Diary of a Wimpy Kid Vocabulary

In this activity, students demonstrate their understanding of several words using a spider map as a visual vocabulary board. After choosing the word(s), students provide the part of speech, definition, an example from the text, and demonstrate their understanding of the word(s) through an illustration in the related storyboard cell.

Example Vocabulary from Diary of a Wimpy Kid

• horsing around
• promotion
• announcement
• degrading
• ironic
• vampires
• regimen
• ad lib
• gimmick
• foiled
• dignity
• humiliate
• sarcasm
• fabrication
• blubbering
• budge
• confer
• racket
• complicate
• hassle

Student Instructions

Demonstrate your understanding of the vocabulary words in Diary of a Wimpy Kid by creating visualizations.

1. Choose three vocabulary words from the story and type them in the title boxes.
2. Find the definition in a print or online dictionary.
3. Write a sentence that uses the vocabulary word.
4. Illustrate the meaning of the word in the cell using a combination of scenes, characters, and items.
• Alternatively, use Photos for Class to show the meaning of the words with the search bar.
5. Save and submit your storyboard.