This is a combined literature and grammar unit that contains everything you need to teach the novel and more! Included in the unit are pre-reading, active-reading and post-reading activities with grammar lessons, literary activities, a final essay test, and other activities just for fun!

Table of Contents

Student Hand-out on Literary Terms and Elements of a Story 5
Active Reading Chapter Notes for: Belle Prater�s Boy 7
Pre-reading Activity: Belle Prater�s Boy 9
Prediction: 9

Chapter 1
Setting 10

Chapter 2
Literary Elements: Antagonist and Protagonist 11
Synopsis or Summary? 11

Chapter 3
Literary Element: Mood 12
Summary 12

Chapter 4
Grammar Activity Nouns 13

Chapter 5
Context clues: 14

Chapter 6
Thought Question 15
Create Your Own Vocabulary List 15

Chapter 7
Thought Question 16
Plagiarism 16
Comparing/Contrasting Character Traits 17

Chapter 8
Grammar Activity Verbs 18
Foreshadowing and Prediction 18
Now, You be the Teacher! 19

Chapters 9 and 10
Narrative and Dialogue: 20
Thought Question 21

Chapter 11
Neighborhood Comparison 21
Chapter Summary and Illustration 22

Chapter 12
Grammar Activity : Adjectives 22

Chapter 13
Character: Friend or Foe? 23

Chapter 14
Thought Question 24
Picture a Character 24

Chapter 15
Creating a Driver�s License 25

Chapter 16
Grammar Activity: Personal Pronouns 26

Chapter 17
Thought Question 26

Chapter 18
Grammar Activity: Prepositional Phrases: 27
New Character 28
Internal and External Conflict 28

Chapter 19
Thought Question 29
Recommendations 29

Chapters 20 and 21
Grammar Activity: Subjects and Predicates 30
Creative Activity: Create your own seek-a-word puzzle 31
Chronological order 32
Thought Question: 32
Climax and Rising and Falling Action 33
Book Review: 34
Author Study : Ruth White 35
Ending�.Good or Bad? 36

Matching Quiz on Literary Terms and Elements of a Story 37
Answers to Matching Quiz on Literary Terms and Elements of a Story 38

Final Essay Test 39
Rubric for Final Essay Test 41

Attention Teachers! 42
Quiz Creating Activity: 43
Test Creating Activity: 44
Answers to Grammar Activities 46


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