Mapping Conflict and Character
A Focus on Julian
Wellbeing Character Tracker
What are the Key Events for
Auggie
• Auggie being home-schooled,
surgeries and so on
• Finding out he is going to
school
• Meeting Mr Tushman
• Meeting Julian
• Meeting Jack Will
• Meeting Summer
• First day in School (Overall)
• First Week in School (Overall)
• The routine of going to School
Scale to be used
• 10 – amazingly happy
• 0 – very, very unhappy
Mapping Conflict
Understanding Conflict as a
narrative device
Conflict can occur
in many different
ways and between
different people
and things.
Conflict often
drives a narrative
forward.
Reading Conflict – 3Cs
Causality
Conflict
Events: What happened to cause the
Analyse what happened between
conflict?
Consequences
What was the outcome of the
conflict?
Short Term, Medium Term, and
Long Term
the main characters in the conflict?
What attitudes/character traits
contributed to the conflict?
Jack and Auggie
Jack and his school friends
Auggie and Jack’s school
friends
Your Thoughts: Is Jack?
A
B
Two faced? Too nice?
What does “ALL THINGS TO ALL
PEOPLE” mean?
Complete the Worksheet
Julian
WHAT DO WE KNOW
ABOUT JULIAN?
CREATE A LIST IN YOUR
BOOK USING ADJECTIVES
TO DESCRIBE HIM
SHARE WITH THE CLASS
Wonder: Exploring
Character
Learning Objectives
By the end of the lesson you will…
Be able to write from a character’s
point of view
Julian’s Story
Although we see many sides of the story in
Wonder, we never get to see Julian’s point of
view.
Your task is to rewrite a scene from the novel
from his point of view. Consider his thoughts,
feelings, behavior and attitudes.
It would be easy to paint him as a
stereotypical villain, but as we’ve seen from
exploring other characters, this is not real.
Try to create a real, flawed human being.
Complete the Worksheet
‘Letters Emails, Facebook, Texts’
Reading pages 160-167 as a class
Write to Learn
Rewrite the chapter ‘Letters,
emails, fakebook, texts’ from
Julian’s Point of View.
You can write in any style (diary
entries, facebook posts, emails,
narrative, SMS, etc)
Use what you have read and viewed
about Julian to inspire you.
Understanding Character Motivation
Why does Julian act the way he does?
What is this character’s motivation?
Is it due to his parents?
Is he insecure?
Structure
How can you communicate this to the reader in your
writing?
How do you get him to reveal this side of him?
Writing
Email to Mr Tushman? Texts to Jack? Diary entry?
Julian Extension Work
Julian: Character Backstory
Julian is one of Auggie’s biggest obstacles at Beecher Prep. He’s
rude to Auggie and makes other kids feel like they have to be,
too. He’s an only child, and his popularity at school is really
important to him, which is part of why he was so mean to
Auggie.
When we meet his parents in the film, we see where some of
the negative and judgmental influences have come from. In the
end he comes round to Auggie and seems to feel regret for his
behaviour.
Julian: Character Backstory
Julian is a key obstacle for Auggie and an instigator of confrontation
and conflict in Wonder.
Your task is to write three chapters from the perspective of Julian.
Include the following:
His thoughts on Auggie before, during, and after the events of the
book/movie
His relationship with his parents and how that impacted his
behaviour (remember how his mum reacted to Auggie joining the
school?!)
Give Julian some vulnerability. He is always portrayed as a simple
villain but perhaps there’s more going on behind the scenes.
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