Monster Novel Guide Book

Told as a screenplay and journal, Monster puts students in the jury box: is Steve Harmon guilty or innocent?

Teach Monster with a complete guide.

This Novel Guide™ helps students understand Walter Dean Myers's literary techniques, from the screenplay format to an unreliable narrator, while exploring identity, justice, and perception, and building reading comprehension, critical thinking, and analytical skills.

Novel Guide Includes:

• CCSS alignment
• Prereading activities
• Vocabulary exercises
• Background information
• Chapter summaries
• Discussion questions
• Literary devices lessons and activities
• Reflective, expository, and analytical writing
• Character and plot analysis activities
• Whole novel project assignments
• Depth of Knowledge end of novel writing prompts
• Grading rubrics
• Final test

Bonus: Differentiated activities designed for struggling readers, PLUS extra activities for each chapter, including selected activities for accelerated learners.

The verdict is up to your students.

About the Author

Mark Navarro grew up in rural Michigan and now lives in the Detroit area. He holds a degree in creative writing and English from the University of Michigan. A former secondary English teacher, Mark developed ELA curriculum for a charter school in Detroit. He currently works in communications and marketing at a national educational nonprofit organization.

Mark enjoys writing, running, Detroit sports, and all things Batman.

Print Book (4S2831): Spiral-bound, 8 x 11 inches, 96 pages plus bonus activities, reproducible.
Book Download (4S2831DL): PDF, 96 pages plus bonus activities, reproducible. We recommend Foxit PDF for viewing or editing PDFs.
Middle school, high school. ©2017.