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Upper Elementary School: READ! Modules engage express evaluate exhibit Module 1: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Module 1: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Table of Contents ABOUT THIS MODULE 3 ACADEMIC VOCABULARY 4 REQUIRED MATERIALS 5 EVENT PLANNER 6 MONDAY:LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF 7 TUESDAY: TEAMWORK IS TREMENDOUS 12 WEDNESDAY:LEAPING INTO LEADERSHIP 19 THURSDAY: PASS THE POPCORN!!! 24 FRIDAY: TEAMWORK =WINNING 30 engage express evaluate exhibit2 2 of 34 Module 1: Diary of a Wimpy Kid About This Module Members will discover their leadership characteristics and use Overview journaling as a way to express their thoughts and ideas. If you could write a book about you, what would be the most interesting moment in your life? What do leadership skills look like? Driving Questions What leadership characteristics do you possess? Besides the cartoons, in what ways do you think the book is different from other novels you have read? This is Me…Poster Session Product of the Week Biopoem Fictional Character Journal Writings Community Sharing We Can Build it!! Event Leadership Comic What are your goals? What do you believe in? What gives you hope? We all have possessed some of the traits of a “Wimpy Kid” but what Introduction attributes help us overcome them? This module will help members discover the leader that lies within. If you could write a book about you, what would be the most Special Notes interesting moment in your life? engage express evaluate exhibit3 3 of 34 Module 1: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Academic Vocabulary Word Definition Leader a person who has commanding authority or influence Honesty showing or suggesting a good and truthful character Role Model someone who another person admires and tries to be like someone who teaches or gives help and advice to a less experienced Mentor and often younger person Follower a person who likes and admires (someone or something) very much a person who can think about or plan the future with imagination or Visionary wisdom. Integrity the quality of being honest and having strong morals engage express evaluate exhibit4 4 of 34 Module 1: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Required Materials Note: Facilitator Resource materials and handouts are included at the end of the day and should be printed in advance. Questions (Facilitator Resource) Paper Brown Grocery paper Bags Music Player Comic Template Diary of a Wimpy Kid Movie (Any one of them…) Scissors (per team) Chairs (per partnership) Poster Board/ Construction Paper (per team) 1 per Team Markers/Colored Pencils/ Crayons (per team) Pencils/Pens (per team) Magazines/Newspaper (per team) Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do It Yourself Book (1 per member) 1 per Member file:///C:/Users/bgarlington/Downloads/Manga_Page_With_Sta r%20(1).pdf (per member) engage express evaluate exhibit5 5 of 34 Module 1: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Event Planner Note: Complete the following table early during the week to prepare for the Community Sharing event. Share the answers with the CPO for approval. Type of Event on Friday Event Name Who’s Invited Fliers Website Publicity to Use (Circle all that apply, use blank Invitations spaces for additional items) Ads Event Location Display Area for Projects Chairs Scissors Games Supplies Needed Tables Markers (Circle all that apply, use blank Signs CD Player spaces for additional items) Tape Video Equipment Cups Napkins Refreshments (Try to select items that tie into the theme) Assigned to: Task Due Date: Assigned to: Task Due Date: Assigned to: Task Due Date: Assigned to: Task Due Date: Assigned to: Task Due Date: engage express evaluate exhibit6 6 of 34 Module 1: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Monday: Let Me Introduce Myself Monday Warm-up Learning Center or Multipurpose Location Estimated Time 15 minutes Center Say: Who are you? What do you think you have to offer the world? Are you a leader? What leadership characteristics do you have? Let’s listen to a pep talk from Kid President… A Pep Talk from Kid President Steps to Follow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-gQLqv9f4o(3:27) What did you get from this pep talk? Do you think you are capable of doing anything you can imagine? engage express evaluate exhibit7 7 of 34 Module 1: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Monday Activity 1 What’s in a Journal? Estimated Location Multipurpose Room or Tech Center 30-45 minutes Time Who are you? What do you aspire to be? Members will share their dreams and Description aspirations through an interactive activity. Members will create a poster session (a way for members to present and exchange ideas Objective about a topic) that represents who they are. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do It Yourself Book (1 per member) What You Need Scissors How to Prepare Say: We are going to get to know ourselves through a process called journaling. When you journal you write down thoughts and ideas in 1 a book. We will be doing our journaling in a book and also through Steps to Follow activities. As we journal, we will think about what makes us who we are and how we show leadership as individuals. Introduce the book and have the members and allow them to 2 peruse the pages to become familiar with it. 3 Complete the first few pages of the book. engage express evaluate exhibit8 8 of 34 Module 1: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Monday Activity 2 Who Am I? Estimated Location Learning Center or Multipurpose Room 30 -45 minutes Time Description Members will participate in an interactive getting acquainted activity. Objective Members will recognize likes and dislikes of members in their class. Chairs What You Need Questions (Facilitator Resource) How to Prepare 1 Line up 2 rows of chairs facing each other. Sit in the chairs “knee to knee” with a partner (actually about 1 foot 2 apart). Explain this is a get acquainted activity. Members will introduce 3 themselves to each other and then answer the question you ask. Members have approx. 1-2 min. to answer the question. 4 Change seats when directed by the Facilitator. Steps to Follow Move 1 seat to the left (or right). Persons on the end rotate around to the other end of their line. Always have people move the same 5 direction for each switch, otherwise you end up with people getting back to a partner they’ve had before. Introduce yourself to your new partner and answer a new question 6 that’s posed by the Facilitator. Rotate until you have acquainted yourself with everyone in the 7 class. engage express evaluate exhibit9 9 of 34 Module 1: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Questions 1. Tell about a favorite vacation you’ve taken. 2. If you were a vending machine, what would you dispense? 3. Tell about your favorite way to relax. 4. Something that always makes you laugh when you think about it. 5. If you could invent something, what would you invent? 6. Tell about a favorite toy/game you had as a child. 7. If you could win an award or prize for something, what would you like to 9. What is one thing you want to accomplish this year? 10. If you were a hot air balloon, where would you go? 11. If you won $1000 on a call in radio contest today, what would you do with the money? 12. Tell about a favorite book you’ve read. 13. Tell about your favorite thing to do in your free time. 14. Other questions can also be used. engage express evaluate exhibit10 10 of 34 Module 1: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Monday Activity 3 What’s in a Journal? Estimated Location Learning Center or Multipurpose Room 30-45min Time Members will learn the fine art of journaling as they discover that journals can be a form Description of self-exploration and freedom of expression. Members produce a journal entry based on selected topics. Objective What You Need Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do It Yourself Journal How to Prepare 1 Discuss diary and journal writing with the class. Members will offer their ideas about what distinguishes journals, diaries, and blogs. Ask students to offer reasons why they or others write down their private Steps to Follow 2 thoughts, how this exercise can benefit the writer and how it can affect readers. Tell students they will be journaling in their Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do It 3 Yourself Journals. Monday Cool Down Estimated Time 5 minutes Pair/Share – “Tell the person next to you . .” Steps to Follow Have members verbally summarize something they learned, something they found interesting and something they will share with someone at home. engage express evaluate exhibit11 11 of 34 Module 1: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Tuesday: Teamwork is Tremendous! Tuesday Warm-up Location Learning Center or Multipurpose Room Estimated Time 15 minutes Say: Sometimes leaders have to give their team words of encouragement. Encouragement helps them to keep going when they are discouraged. Let’s practice making positive statements about ourselves with these positive statement starters. Ask the following and have the children complete them on sentence strips. (Prepare these on strips of paper and have the members choose one randomly.) 1. I am proud that on my own I can 2. I am proud that I spent my allowance on... 3. I am proud that when I am scared I... 4. I am proud that I made a friend happy by... 5. I am proud that even when the other kids did.... I ... Steps to Follow 6. I am proud that this summer I... 7. Something that my family has done together this year that made me proud...

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