Monique Hill

The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton Alignment with the Common Core State StandardsThe English Language Arts Common Core State Standards (CCSS) state that students must be able to read carefully, make inferences, and apply understanding of a text to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.   Specifically CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4.A - Vocabulary Acquisition and Use:Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a