WONDER YEAR 8 UNIT 1 LESSON 22 MIRANDA

WONDER: YEAR 8 UNIT 1

LESSON 22: MIRANDA

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 §Point §Evidence §Explain §Think to yourself…how does the quote support my point?

Is this a good explanation? § Miranda cares deeply for Auggie. § “Well I was just calling to tell you I miss you and I hope you’re having a good year. Feel free to call me whenever you want, okay Auggie? You know I love you always. ” § This quote shows that Miranda cares deeply for Auggie an awful lot.

Is this a good explanation? § Miranda cares deeply for Auggie. § “Well I was just calling to tell you I miss you and I hope you’re having a good year. Feel free to call me whenever you want, okay Auggie? You know I love you always. ” § This quote shows Miranda cares for Auggie as she calls him despite not being friends with Via anymore. She must care about him a lot because he is a nice person.

Is this a good explanation? § Miranda cares deeply for Auggie. § “Well I was just calling to tell you I miss you and I hope you’re having a good year. Feel free to call me whenever you want, okay Auggie? You know I love you always. ” § This quote shows Miranda cares for Auggie as she firstly calls him despite not being friends with Via anymore. Additionally, the fact that she tells him he can call her at any time implies she is incredibly fond of him. She also tells him that she loves him but the use of the adverb “always” tells us this will be forever showing she cares deeply for him.

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 …

Class Reading Let’s continue reading…P. 248 § How does August feel about going on the 5 th Grade Nature Retreat? § Why didn’t Julian come with everyone else to the retreat? § Find the phrase on P. 258 that means ‘messing around’.