Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Level 3~Adapted from the book by the Delaware Project

Grade Band 3‐5 Reading Level 2.9

School Starts(p. 1‐23)

My name is Greg. This is my journal. Today was my first day back at middleschool. I’m sad summer is over. I don’t like middle school. I’m not the mostpopular kid in school.

At school today, I went to see if the moldy cheese was still on the playground.Someone left it there last year. It was gross! If you touch the cheese, you have theCheese Touch. You have to tag someone else to get rid of the Cheese Touch. Ihope there is no Cheese Touch this year!

I have an older brother named Rodrick. He likes to play tricks on me. I also have ayounger brother named Manny. He calls me “Bubby.” It’s embarrassing. I had alot of adventures in middle school.

Trouble (p. 24‐43)

I really like video games, but my dad doesn’t want me to play them. I go to mybest friend Rowley’s house to play video games instead. I always beat him atracing video games.

Rodrick got a new CD. My parents said I’m not allowed to listen to it. Aftereveryone went to sleep, I tried to listen to the CD quietly. My dad woke up and Igot in trouble. I had a lot of adventures in middle school.

Student Elections(p. 44‐48)Student elections are coming up at my school. I want to run for treasurer. My dadwants to help me win. I made posters to hang up at school. Another boy isrunning for treasurer, too. I wrote mean things about him on my posters. Theprincipal made me take them down. I don’t think I’m going to win now. I had a lotof adventures in middle school.

Halloween (p. 49‐75)It’s going to be Halloween soon. I love Halloween. Rowley and I made a hauntedhouse in his basement. We hung up flyers for the haunted house. Twenty kidscame. The first kid was so scared, he hid under the bed and wouldn’t come out.Rowley’s dad made us shut down our haunted house.

I was a pirate for Halloween and Rowley was a knight. We went trick‐or‐treating,but we had to bring Manny with us. After we took Manny home, Rowley and Istayed out. We wanted more candy. When we got home, my dad sprayed us withwater. He thought it was funny. All of our candy got wet! I had a lot of adventuresin middle school.

Wrestling (p. 76‐93)We started wrestling in gym class today. I want to be good, so I played mywrestling video games when I got home.

Wrestling in gym class is very different from my video games. I have to wrestlethe same kid every day. She always beats me.I decided to make my own exercise equipment. I wanted to get stronger so I liftedgallons of milk. I had a lot of adventures in middle school.

School Play (p. 95‐115)

My school did the play, “The Wizard of Oz.” I didn’t want to be in it, but my mommade me try out. I signed up to be a tree because I didn’t want to sing. Thedirector added a song that the trees had to sing.

The play didn’t go very well. I didn’t sing the song because I was embarrassed.Manny called me “Bubby” in front of everyone. I threw an apple at a girl on thestage. Her glasses broke. They had to stop the play. I had a lot of adventures inmiddle school.

Christmas (p. 115‐133)

I love Christmas. I really wanted a video game. When I woke up on Christmas day,there were a lot of presents under the tree. Manny got a lot of toys. My dad gaveme exercise equipment. I don’t care about exercise anymore because wrestling isover. I didn’t get the video game I wanted. My mom gave it to someone else byaccident. I got a red sweater instead. Rowley got the video game I wanted, so Iplayed with him. I had a lot of adventures in middle school.

Big Wheel Game (p. 136‐144)

Rowley and I were playing a game. He rode his bike down the hill and I tried to throw afootball at him. I hit him and he fell off and broke his arm. Rowley got a cast. The girlsat school gave Rowley a lot of attention, but I wanted them to pay attention to me. Ipretended I hurt my arm, too. The girls still didn’t like me. I had a lot of adventures inmiddle school.

New Quarter(p. 145‐155)I decided to be on the Safety Patrol at school. This way, the bigger kids can’t pickon me. Rowley signed up too. We walk the kindergarteners home from school.We get free hot chocolate in the morning. I also get to miss part of math class. Ihad a lot of adventures in middle school.

Snow Day (p. 156‐164)

It snowed today. School was closed. Rowley and I decided to build the world’s biggest snowman, but we ran out of snow. We made one big snowball instead. Manny built a small snowman. I kicked it and my dad was mad at me. My dad kicked my snowball. I still had fun on my snow day. I had a lot of adventures in middle school.

Comic Strip (p. 165‐178)

I like to draw. I became the cartoonist for my school newspaper. I drew thepictures and wrote the words. Rowley helped, too. I made a funny cartoon abouta boy. My teacher put it in the school newspaper. No one laughed at my cartoon.My teacher changed the words so it wasn’t funny anymore. I was upset that hechanged it, so I decided to quit. I had a lot of adventures in middle school.

Good‐bye Rowley (p. 179‐195)Yesterday on Safety Patrol, I scared the kindergarteners when I walked themhome. I was wearing Rowley’s jacket. A lady saw me and thought I was Rowley.She told the principal that Rowley scared the kindergarteners. Rowley got introuble for scaring them.

I told Rowley that I scared the kindergarteners. Rowley told the principal and I gotfired from the Safety Patrol. Rowley didn’t want to be my friend anymore. I had alot of adventures in middle school.

Yearbook Plans(p. 197‐205)

I wanted to get voted as “Class Clown” in the school yearbook. I decided to play ajoke on the substitute teacher. When I got to school, I found out the substituteteacher was my mom! I couldn’t play a joke on her. I had a lot of adventures inmiddle school.

Greg and Rowley MakeUp (p. 204‐217)

Rowley is the new cartoonist for the school newspaper. He used my idea for hiscartoon. He said it was his idea. Everyone thought the cartoon was really funny.They voted Rowley “Class Clown.” I was really upset.

Rowley and I were about to fight when some high‐schoolers came to theplayground. They made Rowley eat the cheese! Rowley didn’t want the other kidsat school to find out he ate it. I told everyone I threw it away. Everyone thought Ihad the Cheese Touch, but Rowley and I were friends again. I had a lot ofadventures in middle school.

Adapted from:

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