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