WONDER YEAR 8 UNIT 1 LESSON 21 MIRANDA

WONDER: YEAR 8 UNIT 1

LESSON 21: MIRANDA

Class Reading Let’s recap Miranda’s section… § Miranda and Via used to be good friends. Why did their relationship change? § What does Miranda miss about having Via as a friend? § Miranda pretends to be sick on opening night. In your opinion why do you think she did that?

Lesson Focus Today our learning aims are: üTo develop our understanding of the novel üTo explore and analyse the character of Miranda using P. E. E Key Words: Miranda Friendship Betrayal Point Evidence Explain Inference

Miranda §What did we already know about her before her section? §What do we now know about her? §Have our feelings towards her changed in any way?

Miranda’s Profile Miranda is feeling lonely and left out. This is shown in the quotation: “She’s never talked to me much…She never told me why. I asked a few times, but she would pretend she hadn’t heard me. ” This quotation implies that Miranda is feeling lonely as she and her mother barely speak and when they do, they do not say much. The fact that Miranda asks her about her own parents shows she wants to become closer to her and learn more about her. However, when her mother doesn’t respond, it suggests she does not want to share it or she does not feel close enough to her in order to tell her. Miranda is jealous that Via has a boyfriend. This is shown in the quotation: “So Via has a boyfriend!” I said to Ella, kind of mocking…she was totally the prettiest. ” This quotation shows that Miranda is jealous as the way she states that Via has a boyfriend is in a surprised way, however we know from later on in the quote that Miranda thinks she is pretty so wouldn’t be surprised, so this suggests she says it because she is jealous. The verb “mocking” shows she is jealous as usually she would have been pleased for someone who was once her friend.

If you are having trouble creating a PEE chain, use these prompts: Point(one sentence only) Precepts The writer suggests … Jack seems like … Palacio uses … Evidence(remember “quotation marks”) I know this because … When he writes … With the words … Explanation(your own ideas go here) This suggests that … This makes me think that … I believe that …