Provide students with a question or prompt to answer with a storyboard using textual evidence. The example prompt is, "What complications does Greg experience with his friend Rowley?"
Possible answers to the prompt include:
Other prompts include:
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Student Instructions
Create a storyboard that answers the prompt using at least three examples from Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Click on "Add / Delete Cells" to change the number of examples.
Foster collaboration by having students share their storyboard examples in small groups. Encourage each student to explain their evidence and listen to peers' reasoning to deepen comprehension and critical thinking skills.
Provide sentence starters like 'According to the text...' or 'The author shows this when...' to help students confidently introduce quotes or paraphrased material. This reinforces academic language and supports students who need structure.
Demonstrate the difference between paraphrasing and direct quoting by showing examples from Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Highlight when each is appropriate to help students make thoughtful choices in their storyboards.
Give students a checklist (e.g., 'Did my classmate use three examples?', 'Is the evidence clear?') for reviewing each other's work. This helps students reflect on quality and supports a growth mindset.
To use text evidence from Diary of a Wimpy Kid, read the prompt carefully, find examples or quotes in the book that support your answer, and include them in your response. Paraphrase or quote directly, and explain how each example relates to the prompt.
Effective questions include: What complications does Greg experience with his friend Rowley?, Why does the author include drawings throughout the text?, and Why is it ironic that Greg would be the one to have the Cheese Touch?. These prompts encourage students to find and explain supporting details from the story.
A storyboard activity asks students to answer a question by selecting and illustrating at least three examples from Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Students paraphrase or quote the text, depict scenes, and organize their evidence visually to support their answer.
Students can use a spider map to place the prompt in the center, then branch out with three or more supporting examples from the book. Each branch includes a quote or paraphrase and an illustration, helping students organize and explain their thinking.
The steps are: 1) Read the prompt, 2) Recall or reread relevant parts of the book, 3) Find at least three supporting examples, 4) Paraphrase or quote, and 5) Explain how each example supports your answer.