Group Work

Each chapter introduces and gives the life tale of a different character. Have students, either individually or in small groups, create charts of information about each character, including actions and traits.

Use a highlighter to circle all of the actions written on the character charts. Have students write these actions in chronological order. Ask students to go back and identify events that may have caused other actions. Have students draw arrows from the causes to the events that are the effects. Lead students through a discussion that completes this idea that each person did something to influence the next person to do something. Identify the theme of the novel, reminding the kids that one possible theme is "Every little bit helps."

Pass back the definitions of "community" that were written at the beginning of the unit. Ask students to reflect on the previous definition and revise what's recorded as necessary.

Extension

As a whole group, discuss how one person can have a major effect on the environment and/or another person's life. Give students time to reflect on how this theme applies to the personally or to the school community as a whole. Have students make some goals of the little things each of them could do to positively affect the school community or a bigger community.

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