WONDER THE STORY ANSWERS 5.05 05.05 The Turning Point Worksheet
After completing the assigned reading of your novel or short story, answer the following questions using complete sentences.

An in-depth look at the climax
Who is the author?
What is the title of your novel or short story?
Who is the protagonist of your novel or short story?
What decision does the protagonist face in the climax?
What does the protagonist decide and what action does the protagonist take because of this decision?
An in-depth look at the falling action
Choose an event, excerpt, or chapter that is part of the falling action of your selected novel or short story. Summarize the event or chapter in two to four sentences.
How does the event, excerpt, or chapter you have selected resolve or begin to resolve the conflict?
How does the event, excerpt, or chapter you have selected show how the protagonist has changed or is changing?
Keep Your Eye on the Character
Complete the following sentences with adjectives to describe the protagonist at each stage of the plot. Use evidence from the story to support your selected adjective.

In the exposition and rising action, the protagonist is (adjective) . This trait is evident when (example from the story) .
At the climax, the protagonist is (adjective) when he / she decides (protagonist’s decision) .
In the falling action, the protagonist is (adjective) . This trait is evident when (example from the story) .

The Turning Point
After completing the assigned reading of your novel or short story, answer the following questions using complete sentences.
An in-depth look at the climax
1. Who is the author?
R. J. Palacio
2. What is the title of your novel or short story?
Wonder
3. Who is the protagonist of your novel or short story?
August
4. What decision does the protagonist face in the climax?
The protagonist August faces the decision to go to school or to not go to school.

5. What does the protagonist decide and what action does the protagonist take because of this decision?
The protagonist August decides to go to school. The action he takes on is to have to stay confident because of the way everyone looks at him.

An in-depth look at the falling action
6. Choose an event, excerpt, or chapter that is part of the falling action of your selected novel or short story. Summarize the event or chapter in 2-4 sentences.
So, in the long run everybody heard about what occurred to Auggie in the woods at camp. Now rumors are spreading that Amos, Henry, and Miles protected Auggie. The fight in the woods is a main tipping point, however kids' attitudes toward Auggie had already began to thaw in the months leading up to camp.

7. How does the event, excerpt, or chapter you have selected resolve or begin to resolve the conflict?

This example alieves the conflict as it eventually indicates kids sticking up for Auggie and him in the end making pals.

8. How does the event, excerpt, or chapter you have selected show how the protagonist has changed or is changing?
It shows that he's changing because at the start Auggie was a completely shy child and we can see him reach out and make pals where at the start of the book he had no buddies and was very self-conscious.

Keep Your Eye on the Character
Complete the following sentences with the protagonist’s name and adjectives to describe him or her at each stage of the plot. Use evidence from the story to support your selected adjective for each stage.
9. In the exposition and rising action, the protagonist is (adjective) nervous. This trait is evident when (example from the story) he is about to pick whether or not he should go to school.

10. At the climax, the protagonist is (adjective) happy and confident when he / she decides (protagonist’s decision) to go to school.

11. In the falling action, the protagonist is (adjective) happy. This trait is evident when (example from the story) he goes to school and starts to make some friends.