Workshop 1

Kindness- 

Verble/physical action that's nice, caring, using manners and is respectful.

Example- 

When Jack sticker up for Auggie during the fight scene with Julien.
- Shows kindness
-sticking up for a friend
-Not letting others talk badly about friends
-Jacks has previously not been kind, talked about Auggie behind his back.

Important because-

Helps people make friends
- Builds a person self-confidence
- Makes people feel accepted/included
- if there wasn't kindness Auggie wouldn't have made friends, grown self-confidence to be able to take off his helmet feel included at Beeker prep.

Example 2-

When Amos & the others help jack and Auggie fight the 7th graders.

Importance of friendship and family-

Trust, the trust of others, support systems, people you feel safe with, Help build resilience

Example 1- 

When their dog daisy die.
-shows theme
- brings family together to grieve
- Show support for one other.
- Auggie & Via put aside their argument to look after each other.

Example 2- 

Fight at the nature reserve where Amos and the other boys come together to rescue Jack and Auggie from the 7th graders.
-Show theme
- support because they stand up for each other
- trust
-the boys come to help them, they don't abandon each other
- resilience
- the boys support each other to move forward, they are all friends now.

Important to the story-

Good relations with friends help Auggie build trust and feel safe. he takes off his helmet.
- his friendship with sommer helps him build resilience, trust, and forgiveness
- his family is always there to support him when things go wrong at school.

the struggle between right and popular-

Being right means showing integrity
- doing the right this even when no one is watching.
- being popular means agreeing with/ acting in a way others want you to act, even when you don't agree.

Examples 1- 

When jack chose to stay with Auggie as his science partner instead of Julien
- Shows theme
- Jack chooses right over popular. Julien wanted to leave Auggie out and jack chose not to.
- in the past, jack had picked friendship with Julien over Auggie.

Example 2-

when simmer decides to sit with Auggie instead of the popular girls who were talking behind Auggies back.
- Shows theme
- simmer chose right not to sit and talk nasty with her friends, but go and sit with Auggie who was alone.
- Auggie doesn't trust her at first because of jack sommer stays anyway and helps Auggie
- Link to the importance of friendships.

Important to the story-

The concept is relatable,  everyone has to experience this so it helps help the viewer to engage with the story.
-Makes kindness/ relationships more obvious when we've seen the personal struggles.