Small Steps Novel Activities, Handouts, Tests! Perfect for literature circles!

This is a teaching unit for the novel Small Steps by Louis Sachar. This unit contains ready-made, Common Core-aligned handouts to accompany each chapter of this book. These handouts will require students to analyze the author’s craft and literary elements. There are three tests included as well as writing assignments and pre and post reading activities. Take a look at the table of contents below to see what elements students will work with and activities they will complete while enjoying the novel. Everything is ready for you to teach, and the best part is that once you purchase this unit, you can reuse it every year!

Table of Contents

Chapter Titles

Chapter One – Descriptions and Imagery

Chapter Two – Getting to Know the Characters

Chapter Three – Discussion & Non-Fiction Analysis

Chapters One-Three – Discussion

Chapters Four & Five – Foreshadowing

Chapter Six – A Closer Look

Chapter Seven – Internal Conflict & Discussion

Chapter Eight – Strong Verbs

Chapters Nine & Ten – Making Inferences & Drawing Conclusions

Chapter Eleven – Idioms

Chapter Twelve – Readers’ Theater

Test One – Chapters One – Twelve

Chapter Thirteen – Point of View

Chapter Fourteen – Readers’ Theater

Chapter Fifteen – Foreshadowing

Chapter Sixteen – Inside/Out Profile

Chapter Seventeen – Allusion

Chapter Eighteen – Discussion

Chapter Nineteen – Figurative Language

Chapter Twenty – Character Description

Chapter Twenty-one – Acronyms

Chapter Twenty-two & Twenty-three – Tone

Chapter Twenty-four – Song Lyrics

Test Two – Chapters Thirteen – Twenty-four

Chapter Twenty-five – The Plot Thickens

Chapter Twenty-six – Prediction

Chapter Twenty-six – Discussion

Chapter Twenty-seven – Discussion

Chapter Twenty-eight – Conflict

Chapter Twenty-nine – Setting

Chapter Thirty – Foreshadowing

Chapter Thirty -one – Writing Assignment

Chapter Thirty-two – Writing

Chapter Thirty-three – Imagery

Chapter Thirty-four – Writing a News Report

Chapter Thirty-five – Situational Irony

Plot Is Like a Roller Coaster Ride

Plot Analysis

Theme

Final Test

Answer Keys