Stargirl Novel Unit ~ Activities, Handouts, Tests (Tests=Printable AND Google)!

This is a teaching unit for the novel Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli. This unit contains ready-made, Common-Core-aligned handouts to accompany each chapter of this book. These handouts (printable and Easel) will require students to analyze the author’s craft and literary elements such as point of view, conflict, and setting. There are three tests included as well as writing assignments and post reading activities. The tests are available for print or as Goggle Forms! Answer keys are provided. Take a look at the table of contents below to see the focus of each chapter. 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

Pre-reading Activity

Chapter Titles for Stargirl

Chapter 1 Point of View / Meet Stargirl

Chapter 2 Hyperbole / Imagery

Chapters 3-4 Figurative Language

Chapter 5 Strong Verbs

Chapter 6 Dashes / Predictions

Chapter 7 Characterization

Chapter 8 Author’s Writing Style

Chapter 9 Writing Opportunity

Chapters 10-11 Discussion

Test on Chapters 1-11 (printable and Google Form)

Chapters 12-13 Discussion & Prediction

Chapter 14 Allusion

Chapters 15-16 Author’s Craft

Chapter 17 Figurative Language/Extended Metaphor

Chapters 18-19 Conflict

Chapters 20-21 Writing Opportunity

Chapters 21-22 Understanding Stargirl/Her Family

Test on Chapters 12-22 (printable and Google Form)

Chapters 23-24 Internal Conflict

Chapter 25 Symbolism

Chapter 26 Compare/Contrast / Tone

Chapter 27 Mottos

Chapters 28-29 Sequence

Chapters 30-31 Discussion/Comic Strip

Chapter 32 Discussion

Chapter 33 More Than Stars Elaborate on a Description

Character Analysis

Theme

Cinquain

I Am Poem

The ABCs of Stargirl

Book Review

Final Test (printable and Google Form)

Answer Keys

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