The Contender

The Contender, a realistic young adult novel about friendship and the burdens of growing up among friends with problems, presents a modern story of moral dilemmas. The hero is confronted with a deteriorating, dangerous neighborhood, and he must make life-altering decisions that may very well…

Teach all of the most popular literature title with LitPlan Teacher Packs—comprehensive step-by-step literature guides that are perfect for the novice teacher, the seasoned professional, and every teacher in between. Each standards-based LitPlan Teacher Pack contains over 150 pages of…

The Contender is a story about friendship and the difficulties of growing up. The Teaching Unit for The Contender gives you a comprehensive academic framework that saves you hours of prep work. You can rely on this well-researched unit as a strong base for your lesson plan — it was written by…

The Contender is a story about friendship and the difficulties of growing up. The Teaching Unit for The Contender gives you a comprehensive academic framework that saves you hours of prep work. You can rely on this well-researched unit as a strong base for your lesson plan — it was written by…

Make learning about literature both fun and effective and have other teachers asking how you get your students so excited to learn with Prestwick House Activity Packs! Get students thinking strategically about elements like theme, symbols, characterization, and allusion using dozens of fun…

Teach all of the most popular literature title with LitPlan Teacher Packs—comprehensive step-by-step literature guides that are perfect for the novice teacher, the seasoned professional, and every teacher in between. Each standards-based LitPlan Teacher Pack contains over 150 pages of…

Written by Robert Lipsyte, The Contender, a realistic young adult novel about friendship and the burdens of growing up among friends with problems, presents a modern story of moral dilemmas. The hero is confronted with a deteriorating, dangerous neighborhood, and he must make life-altering decisions…

Do students in your class think the study of literature is dull? Show them how enjoyable studying literature can be with Prestwick House Activity Packs. These title-specific, reproducible packets contain dozens of activities that will help students think about literature in novel ways while learning…

Written by Robert Lipsyte, The Contender, a realistic young adult novel about friendship and the burdens of growing up among friends with problems, presents a modern story of moral dilemmas. The hero is confronted with a deteriorating, dangerous neighborhood, and he must make life-altering decisions…

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Help students improve reading comprehension and gain an understanding of literary elements with fun, effective literature puzzles! Each Puzzle Pack contains a variety of puzzles for each chapter of the book and is divided into two main sections. The first is a Content Section to reinforce important…