March 24, 26, 27, 28, 2009

Tuesday, March 24
Title of Text: Diary of a Wimpy Kid-The Last Straw
Minutes: 80
Summary: Greg Heffley is a kid who tried to one day, help his family with their New Year's Resolution. He couldn't manage to help anyone though. A couple days of boredom later, he and his friend Rowley decided to make a time capsule and bury it. At Greg's house, there was someone stealing snacks so they had to all eat fruit. For snacktime, Greg got upset, and he couldn't buy anything because he didn't have any more money. In his classes, he completely zoned out because he didn't have energy without sweets. He later decided to take the money they had put in the time capsule. He was upset that he had to mess with it. He managed a soda, a candy bar, and a bag of gummy bears out of a vending machine. A week later, the dance came up, and Greg tried to ask his crush to dance with him. When he came close, a guy came up and stopped him in his tracks. A connection I have is about how long their time capsule lasted. If I made a time capsule, I would get give up and dig it up in about a couple days. A prediction I have is that Greg will try to ask his crush to hang out because I think he felt bad about missing out on his chance at the dance. A question I have is why would anyone steal the snacks anyway? It's not like the person or people aren't getting any.

Thursday, March 26
Title of Text: Diary of a Wimpy Kid-The Last Straw
Minutes: 50
Summary: Greg's dad thinks he needs to whip Greg into shape. He decides to sign him up for soccer, but Greg doesn't like it. His team won the first two games but lost in the third because Greg got distracted by flowers. Later, his dad brought Greg and Rodrick to the movie theater. The guy taking tickets was actually a teenager who attended Spag Union, a military school. When they leave, Greg's dad says that he will sign him up. Greg tries everything in his power to stop him and he decides to go to Boy Scouts. On his first day, he earns a whittling badge. When he shows his dad, he gets impressed, but when the father-son camping trip comes, dad gets upset about how Greg can't come and how he has to be stuck with 2 teenagers that horse around. For a couple days, Greg and his dad barely spoke to each other. A connection I have with Greg is about how he tried hard to not go to Spag Union. If I were threatened to go there, I would come up with as many other good ideas as I can. A prediction I have is that Greg's father will make Greg quit Boy Scouts and join Spag Union. A question I have is why is Greg's dad being so forceful? He's making him do a lot of things just to get in shape. I think he needs to slow down a bit. My opinion on the book is that this book is hilarious. In some pages, the dialogue is so funny. I can't stop reading. I hope there is a next Diary of a Wimpy Kid book.

Friday, March 27
Title of Text: Diary of a Wimpy Kid-The Last Straw
Minutes: 50
Summary: Greg, his dad, and Rodrick go on a fun trip to camp but since it was raining, they decided to go to a hotel. That didn't work out either because Rodrick just had to pull a prank on Greg. When they came home, Greg's dad seemed very serious about sending him to Spag Union. A couple days later, the Heffley family went to their neighbor's house to celebrate the birthday of their baby. All the adults lined up so they could try to make the baby laugh. They do this because they want to be on America's Funniest Families. Right when they start, Manny messes with the gifts and throws one up a tree. Greg tries to get it and when Greg's dad's turn comes, Greg's pants suddenly fall down, showing his Wonder Woman underoos. Luckily, they get it on tape and submit it. That's when the Heffleys leave. The next day, Greg woke up wondering why he isn't being shipped off yet. He sees his dad downstairs- not dressed yet. It seems that Greg's dad was so thankful that he won't ship Greg off to Spag Union. Greg was happy and he thought everything was going his way again.

Saturday, March 28
Title of Text: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Minutes: 90
Summary: Greg Heffley is a boy who got this journal from his mom. He writes in it whenever something important happens. One time, he ran for treasurer, but he lost to a very smart person. In his gym class, the teacher decided to have a wrestling unit. Everyone but Greg is able to fight. Greg thinks that he needs to buff up. He thinks that when they have a football unit, he would be glad to be on the skins teams. A couple of days later, he loses interest and decides to go back to playing video games. His mom suddenly signs Greg up for the play because she thinks it is good to experiment. Greg was so not with the idea that when the day of the show was on, he ruined it and the play had to be shut down. Halloween came around and Greg came with his best friend Rowley. They lost some time because of their dad talking to others but they made up some of it by ditching his dad. On their way back though, some kids splashed their candy so when they came home, they only had a couple of sweets. On Christmas, Manny, his little brother got every single thing he wanted for Christmas. Greg, on the other hand only got a sweater and a book. He was pretty upset. When he came in the garage though, his dad was next to a weight lifting set. Greg lost the spirit but instead of being psyched about it, he simply thanked him. A prediction I have is that Greg will just go to Rowley's house to have fun instead. A question I have is why does Greg get all the lame gifts? It doesn't seem fair. Even Rodrick got what he wanted!