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Lesson 1 (from Section 1: Pages 1-48)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is examine the author's life and writing. Jeff Kinney is the author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever. Kinney has written books about Greg Heffley, known as the Wimpy Kid Kinney has also written about one of Greg's friends from the series, Rowley Jefferson. Kinney is also primarily the creator of an online role-playing game called Poptropica.
Lesson
Class Discussion: Why did Kinney want to be a cartoonist? How did that desire lead to the idea for the Wimpy Kid series? How long did it take Kinney to publish his first Wimpy Kid book? Where was his book first published in installments? Why did he think it would be impossible to get his first Wimpy Kid book published? What was his intended audience for the books? How did that influence his writing style? What did he like to read...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.3(e), 9-10.7, 11-12.3(e), 11-12.7
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