A Giant Step

What do you think is meant by “a giant step” in this

chapter? In your answer, write down:

- Who is taking the step

- Why it is ‘giant’
- What you think the step might be.

Mr. Lincoln comes to talk to Martin before Martin starts back at school.

- Do you remember who Mr. Lincoln is?

- Do you think Mr. Lincoln visits all the students? Why has he decided to visit
Martin?
- What do you think Mr. Lincoln is thinking and feeling as he talks to Martin?
Write down three adjectives and if you can quotations to go with them.

What might happen when he goes back to school?

Write down five things that could happen to Martin when he

goes back to school.

How could the teachers support him? Write down five things
the teachers could do to make sure Martin is all right.

Write a speech to be given in a school assembly about what

happened to Martin over the summer and how his friends can
support him.

Review

Write Martin’s diary for his first day at school. How will it have gone and what
challenges will he have had to face?