Present the video (without showing students the video portion - only the audio) after the "Read More" break.

"The positioning is, GE speaks the language of industry, hence 'The Boy Who Beeps.'"

“We liked the idea that it’s his natural language,” McCallum says. “He does not have to put on a cape to have these powers. It’s sort of a metaphor for GE.”

Unlike the boy, the Industrial Internet is real. It could soon link billions of machines and devices ranging from smartphones and thermostats to jet engines and medical scanners.

GE believes the network could add $10 and $15 trillion – the size of today’s U.S. economy - to global GDP over the next 20 years. The company’s software arm has developed a software platform called Predix that allows railroads, oil drilling companies, wind farms, hospitals and other customers to perform prognostics on machines, reduce downtime and increase efficiency.

The “Boy Who Beeps” is the first in a series of stories and other content that GE plans to roll out through the rest of the year to illustrate the power of the Industrial Internet.

http://www.gereports.com/post/96557140725/the-boy-who-beeps-what-happens-when-a-child-can-talk

Information on the Industrial Internet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Internet

Please share your Character Analysis of Julian in the Comments section below.  Please use the following format:

• "I think that Julian is"
  
• CHARACTER TRAIT (ALL IN CAPITALS),
• "because" (or a similar transition/conjunction)
• Evidence from the Story.

For example (this one is pretend):

Mr. Solarz
I think that Julian is ATHLETIC because when he was in the School Olympics, he beat the school's fastest runner in the 50 yard dash.


After the "Read More Break" is a word cloud with all of the adjectives we came up with for Jack Will last year. Please don't look at it until you are done typing in your comments!

Please share your Character Analysis of Jack Will in the Comments section below.  Please use the following format:

• "I think that Jack Will is"
• CHARACTER TRAIT (ALL IN CAPITALS),
• "because" (or a similar transition/conjunction)
• Evidence from the Story.

For example (this one is pretend):

Mr. Solarz
I think that Jack Will is ATHLETIC because when Jack Will was in the School Olympics, he beat the school's fastest runner in the 50 yard dash.


After the "Read More Break" is a word cloud with all of the adjectives we came up with for Jack Will last year. Please don't look at it until you are done typing in your comments!

Please share your Character Analysis of Auggie in the Comments section below.  Please use the following format:

• "I think that Auggie is"
  
• CHARACTER TRAIT (ALL IN CAPITALS),
• "because" (or a similar transition/conjunction)
• Evidence from the Story.

For example (this one is pretend):

Mr. Solarz
I think that Auggie is ATHLETIC because when he was in the School Olympics, he beat the school's fastest runner in the 50 yard dash.

Please share your Character Analysis of Via in the Comments section below.  Please use the following format:

• "I think that Via is"
  
• CHARACTER TRAIT (ALL IN CAPITALS),
• "because" (or a similar transition/conjunction)
• Evidence from the Story.

For example (this one is pretend):

Mr. Solarz
I think that Via is ATHLETIC because when she was in the School Olympics, she beat the school's fastest runner in the 50 yard dash.

Activity 1: http://psolarz.weebly.com/wonder1/end-of-the-book-activity-1-2-3-4

Activity 2: http://psolarz.weebly.com/the-five-things-ive-learned.html

Activity 3: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/

Organizing characters as we meet them: http://psolarz.weebly.com/wonder.html

Precepts: http://psolarz.weebly.com/mr-solarz-eportfolio/using-wonder-by-rj-palacio-to-teach-social-skills-and-life-lessons

More character analysis responses: http://paulsolarz.weebly.com/wonder