1. P LEASE COME IN AND GET YOUR WRITING JOURNAL FROM THE BACK Agenda - Warm Up - Heart Map - Brainstorming - The characters of Wonder 9/8-9/14

2. T HE C HARACTERS OF W ONDER How would you describe August so far in the novel? Why do you say that? As we read please keep notes in your journal about the characters, and evidence supporting your assertions

3. M EMOIRS A memoir is a story from your life. It is about a specific event or moment. It should be something important to you.

4. H EART M AP In your writing journal turn to the next blank page and draw a large heart You are going to fill in your heart with all of the people, places, objects, and memories that are important to you Be creative with the layout, shapes, and sizes while you are filling in your heart

5. C OLOR B RAINSTORMING We are going to start brainstorming for the memoir you are going to write. I am going to walk around with markers Depending on the color marker you pull is what you will be writing about for this activity You do not have to stick with this topic for your whole memoir

6. PURPLE: Object ORANGE: Other YELLOW: Person GREEN: Place RED: Event

7. Now that we all have a topic we are going to brainstorm You can use a web, list, paragraph, drawing, or whatever you would like Think about anything related to your topic and write it down!