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Wonder Cloze Activity #10

(After “Ex-Friends”)
Part Four is written from perspective. He begins by
explaining why he did not want to help when Mr. Tushman
first called his mom. Jack remembers being shocked when he first saw
August’s face when he was out in the neighborhood when he was five or
six years old. He was so shocked when he looked at August’s face that
he thought August must have been wearing a . Jack and
Jamie saw August a few more times in the neighborhood after that and
Jamie admitted how once he ran away screaming from August. So after
realizing how a nice boy like Jamie was to August, Jack
realized how difficult middle school is going to be for August and agreed
to help.
Once Jack starts hanging out with August, he realizes what a nice,
funny person he is. Jack said it took him about a to get
used to looking at August’s face. Jack is also very impressed with how
August is. He thought since August had been homeschooled
that he would be really behind, but that’s not the case. But overall, he
appreciates how easy it is to to August and how much he
enjoys hanging out with him.
This makes Jack even more upset that August is no longer talking
to him and he has no idea why. Even though he gets to spend more time
with the popular kids, Jack really hanging out with August.

mask rude Jack’s week

August misses talk smart
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Wonder Cloze Activity #11

(After “Partners”)
Jack is excited to see lots of on the ground right
before Thanksgiving break. He goes on Skeleton Hill with
his dad and brother. He is excited to see an old sled
there. Jack takes this sled home, fixes it up, then returns to Skeleton Hill
and sleds down it all day. When he returns to school, he would love to tell
August about his sled, which he named Lightning, but August is still not
to Jack.
Jack’s desire to hang around August and not the popular group is
confirmed when Julian says that Skeleton Hill is . Then
Miles says that he left an old “piece of ” sled near Skeleton
Hill and laughs that someone actually took it. Jack quickly leaves the
conversation when he realizes that he is the one who took the sled that
they are all making fun of.
Jack finally realizes why August is mad at him when Ms. Rubin
introduces their next science-fair project. Jack is dreading the project,
which leads him to think of ghost faces, which then causes
him to realize what Summer meant by “Bleeding Scream.” Jack is unable
to on anything else the teacher says for the rest of class
because he remembers what he said about August on Halloween. After
class, Julian tells Jack he should switch partners and not “be friends with
that freak.” Then Jack punches Julian right in the mouth.

abandoned melting sledding lame

talking snow focus junk
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Wonder Cloze Activity #12

(After “The War”)
Jack is sent to Mr. Tushman’s office after he punches Julian. Mr.
Tushman tells Jack that normally a student who punches someone is
automatically . But Mr. Tushman knows Jack is a really
good student and has done anything like this before. So
even though Jack does not tell Mr. Tushman why he hit Julian, he chooses
simply to suspend Jack until winter break and have him write apology
letters. When Jack gets home, he tells his mom about how Julian’s mom
Photoshopped August’s out of the class picture, then tells
her all about why he punched Julian.
As Jack is sending apology letters to Mr. Tushman and Jack, we see
an email from Julian’s , who tells Mr. Tushman that she has
big concerns about August being at Beecher Prep. She feels that it is
too much to have asked Julian and Jack to be friends with
him, saying that Jack punched Julian because he “ under
the pressure” of being friends with August. Meanwhile, Jack
to August for the horrible things he said and they agree to be friends
again.
Unfortunately, when they return to school after winter break, very
few of the other boys talk to Jack. Charlotte tells Jack
that it’s because Julian told all the boys not to talk to him. Julian hopes
this will help Jack realize why he should not be friends with August.

pressure mom expelled face

never secretly apologizes snapped
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Wonder Cloze Activity #13

(After “The Boyfriend”)
After winter break, lunch has been really awkward for Jack. He
sat down with some students he thought would talk to him, but don’t.
When the lunch makes them go back to sit with Jack, he
decides to find a new table. While he was roaming the cafeteria,
invites him to sit with August and herself.
The next day at lunch, Summer shares the of who’s
on Jack’s side and who’s on Julian’s side. made this list
and gave it to Summer because she thinks Jack deserves to know who
will talk to him and who won’t. The list shows that Julian has more than
three times as many people on his side than Jack.
Later, Jack and August finally get together to discuss their quickly-
approaching -fair project. Jack is about
going to August’s house because he doesn’t know if August told his family
members about the mean things he said about August on Halloween.
Jack thought August’s mom was nice to him, but he could tell August’s
knew about what he said. While August is trying to focus
on picking a science-fair project, Jack only wants to play video games.
Jack notices that August’s house has many things that his doesn’t, like a
pet and a nice computer.
After a while, Via introduces Justin to the boys. Jack and August
both seem to think Justin is a nice enough guy, but find the way he said
“I’m from Brooklyn” very .

list sister nervous science

Summer humorous teacher Charlotte
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