If you won $500, what would you do with it?ģ. She had originally planned to use the money to buy a cell phone, but decided instead to save the money for art camp next summer.
Nikki finds out that she won $500 in the Avant-garde Art Contest. Do you have an arch nemesis? What makes this person your ultimate rival? What would you do if you had lockers next to each other?Ģ. Nikki’s arch nemesis MacKenzie continues torturing her in this second Dork Diaries volume by calling her names, making fun of her clothes, and dissing her friends and artistic talent. Several times when Nikki is writing about a conversation from earlier in the day, she includes her own very honest and blunt reply, then explains, “But I just say it inside my head, so no one really hears it except me.” When is it good to self-censor? When would it be better to speak up? How can we learn to tell the difference?ĭork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girlġ. Have you had a close call where you thought you were busted but ended up being just fine? What happened?ħ. Do you think the “thank you for the oatmeal” note Nikki’s mom leaves is sincere, or is she trying to let Nikki know that she is on to her deception but forgives her? Either way, Nikki is very relieved that she’s not in trouble. What are some of your favorite words, phrases, gestures, and inside jokes you share with your family or friends?Ħ. Some of them come from magazines or popular culture, and some seem to be the girls’ own inventions. For Nikki, Chloe, and Zoey, the language of friendship already includes jazz hands, the stinkeye, and a lot of acronyms like CCPS (Cute, Cool, and Popular), 4Fs (Friends, Fun, Fashion, and Flirting), and GGG-ing (Giggling, Gossiping, and Glossing). Sometimes family or close friends develop their own special ways of communicating through shared gestures and vocabulary, secret handshakes, and other signals.
What do you think makes a good friend? How do the girls demonstrate these characteristics?ĥ. As the story progresses and they become closer friends, we see more of their shared interests and also their differences. At first, Nikki thinks Chloe and Zoey are kind of annoying, but she gets past her first impression of the pair when they all bond over their shared dislike of MacKenzie. Do you have your own bedroom or another special space that feels like it is all your own? If so, who makes up the rules for this special place? If you could have complete dominion over your space, what would be your top three rules?Ĥ. At school, she, Chloe, and Zoey use the janitor’s closet for their meetings. Nikki feels that her bedroom should be her own private space. Do you think paper diaries are outdated? Would you rather share your thoughts and commentary about school life privately in a diary, or more publicly using an online forum such as a blog or social networking site like Facebook?ģ. Despite her initial resistance, Nikki ends up writing a lot in her diary. Nikki is incredibly disappointed, not just because she didn’t get a cell phone, but also because she thinks a paper diary is outdated. When Nikki’s mom tells her she’s getting a back-to-school present that will help her “communicate her thoughts and feelings,” she is so excited because she thinks it will be a new cell phone. How does she learn about the culture of the school and figure out who is trustworthy? Have you ever had to start over at a new school? If yes, how did it feel? If no, how do you think you would act the first few days?Ģ. Nikki is starting at a new private school. Dork Diaries 1: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Lifeġ.
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