Wonder Characters

For many literary works, especially novels, character development is quintessential. Literary characters drive the action and conflict; they create a reason for a story to exist. Mapping characters can be as simple as asking students to fill in charts that track important aspects of characters, or as complex as noting traits that categorize them as an archetype.

Wonder is the touching tale about a fifth grade boy, August Pullman ("Auggie"), who was born with a rare combination of genetic anomalies, causing him to look “deformed”. Join Auggie as he goes to public school for the first time in this eye-opening story that helps the reader understand what it is like to be different, to experience bullying, and to persevere.

In most kinds of storytelling, there is a central figure whom the story centers around, and often there is someone who works against them to foil their plans. Learn about protagonists and antagonists and how to use storyboards to bring them to life!