Diary of a Wimpy Kid

This book will take you through the ordinary and extra-ordinary life of Greg Heffley in Jeff Kinney's novel Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Aim

The aim of this unit is first and foremost, to improve and develop your reading skills and hopefully stimulate you to read even more! Reading is a great way to improve your English. You get the chance to not only broaden your vocabulary and reading skills, but also work on your speaking and listening abilities when discussing related issues and themes in the books.

Skills in Focus

• READING COMPREHENSION 
• Listening
• Speaking
• Writing

Task

You  will have time to read and answer questions relating to the book in class; however you will probably also need to do a bit of reading at home to keep up-to-date with the planning.

I will let you know in Classroom how many pages you will need to read each week. Every week you will have some reading to do and some questions to answer about the story.

The questions will be in Classroom. When you have answered them, hand them in. I will read your answers comment on them and return your work to you.

Assessment

This unit focuses on your reading comprehension skills.  I will use the rubric (matris) below to assess your understanding of the book. I will also be looking at class discussions and related exercises to assess your comprehension. 

Läroplanskopplingar

Centralt innehåll

• Åsikter, erfarenheter, känslor och framtidsplaner.
• Levnadsvillkor, traditioner, sociala relationer och kulturella företeelser i olika sammanhang och områden där engelska används.
• Muntliga och skriftliga instruktioner och beskrivningar.
• Skönlitteratur och annan fiktion även i talad, dramatiserad och filmatiserad form.
• Strategier för att uppfatta detaljer och sammanhang i talat språk och texter, till exempel att anpassa lyssnande och läsning efter framställningens form, innehåll och syfte.
• Muntliga och skriftliga berättelser, beskrivningar och instruktioner.
• Samtal och diskussioner samt argumentation.