1. Loser By Jerry Spinelli
Zinkoff is like all kids -- running, playing, riding his bike. Hoping for snow days, wanting to be his dad when he grows up.
Zinkoff is not like the other kids -- raising his hand with all the wrong answers, tripping over his own feet, falling down with laughter over a word like "Jabip." The kids have their own word to describe him, but Zinkoff is too busy to hear it.

3. Create a Digital Journal
Open a new Word doc and save it as: Loser Digital Journal.
Put your name at the top, and today’s date. Then respond to the following:
Think of a time that you’ve been picked on by someone else. Maybe it was a peer or a family member. How did it make you feel? What did you do about it?