"Stargirl" Activities + Project Menu
- Grades
- Grades 5–7
- Pages
- 16
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- ELA
- Topic
- Stargirl, Choice board
- Resource types
- Novel Studies, Projects
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Standards
- RL.6.1
Product description
From the author
This Stargirl Project Menu + Activities offers eight response options for Jerry Spinelli’s novel, plus a required reflection page.
Students can illustrate a scene, reflect on quotations, perform acts of kindness, describe a distinctive person, connect realistic events to their lives, rewrite a scene from another viewpoint, create a final chapter, or describe a meaningful place using imagery.
The 16-page PDF includes directions and response spaces. Rubrics or checklists accompany selected projects. Supply the novel separately and choose how many menu options students will complete.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Analyze how a character changes across a novel and support the analysis with textual evidence
Identify character traits and support them with details from the text
Rewrite a scene from an alternate character's point of view, applying first-person narration conventions
Teaching tips
Use the project menu as a full choice board by letting students pick which of the 8 options to complete, or assign selected activities individually to target specific skills
Use the supplied rubric or checklist where provided, and set criteria for activities without one before students begin
Pair "A New Point of View" and "The Final Chapter" for students focusing on narrative voice, since both rubrics specifically score first-person consistency
Skills covered
Character analysis — students trace Stargirl's development across the novel and identify supporting character traits with textual evidence.
Point-of-view writing — students rewrite a scene from another character's perspective or continue the story, maintaining consistent first-person narration.
Textual evidence and citation — students record quotes with speaker and page number and explain their significance to the story and their own lives.
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Questions teachers ask about this resource
Can the eight project options be assigned individually, or are they meant to be completed together?
Either — the menu is built so each option works as a standalone assignment, or the full set can be used together as a choice board.
What does the required reflection page ask students to do?
Three prompts: describe how Stargirl changes from the beginning to the end of the novel, identify two character traits of Stargirl or Leo with textual support, and write a persuasive paragraph recommending (or not recommending) the book to others.
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Standards
Standards
- RL.6.1
Core concepts
Core concepts
Character development
Point of view
Textual evidence
Figurative language
Novel study
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