ESOL - WONDER

Magandang umaga everyone. For the past weeks, we have been focusing on the book wonder. We've started to read this book in term 3, but because of the sudden lockdown, we didn't have the chance to complete it. Luckily, we still have another chance to complete the whole thing and we even get to finish the movie. Our main task for it was to find out what are the differences between the movie and the book, and our reason. I thought that reading this book would be a bit boring, but I was wrong because I quite enjoyed both the movie and even the book. 

Differences of the book and its ending :

Book 

They describe a new dog named Bear in the book. The principal was aware of Auggie's involvement in the fight following the fight, but this did not occur in the book. Julian was expelled for two weeks in the book. In the film, he was only expelled for one week. In addition, the first teacher in the book was a woman, whereas Mr. Brown was the first teacher in the film.

Movie 

The producers of the film do not show you the new puppy named Bear. Auggie sits in the back in the movie, but in the book, he sits in the front. Furthermore, in the film, Summer wishes to shake Auggie's hand. However, in the book, this does not occur. Auggie's hearing aids were lost, according to the book. Also, in the film, Auggie gets into a fight with 7th graders in the woods, which Auggie and his friend win.

Ending

Book - Auggie's mother says in his ear, "Auggie, you truly are a marvel. You are a marvel, "When she does, she's amazed at how well August has adjusted to middle school despite a year of struggle and suffering. He's figured out how to fight his own battles.

Movie - Everyone cheers Auggie as he delivers a voiceover narration (quoting the last precept Mr. Browne gave in class) at the end of the film "Be kind because everyone is going through a difficult time. And all you have to do to find out who people are is to look."

One of the most notable discrepancies in the storyline involves his hearing aids, which are completely absent from the film. His hearing aids fall off and he loses them when the big kids bully them. Getting the hearing aids in the first place was a major deal because he doesn't have them and doesn't want them at the start of the book because he thinks he can hear great and is afraid they will make him look stupid. He fails the hearing component of his annual exam and is fitted for special hearing aids. He first despises them and refuses to wear them, but once they are activated, he discovers how awful his hearing was. Following that, he has no qualms about wearing them in public.

What I enjoyed about the film was that it followed the same plot as the original, although it omitted a few key parts. Maybe it's just me, but I didn't care for the actor's makeup because it made me see Auggie in a whole other light. They missed the HEARING AIDS and the key things in the nature retreat trip, which is one of my three points of distinction! Because we didn't know how he got them, how he felt, or how his mother would react if he lost them, the hearing aids were the thing that made the entire nature retreat exciting and emotional. They didn't notice Amos slamming into Eddie and Auggie's jumper ripping in half. I was disappointed in how they staged that moment. Auggie's sweatshirt had a small rip in it. I expected Daisy's death to make me cry, but it didn't.

Neither the book nor the film became favorites of mine, and I'm not sure I'd watch or read either one again. Reading Normal made me appreciate Wonder's work much more. To teach children to treat everyone with kindness, regardless of their appearance, because everyone is going through difficulties, some of which are more visible than others. That doesn't imply you should be extra nice to individuals with "disabilities," but rather that you should be nice to everyone and attempt to see things from their point of view. This ties in with the final statement, which states that everyone deserves a standing ovation because everyone has faced difficulties in life.

To be honest, I think it's a tie. Neither one, as it was stated, "took my heart." Though, in the end, I think I preferred the book. It provided additional perspectives than the film, which I appreciated. 

Finally, I respect the author's courage in writing about this. After the experience she had with her kid, she assumed responsibility for looking into it and conducting research. It's a major deal if it helps people treat others with kindness, regardless of how they appear or what their background is. I wouldn't discourage anyone from reading it, and I believe it would be beneficial to children.

In extra, I've also created a Venn diagram to make this book extra special. Hope you enjoyed it.

                

Fun ways to explore Language - ESOL

 Fun approaches to investigate language, that is the thing that we have done in ESOL. Our ESOL class exercises are fun since we will be in a gathering and have some action with them. 

3 Recalls - 

I remember doing the activity we have done last week when we get to be in a group and do some guessing about the title of the book. As each of the two groups needed to have a runner, where it has to run across the room and write the answer down the board. It was so fun, and I wanted to do it again.

Secondly from this lesson, I remember we did play hot potato where a group of students each has a sheet of paper, on which they write one work and pass it clockwise around the circle for the next student to write one word on. We have to keep passing the pages around rapidly like hot potatoes, and we have to form a story at the end. Re-read the stories, and correct the grammar for the story to make more sense. 

Lastly, the last activity we did is called Alphabet story, where you have to write a story in which each successive word begins with the next alphabet word. This one is probably the hardest one since the story still has to make sense, but it was still fun.

Insights - 

I learned that it was harder to think when you are using each of the alphabet letters because you have to come up with something that makes sense with the word before. 

Writing - ESOL

Tuesday, we started creating a piece of writing for our ESOL exercise. Our teacher has given us a document, were we have to fill out once a week. There's 12 topic we can chose from, and my second piece of writing is about Speaking in front of the class. Doing these exercise, will help our brain to be active since we have to think of deeper words. That will help make our piece of writing more interesting, and understandable. I find  this topic sorts of interesting , since I have a lot of things to say and it will help me to write more than just 100 words. Speaking in front of the class, is one of my most hated thing to do in school. I'm really proud since, I wrote more than 100 words.

My writing:

Speaking in front of the whole class is probably my least favourite part when I’m at school. The fact that I actually have speech anxiety, every time I was asked in front of a group and present . My whole body will struggle, my mind will be blank.In fact, public speaking is everyone’s biggest fear. Some of the most common symptoms of speech anxiety are: shaking, sweating, butterflies in the stomach, dry mouth, rapid heartbeat, and squeaky voice. Social anxiety is a very common type of anxiety disorder. Well a person with social anxiety feels fear in certain or all social situations. Such as meeting new people, answering a question in class, or having to talk to a cashier in a store.For me speaking in front of the class is not my thing, I’m not confident about myself, my voice, and everything. I always think of myself as a useless person, and when I’m in front I think of negative thoughts which make things harder for me to speak loudly. Every time people looked at me , and paid attention to my speech. Sometimes I actually feel appreciated, but I’m still insecure about everything even though everyone cheered for me, and supported me. The reason why I’m scared of talking and presenting things in front of others is because I'm scared of what they think of me. It was because sometimes they judge me by how I look, even though they don’t fully know me. They might talk about me, they might laugh at me for screwing up and that didn’t help me but instead it made me more nervous. So sometimes what I do is practise and calm myself up, and I know someday I will overcome this kind of thing, all I need is to be more confident,and think of the positive things. Doing them will help me get through the presenting side easily, without any hesitation and without any shaky body. I just need to be proud of myself and just do what is right, because everyone’s voice needs to be heard. Every voice matters. 

ESOL...

 This week ESOL was a reading challenge week, on Tuesday we read a short stories since we do't have much time. We read a story about School in Ethiopia by Hialeab Gesese. It was about a boy who lives in Ethiopia, and he has to change school since his mother always went to different place of work, and it just tell of how their school work. Like what they wear, and also how many subjects and students went to his favorite school. After reading we have to answer some question about the story, and it was really quite easy and  also really fun to do. It also include 10 easy questions. Today, we were doing some writing stuff. We don't just write a random story, because it has to include three words and they are Contemplate, Courageous, and Cornucopia. If you are not familiar about the word Cornucopia well it's goat's horn overflowing with flowers and also fruits. So my story is just about a girl, who entry to a competition of making this Cornucopia. 

A symbol of plenty consisting of a goat's horn overflowing with flowers, fruit, and corn. It is one of the traditional things we do in here, and today is a big day since we're having a competition to create the best Cornucopia. My name is Alice, and I participate in this challenge, because I know I am courageous enough to win and take home the big prize ( $1000). I was somehow scared and anxious but I still did it. The first thing is that we have to contemplate the examples, and see if we can design it in our own way and also make it more fashionable just to catch people's attention. It took me an hour to create this masterpiece, and I’m really happy with how it turns out. I was shaking, also sweating at the same time because the result is there right in front of me, the judges are about to announce the winner.

I went home and I still can’t explain these emotions inside me, I run quickly and just can’t wait to hug my mother. Because I won!! I was excitedly running and skipping, and this big price I’m holding will help me and my mum buy some stuff we needed. I know that I don’t deserve this kind of thing but my mum does. She is courageous and playful to me, and she is that kind of person who is good at hiding their feelings. She is strong, and she will do everything just to make me happy and have a good life even though we’re poor. I’m really blessed to have such an incredible mum, when I arrive home. My mum is waiting for me there, those beautiful smiles made it more a special day for me. I quickly hugged her, and gave her the prize. She hugged me more tight, and thanked me. She is really proud of me, and that is the best feeling in the world. My mum and I went inside, and talked about some things. After that we live happily again, even though it was just me and her. 

Narrator:

Alice the wise girl, hopes to do that kind of thing again. Because now she is not afraid of anything she will do the things she hasn't done before, and make her mother proud of her. Alice practises everyday making cornucopia, and guess what she makes one and sells it for $50. She makes money, and she even saves tons of it. She always helped her mother, and the both of them were now living in a big house. That is thanks for her amazing daughter, who was known in her country. She now teaches people how to make it formally. She grew more, but her attitude didn’t change a bit. Alice was known by every kid, because every kid admire. She is pretty, wise and also a hard worker....