‘My name is August. I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.’

Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things – eating ice cream, playing on his Xbox. He feels ordinary – inside. But ordinary kids don’t make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids aren’t stared at wherever they go.

Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life. Now, for the first time, he’s being sent to a real school – and he’s dreading it. All he wants is to be accepted – but can he convince his new classmates that he’s just like them, underneath it all

This pack contains guided reading plans for the text exploring key literacy elements including:

• including inference and deduction
• Author's use of language
• Making connection and text organisation,
• Key questioning to promote self-regulation and co-regulation, emotional intelligence, metacognition and compassionate inquiry. 

Multiple class/teacher use – this licence is required for Modern and Flexible Learning environments, Syndicate and School orders.

Individual class/teacher use – this licence is suitable for individual class/teacher use. 

Interest age: 8+
Reading age: 9+

Themes explored include: Kindness, Courage, Self-acceptance, Family, Growing Up and Independence, Bullying and Social Acceptance, Appearances vs. Inner Self, Friendship