Saturday, December 5, 2020

Diary of a Wimpy Kid #1 Lesson Plan pages 45-55

 




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Page 45

Warm up  

Why did Greg choose this song?  Is he a good singer? This is his favorite song, what is your favorite song?  


Words to know:

jocks - guys who play sports and are not that smart 

air pump - a machine to put air in balls and bike tires

inflate - to put air in the ball or bike tire

running for - to be in the election 

big ticket positions - the most important 

sign up - put myself in the running 

mine for the taking - no one else will want it

brainy - very smart



Maching - Match each person to the sentence, there can be more than one choice for each person or more than one sentence for two people. 

Greg                         ___ want a new bus to go to the games


Marty Porter            ____ want a pump to put air in the football


Treasurer                 ____ want to run for Treasurer


Jock                         ____  in charge of money for the school                                                 activities 


Cheerleader 


True or False 

Based on our book, mark true or false 


____  Rowley likes to sing

____   Greg likes to sing

____  Fregley has braces

____   Roderick likes to read books


If there is time, try this game: https://capitalizemytitle.com/random-question-generator/

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Warmup - 

Correct this sentence:   Look for Capitalization and spelling: 

 greg wants to run for Treasyer at scgiil 

Words to know: 

seemed - gives an impression of your thoughts 

excited - very happy 

actually - in truth 

won - past tense of win 

integrity - a person who is honest

know-how - a person who can do good things 

supplies - things to make a project 

loaded up - bought a lot 

markers - thick pens for writing on posters 

campaign - advertisements 


Make sentences: 

 

Dad    government  I  student  told  for was   I  running  

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excited He  pretty seemed 

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posters He one found  campaign his  of 

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good I pretty   the  was  poster  idea thought 

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Matching 

Greg         _____  Wants to run for Treasurer 

Dad             ___  First name is Frank 

                    ___   Wants to make posters 

                    ____  Was a very honest boy



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Page 47 


Warmup - 

Tell about a time that a class mate was embarrased during class. 


Words to know: 

came out -  how the project looked

drop  dropping - something falls on the floor

fool - looking stupid

head lice - bugs that live in the hair and make a person itch the head



Make sentences: 


dropping are You money all our


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Porter  Marty  head had lice 

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you money Do  touch him want  really  to  our 

_________________________________________


Matching

More than one person can match to a sentence: 

Greg                 _____ made posters to hang up in school


Marty Porter     _____ wants to be Treasurer 


                            _____ had head lice in 2nd Grade 


                            _____ likes to drop things. 


 Correct these words:  Word Bank:  drop, come out,  fool  


drup       cime  out       fiol    


True or False 


Greg made some posters                                           ______


Marty Porter didn't have head lice in 2nd Grade         ______


Greg had head lice in 2nd Grade                                  _____


Dad ran for Secretary when he was in school              _____




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Page 48 

Warmup :  Describe this picture: 

Words to know 

I got in. - I arrived at school 

Vice Principal - 2nd person in charge of the school 

spotted them - found them  

fabrications - lies 

candidates - people who want to run for government 

practically - really 

 handing out - giving out 

lollipops - hard candy on a stick  


trash can - bin 

political career - running for student government

officially - the authority said it 

over - finished 


Spelling Correct the wrong words.  Some words are correct. 

trish  can     iver    I git in  handing aut 

Word Bank: 
out handing  can I   trash  in got  over  


Make sentences: 


hanging  posters I  up started my 

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them Vice  Roy  spotted Principal 

________________________________
 

Porter Marty going lollipops was handing around out 

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political over My is career officially 

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Matching 

Marty Porter                       _____  took down Greg's posters 

Greg                                       _____  handed out lollipops 

Vice Prinicipal Roy            _____  put up posters 

Roderick 

Infiinitives are words that have the word to and then the word. 

to buy 

to walk 

to hang up 

to sneeze 

Make sentences with these words: 
Example: 

He needed to sneeze because he was sick. 

1_______________________________

2_______________________________

3_______________________________

If there is time, play this game: 


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Page 49

trick-or-treating - going door to door on Halloween and asking for candies 
 bushes- short 1.5 meter high trees 
teenagers- kids from the ages of 13-17
drenches - get covered with lots of water 

Matching

Greg                        ___ Favorite holiday is Halloween

Dad                           ____  Says that Greg is too old to go trick or                                                               treating 

Rowley                     ____ Likes to throw water at teenagers 

Mom                        ___  lLkes to go trick or treating     



Make sentences: 

 

are There Halloween only until left days 30

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holiday  Halloween favorite is My

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too   Dad's  holiday Halloween favorite is my

_______________________________________________________

 
He   them if teenagers driveway by any driveway our   drenches

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Questions

What is Greg's favorite holiday?  What does Greg do on Halloween?  

What is Dad's favorite holiday?  What does Dad do on Halloween? 

What is your favorite holiday?  What do you do on your favorite holiday? 


If there is time left then you can play this game: 


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Page 50

Warm-up Watch this video and learn the word "Safe: 


Words to know 
concept  - the idea 
gonna  - slang for going to 
spoils  - to mess someting up 
opening night  - the first time something happens
haunted house - a place that people think have ghosts - a place where Halloween tricks are done
Halloween costume - to dress up as someone else 
regular clothes - clothes that you wear everyday 
of course - a idea that you expect 


Matching 

Dad                               ____ Haunted House opens                                             tonight 

Greg                              ____ took the boys to the                                                 Haunted House

Rowley                           ____ wears his normal                                                     clothes 

Crossland Haunted house    ___ doesn't understand the                                         real meaning of Halloween

Mom                                         ___ got dressed up in a Halloween costume 




Put in the missing word:Haunted House   regular clothes   gonna opening night  concept 

I'm not sure Dad really understands the ________of Halloween

I’m not ______ be the one who spoils his fun.

Tonight was the______  _______  of the Crossland High School haunted house

I told him to just wear _______  _________



Make sentences: 


 

Halloween  I'm of sure  concept Dad understands  really not the 

___________________________________________

                    
fun  I'm  his spoil   gonna not 
___________________________________________


 I regular, him  to  clothes wear just told  

___________________________________________



If there is time in class then go play a game!  https://www.gamestolearnenglish.com/fast-english/


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Warm-up!   English 4 U 

Page 51 
Words to know: 
let it bother me -  worries or annoys me 
allowed - permission to do something 
ruin- damage or spoil 
looking forward -  you want it to happen because you think you will enjoy it.
to get this over with - to finish with it 
scare -something scary happened 
crazy stuff - things that are foolish or stramge 


Matching 

Mom                     _____ told Greg about the Haunted House 

Greg                     ______ there was a head on the table 

Rowley                 ______  took Greg and Rowley to the Haunted House

Haunted House        ____  was looking forward to the Haunted House

Roderick                 _____ wore a Superman costume



Put in the correct word: 
Word Bank:allowed, told, bother  looking forward,  years


I tried not to let it ________me too much.

I've never been _______to go to the Crossland haunted house before,

Rodrick has _____me all about it

I’ve been ________  __________ to this for about three years

Make sentences: 

 

allowed, before, I've,the,   house, never haunted, been, Crossland, go  to, to, 

__________________________________________


it Roderick told all me has about 

__________________________________________

years, I've, three, been, about ,forward,  this ,for ,to, looking ,three 

__________________________________________


If there is time in class then go play a game!  https://www.gamestolearnenglish.com/fast-english/

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Page 52

Warm UP: The word Catch


Words to know: 

Chain Saw - a tool that is usually used to cut down trees

area - a part of a room 

a hockey mask - a mask used for play the game Hockey on the ice. 

Mom stepped in - Mom told the guy to stop 

bailed us out - Mom stopped the action

Matching 


Greg                            Came at Greg and Rowley with a chainsaw     

Rowley                         Stopped the Chainsaw guy 

Mom                             Went to the Haunted House 

Chainsaw guy                He said that the chainsaw has a rubber blade 

Roderick 



Make sentences 

 

worst The, Alley,  called, part, area, Chainsaw, was , this 

________________________________________

 

mask, was, There, guy, in big, hockey, this, a 

________________________________________


bailed, Mom, out, stepped, us, in, and, us 

_______________________________________

 

nice, not, That's 

_______________________________________


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Words to know: 


exit -the way out of a building 
embarrassing - make you feel a bit bad
willing to let it go - not let it bother me 
charging - the price to get in 
five bucks a pop - five dollars for admission
line - a group of people who want to get into an event or place
in on the deal -  to help out
convert- change
 basement - room that is usually underground
awesome- wonderful 

Matching

Crossland school    said the plan was awesome

Greg                         wouldn't want a haunted house in the basement 

Rowley                     planned the haunted house in Rowley's basement

Rowley's Dad             had a haunted house at the school


Which words are action words:  (verbs) 

made    Mom   chainsaw    show   house    thinking   pop   charging  

Which words are things  (nouns) 
The   Crossland    haunted    house    me    thinking.  guys     charging five bucks   the line    stretched    halfway     around     the     school 




Which foods would Greg like?  Would he like healthy or unheathy foods?  You figure out which is which on this wordsheet: 



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Now read page 54!!  

Words to know 

Bottomless pit - a pit with no end 
alley - a small street, not really for cars. 
acid - a material that will destroy matter
brag - to say only good things about yourself 
we came up with  - our ideas  
gonna - slang for going to 
get the word out - advertise 
made up a bunch of flyers - wrote on paper about the event 

Matching 

Greg                         ____   made a plan for a haunted house

Rowley                      ___   had a haunted house at the school 

Crossland High School   ____ the haunted house would be in his basement

                                       ____ the plan was very awesome 


Grammar  Present tense the verb for the third person needs the letter "s" 

Example:  I go  to the Haunted House.   
Now instead of I, put Rowley:   Rowley goes to the Haunted House. 


We make a plan for the Haunted House. 

Instead of We:  write  Greg 
Now write the sentence: 

Greg ___________________________________________

We _____________________________________________

You _____________________________________________


Now that we have studying about Halloween, let's really learn about it from this Video: 


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Page 55

Two Wrongs don't make a right 
Now use this phrase in a sentence: 

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Words to know  

stretched the truth -  lie 
cut some corners - not put everything in 
hadn't  - had not 
put together -to make something 
neighborhood - the place where you live , buildings, streets 


Matching

Greg                       wants to make a haunted house 

Rowley                  put out the flyers 

flyers                     the haunted house is in his basement. ,

kids in the neighborhood

Make sentences 

 

  We    the stretched   little  a  truth 

________________________________________________________


was It  2:30  already  

________________________________________________________


 

corners  to  So  some we  to cut  our   plan from  had  
_____________________________________________________
So  


Write sentences with these words

neighborhood,    hadn't, put together 










 

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