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Why I Teach “Monster” in High School

Lesson ideas for teaching Monster to high school English classes. Reliable narrator, Internal conflict, Theme, Accompanying Ted Talk

Monster, by Walter Dean Myers, is a text frequently read in middle school about a 16-year-old boy on trial and facing a life sentence. Because it has a Lexile score of 670L, students at the middle school level can read the text. This actually makes it perfect for my special education students (and sometimes standard …

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