Thinking Hats

Comparing and Contrasting between Wonder and The Whale Rider:

Red Hat (feelings) - How do we feel about the books?	Both books give a warm feeling of family. Wonder gives you more sympathy and teaches you different morals- “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover- Don’t judge a boy by his face.” This book also can show to younger readers that everyone is different in their own way, and we should accept it and not judge by the looks but who they truly are inside. We enjoyed this book and we feel others will too
Blue hat (thinking)	Wonder applies to all students as some of them might be bullies themselves. It doesn’t just focus on one type of audience, but all types of readers. Wonder also provides opinions and points of views of the topic from all of the characters-not just one character.
Yellow hat (Strengths)	Wonder has some special characteristics in terms of literature i.e. different character viewpoints, jumping from different times etc. Appropriate for all ages, generally family-friendly
Black hat (weaknesses)	Wonder has relatively less themes to study. Also, for the empathic piece, students don’t get many choices to write in a character’s voice as it has already been written in the book. It is therefore, difficult to chosel The book is also quite long so it may be hard to choose specific parts to study.
White hat (facts)	Wonder is a children’s novel. It is on a very serious topic that shouldn’t be made fun of.
Green hat (Creativity)	If Wonder is not chosen, we can study alternative books instead that have similar themes eg. themes of bullying, family, friends,