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DIARY OF A WIMPY KID-STUDENT HAND-
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LESSON 1Entering into the world of the Wimpy KidActivity 1Read page 44-45
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American Does it exist in The Netherlands? What’s it called?
Middle School
StudiebolGetting a D
Student Government
Easy and hard groups
Jocks
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LESSON 2So who is Greg?Activity 1
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Activity 3Page 11 -13 from Diary of a Wimpy Kid
What did Greg do?
Why did he do it?
How did it make him feel?
How did it make Roderick feel?
How do you feel about what he did/what happened?
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Activity 3 continued
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What did Greg do?
Why did he do it?
How did it make him feel?
How did it make Rowley feel?
How do you feel about what he did/what happened?
Pages 19 -20 from Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Activity 3 continuedPage 27 from Diary of a Wimpy Kid
What did Greg do?
Why did he do it?
How did it make him feel?
How did it make Rowley and then father feel?
How do you feel about what he did/what happened?
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Activity 3 continuedPage 60 from Diary of a Wimpy Kid
What did Greg do?
Why did he do it?
How did it make him feel?
How did it make Rowley feel?
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How do you feel about what he did/what happened?
Activity 3 continuedPage 76 from Diary of a Wimpy Kid
What did Greg do?
Why did he do it?
How did it make him feel?
How did it make Greg’s grandmother feel?
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How do you feel about what he did/what happened?
Activity 3 continuedPages 91 -93 from Diary of a Wimpy Kid
What did Greg do?
Why did he do it?
How did it make him feel?
How did it make Rowley feel?11
How do you feel about what he did/what happened?
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Activity 4
HERO…?
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Activity 5SO WHY DO YOU THINK GREG /DIARY OF A WIMPY KID IS SO POPULAR?
Something to do with his character?
Something to do with what he gets up to?
Something to do with your life?
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Lesson 3So what was all that about?Activity 1AWrite your summary of the book in 6 sentences or fewer on the left-hand page
Activity1BIn pairs, discuss your summaries. Based on the two summaries, write a new summary together of 8 sentences or fewer. Write this on the right-hand page.
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Activity 2 -Guessing GameChoose your favourite and your least favourite characters from the book. Describe them without using any names. Also write down what it is you like or don’t like about them.
Activity 3Choose a character from the book and describe their looks.What is their hair colour? Are they young, or old? What kind of clothes do they wear? Are they tall our short? And anything else you can think of.
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LESSON 4So what’s it all got to do with me?Activity 2WHO IS ME?ACTUAL SELF HOW WANT TO BE
SEENHOW I THINK OTHERS SEE ME
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DIARY OF A WIMPY KID – NOW I GET TO GO FOR IT!Actvity 3
Options:
1. Poster campaign (eg. page 46-47), Greg campaigned to become the treasurer. Think of a political, school related campaign or one of your own choice. You can choose between a positive or negative campaign!
2. Cartoon for school newspaper (eg. page 164-167) – option to poduce this digitally or on paper. Rowley and Greg both worked on cartoons. Can you produce some cartoons which are for the school newspaper or a paper of your own choice? If you decide to work digitally think of using photographs which you can insert into a power point and then add text and text bubbles. You might also know of another programme to help you with this.
3. Advertisement for some kind of enterprise (eg. page 55). Rowley and Greg set up a Halloween show. Do you have an idea for a business? Advertise this on a poster with text.
4. Movie story board. Have you always wanted to make a movie? These are often designed with the help of a story board in pictures. Outline the main events of your film in pictures and supporting text. As with option 2 you might decide to do this digitally. See the ideas there for producing and presenting your work.
5. Book story board. Have you always wanted to write a book? These are often designed with the help of a story board in pictures. Outline the main events of your book in pictures and supporting text. As with option 2 you might
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Your work will be marked and points will be avoided for:Outlining of creative processCreativity and look of final product
decide to do this digitally. See the ideas there for producing and presenting your work.
REQUIREMENTSAll work should include pictures and text in English. To be presented in class. Present your work and explain the creative process you went through to achieve the result. Option to work in duos or independently.
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