Wonder Novel Study

About this resource

Teaching Wonder and writing the questions the night before? This novel study for 5th, 6th and 7th grade does that work. It is made for use with the novel by R.J. Palacio (the book is not included; students need their own copy, any edition). The story is divided into six parts by what happens. For every part: a question page with five questions on ruled lines, four short answers and one Think Deeper. For every two parts: a page of ten words to look up. Around them: an Auggie tracker, a page for the people around him, four key terms to find and think about, four themes (kindness, acceptance, courage, friendship), a My Own Precept page, sentence starters, and an essay planner with three prompts and a lined draft page. Every question, term and word has an answer key.

EVERYTHING INSIDE (37 pages)

How To Use It

Hand out Before You Read before anyone opens the book. Then, for each pair of parts: the word page first or alongside the reading, then one question page per part. Add the tracker and people pages as you read. After the last part: key terms, themes, My Own Precept, sentence starters and the essay planner. Log pages on the reading log, roll the class up on the grid, send the family page home. Start Here has a "which page, when" chart.

Built For Grades 5 To 7

No mascots and no clip art. Clean pages, body text at 11 point or larger, a numbered question and ruled lines under it. The direction on every question page is the same: answer in complete sentences, with a detail from the story. The word pages ask students to look each word up and use it, and to write the page where they met it. The book is about a boy with a facial difference, and it includes staring, name-calling and a hurtful remark; the Reading Plan flags this so you can preview it for your class.

Type In, Or Print

The name, date and period lines, every ruled line, the word and character tables, the reading log, class grid and family page are type-in fields in any PDF reader. Every page prints clean in black and white. This is a fillable PDF; it is not a Google Slides or PowerPoint file.

Who This Is For

Upper elementary and middle school ELA, resource rooms and co-taught classes, homeschool families and tutors reading this novel in any month. Several questions are open, with a "look for" key, so check the part notes against the edition in your room before you grade.

What This Is, And What It Is Not

A complete novel study with the record-keeping around it. There is no rubric or point value printed on any student page; the log has a blank for your own wording. It is not a test, a reading-level screener or a clinical tool, and it makes no claim about any student's grade level or rate of progress. The novel itself is not included and none of its text is reproduced, including Mr. Browne's precepts: students write their own.

This resource is not affiliated with or endorsed by R.J. Palacio, her publisher, or the owners of Wonder.