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Lesson 1 (from September)
Objective
Students will familiarize themselves with the main character's first week at school by observing how he feels, behaves, and reacts, and then forming predictions about future events. Greg Heffley has a powerful first week at school, and it is packed with layered and exciting events. Students will dissect this specific period of time to better follow him throughout the narrative.
Lesson
Class Discussion: When the reader is introduced to main character, Greg Heffley, he is experiencing his first day at middle school. He is a bit nervous and analyzes why in the beginning pages. Greg has concerns about various aspects of school and how well he will do at fitting in. It is clear that he is not the most popular kid, but he does provide varied insightfulness for how to approach the trials and tribulations of middle school. Why is middle school and adjustment for...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.2, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.2, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.2, 11-12.2
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