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Starting Your Own Diary
Kind of Activity:
Long-term Project
Objective:
Students will begin to write regularly in their own personal diaries, developing their writing skills as it relates to expressing personal opinions.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.10; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.4; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.1
Structure:
Diary of a Wimpy Kid is written in the style of an actual diary. The author, Jeff Kinney, writes from the perspective of Greg Heffley, a young boy going through his first year in middle school. The diary format allows readers to get a sense of who Greg is as a person and what his motivations are as he navigates through his first year as a middle...
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