The Outsiders: An Instructional Guide for Literature

Encourage students to make connections in history concerning social classes and divisions in societies while becoming familiar with this well-known novel. Written to support instruction of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton(#1877), these appealing and rigorous cross-curricular lessons and activities work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend rich, complex literature. This guide is the perfect tool to teach students how to analyze story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions,and more. Add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature with this essential language arts resource.

Grades 9-12