The challenging level focuses on a variety of reading strategies to help students construct a meaningful literature experience as well as develop critical thinking and academic skills. Table of ContentsNotes to the TeacherAbout the Organization of This Literature Guide o Vocabulary o Chapter Pages o Groupings of Literature o Strategy Pages o Tests o Writer s Forum Pages o History of Ideas Pages o Theme Pages Introducing the Literature o Sample Lesson PlanVocabulary Book Order Alphabetical OrderBibliography Strategy 1: Beginning a BookChapter 1: The Sound of the Shell Strategy 2: Plot The Design of a Story Strategy 3: Forming a Hypotheses Strategy 4: Characterization Writer s Forum 1: DescriptionChapter 2: Fire on the Mountain Strategy 5: References and Allusions A Story with a Past Strategy 6: Plot Conflict Writer s Forum 2: JournalChapter 3: Huts on the Beach Strategy 7: Rhetoric Strategy 8: Irony Writer s Forum 3: List of RulesTest: Chapters 1-3Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair Strategy 9: Point of View Writer s Forum 4: DialogueChapter 5: Beast from Water Strategy 10: Setting the Mood Writer s Forum 5: Persuasive SpeechChapter 6: Beast from Air Strategy 11: SymbolismTest 2: Chapters 4-6Chapter 7: Shadows and Tall Trees Strategy 12: Foreshadowing and FlashbackChapter 8: Gift for the DarknessChapter 9: Strategy 13: Names and Euphemisms Writer s Forum 6: Compare and Contrast Essay Writer s Forum 7: Poetry An Elegy for SimonChapter 10: The Shell and the GlassesChapter 11: Castle Rock Strategy 14: Characterization Continuum Writer s Forum 8: A Possible EndingChapter 12: Cry of the Hunters Writer s Forum 9: A News Article Strategy 15: Consulting Outside References Strategy 16: Rereading a Book Strategy 17: Theme Strategy 18: Comparing and Contrasting a Book and a MovieTest 4: Chapters 10-12 History of Ideas Introduction Human Nature Civilization/Culture Government Violence/WarTheme Pages Friendship and Loyalty People and Nature Leadership and Authority Maturity and Adulthood Status and Reputation Memory and Forgetting Reality and Responsibility FearAnswer Pages