Gary Soto
Lesson plans for Too Many Tamales and other books

|Biography and Background| |Baseball in April| |Chato and the Party Animals| |"Ode to Pablo's Tennis Shoes"| |Taking Sides| |Too Many Tamales|

Biography and Background

Gary Soto
An essay on "classroom issues and strategies" for working with Soto.

Gary Soto
Biography and links to other resources from the Academy of American Poets.

The Official Gary Soto Website
Biography and bibliography.

Baseball in April

Baseball in April
Suggestions for follow-up activities and related readings.

"Seventh Grader"
Scroll to page 2 for 5 reading comprehension questions.

Short Stories by Gary Soto
The activities in this SCORE guide focus on "Baseball in April" and "Living up the Street."

Chato and the Party Animals

Chato and the Party Animals
This lesson asks younger students to concept map "neighborhood" and "celebration."

"Ode to Pablo's Tennis Shoes"

Whose Shoes?
This lesson uses "Ode to Pablo's Tennis Shoes" to teach students to draw inferences.

Taking Sides

Taking Sides by Gary Soto
Designed for grades 8 and 9, this site offers a summary, theme openers, crosscurricular activities, research assignments, and suggestions for additional reading.

Too Many Tamales

Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto
Ideas for incorporating math skills into a study of the book.

Too Many Tamales
A variety of cross-curricular post-reading activities, including language arts.

Reading and Writing with Gary Soto
Using "Tortillas Like Africa" and Too Many Tamales students explore literary elements of a story or poem.