Students draw and write in response to hearing the story read aloud, then they organize their pictures in sequence. Is one of the mentor texts for this lesson. Students match ending lines selected from literature to the corresponding first lines by observing how the author has purposefully tied them together. Once They're Hooked, Reel Them In: Writing Effective Endings Designed to accompany a video, but these activities will also work with reading. Summary, before-reading and after-reading discussion questions. The lesson focuses on organization/sequencing and beginning/middle/end.

Word processor required for access.īegins on page 9 of this 28-page document. Vocabulary, pre-reading and during-reading questions, and follow-up learning activities. Shop books by Dav Pilkey below! You can find all books and activities at The Teacher Store.This lesson plan focuses on sequencing. His stories are semi-autobiographical and explore universal themes that celebrate friendship, tolerance, and the triumph of the good-hearted. Pilkey loves to kayak in the Pacific Northwest with his wife.

The unconventional style of these graphic novels is intended to encourage uninhibited creativity in kids. It was followed by Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers, another USA Today bestseller. The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby, published in 2002, was the first complete graphic novel spin-off from the Captain Underpants series and appeared at number six on the USA Today best-seller list for all books, both adult and children's, and was also a New York Times bestseller. He made many other books before being awarded the 1998 California Young Reader Medal for Dog Breath, which was published in 1994, and in 1997 he won the Caldecott Honor for The Paperboy. He won a national competition in 1986 and the prize was the publication of his first book, World War Won. In college, Pilkey met a teacher who encouraged him to illustrate and write. He spent his time in the hallway creating his own original comic books-the very first adventures of Dog Man and Captain Underpants. Luckily, Pilkey loved to draw and make up stories. He was so disruptive in class that his teachers made him sit out in the hallway every day. When Dav Pilkey was a kid, he was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia.

The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey