Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway, by Jeff Kinney

Kinney, Jeff. The Getaway. New York: Amulet Books, 2017.
Lexile Level: 920L

Selling Tool: 

My selling tool for this book is printable, wearable buttons. The Diary of a Wimpy Kid is so popular right now that kids will clamor to collect a set of buttons featuring the lovable Heffley family. If kids started attaching these buttons to their backpacks, other kids would rush to the library to check out the book, and of course, to get their own button.


Learning Activity: Learning Activity:

This activity idea is borrowed from http://www.wimpykidclub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Using-Wimpy-Kid-with-Reluctant-Readers.pdf. This is a great resource for teachers and librarians. I have tailored it to fit the learning standard.

This is NOT a journal

One way to respond to literature is to create something inspired by the story.

You will create a NOT JOURNAL using photos, clippings from magazines, art materials, and writing to tell a chapter of your life. 

Your NOT JOURNAL will feature you as the main character, and can be a true story or a factitious one.

Learning Standard	CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Learning Goal	Students will use multimedia to create journal that tells a story.
Learning Outcome	Students will create a journal that tells a true or fictitious story .
Learning Objective	Students will create a journal that tells a chapter of their life (real or imagined) from clippings from magazines, art materials, and writing .