself without the help of others. These events have pushed August to work even harder to fit in in middle school.
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"Who is the most dynamic character in the story so far? What are their goals? What events have motivated them to achieve their goals? Name at least 2 events and explain how they have motivated the character."
Section 2 came up with this awesome answer:
In the book Wonder, August is a dynamic character. A dynamic character is a character in a story who changes in some way, either physically, emotionally, or in another way because of a goal they might have. August is a 10 year old boy with a cranio-facial anomaly who will be going to middle school for the first time when the book starts. Because of his disorder, August looks very different from all of the other kids his age. This makes him a little sad and makes him feel left out. His whole life he has felt left out. When he was a little kid, other kids would run away scared when he would go out in public. He also has never been to public school and was home schooled by his Mom because he had to get so many surgeries as a child. Going to middle school is a big deal for August, but it’s going to take a lot of guts to survive his first year.
August’s biggest goal so far in the book is to fit in in middle school. Middle school is, for most kids, the hardest years of childhood. It’s a time where everyone is a critic, and standing out at all can make you a target for bullying. For August, bullying is even more of a reality because of his disorder. One of the first things that motivated August to fit in was Summer, a nice girl in his grade, sitting with him at lunch on the first day of school. This event gave August hope because he knew that Summer hadn’t been told to hang out with him and that she chose to sit there on her own, which showed him that there are actually good people at his school. Another motivator was when Julian, the class bully and constant suck-up, compared August to a Star Wars character with a melted face. This jab made August aware that kids can be super cruel and without teachers ever finding out about it. It showed him that if he wants to fit in, he’s going to have to do it for himself without the help of others. These events have pushed August to work even harder to fit in in middle school.
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