Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky Novel Unit & Literature Guide

SuperSummary’s Novel Unit and Literature Guide for Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia delivers text-specific, classroom-ready lesson plans and thought-provoking assignments divided into Before, During, and After Reading sections, plus a comprehensive summary and full literary analysis of the text.

Follow our suggested timeline in the complete teaching unit or choose from our rich array of prompts, quizzes, activities, paired resources, essay topics, and two graphic organizer worksheets for processing and analyzing the text. Review and plan more easily with our literature guide’s in-depth summary, plot and character or key figures and events analyses, important quotes, and more. 

Note: The Unit is provided as a Word document for convenient reformatting and rearranging.

NOVEL UNIT

Before Reading

• Context Questions and/or Activities  
• Personal Response Prompt 

During Reading

• Reading Check and Short Answer Response questions with Answer Key
• 6 recommended Texts for Pairing and Other Student/Teacher Resources
• 2 robust, ready-to-use Text Processing and Important Quotes Worksheets—found at bottom of the unit

After Reading

• Discussion/Analysis Prompt
• In-depth and Engaging Activity 
• 5 Differentiated Essay Questions
• Cumulative Exam with 10 Multiple Choice and 2 Long Answer Questions with Answer Key

✏️ How to use:

As either a supplemental teacher material or as a primary basis for an entire unit on a literary work, this resource equips teachers to:

→  Draw students in with an enriched sense of pre-reading context.

→  Utilize thought-provoking warm-up prompts and in-class analysis opportunities involving free-writing or discussion. 

→  Ensure deeper understanding and true enjoyment of the literature with activities that engage all learning types.

→ Stretch students’ critical thinking and writing skills with strategic and probing essay topics that offer an entry point for every reading level.

→ Assess their knowledge with pertinent during-reading quizzes, a post-reading prompt, and a final exam.

→ Provide students with a structured framework in which to build analytical skills with the optional character, theme, and quote worksheets.

To support lesson-planning, connections to the work’s primary themes are noted in bold throughout this resource.

LITERATURE GUIDE

Delve into the easy-to-navigate 57-page guide for chapter-by-chapter summaries and analyses on Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia. Build rich lesson plans using our comprehensive analyses of the book’s multiple themes, symbols, and motifs, such as “The Cultural Context of Black Folklore” and “The Power of Storytelling”.

Featured content also includes:

• Commentary on major characters or key figures
• 25 important quotes with accompanying analysis
• 10 thoughtful essay topics for writing or discussion

✏️ How to use: 

Created to provide a thorough review and to support students’ deep understanding of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, our literature guide quickly refreshes teachers on important plot points or events throughout the workas well as essential themes, symbols and motifs. The contents of the guide provide a strong framework for helping students understand the underlying meaning of a work of literature.