Writing Resources
Have you ever been stressed out about school and your home life Well Greg Heffley is constantly stressed out about something in his life The Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules written by Jeff Kinney is the second book in Jeff Kinney s series of books that tells the story of middle schooler Greg Heffley and his struggles at school and at home It begins where the first book Diary of a Wimpy Kid left off telling how Greg spent his summer after surviving his first year of middle school Although there are many similarities and differences between the book and the film the book is better than the movie During the first part of the book Greg is forced by his Dad to join the swim team Greg was not a good swimmer and thought the swim team was worse than middle school In a lot of ways being on the swim team was worse than being in middle school Kinney 4 To avoid swim practice Greg would ask to go to use the bathroom and then hide in the locker room 8 The rest of the book explains all the weird things that happens Greg s second year in middle school There are many funny things that happen that show how awkward middle school is for most kids For example Greg played a mean joke on a classmate Chirag seeing how long Chirag would be invisible to him and the rest of his friends 56 Rowley is Greg's best friend Rowley does things that are dorky and Greg doesn t approve For example Rowley was asked by the Social Studies Teacher to describe his family trip and the next day he came to school in a costume
