This study guide enables students to gain in-depth understanding of Walter Dean Myers' work Monster. The wide range of activities and exercises are designed to raise awareness of ethics and legal systems, to further students' writing, speaking, critical and analytical thinking skills, as well as their imagination and creativity. Each study guide section provides vocabulary exercises, text comprehension, discussion questions, guided interpretation of passages, writing tasks featuring different text types with instructions for composition. Pre-reading tasks encourage students to anticipate developments, discuss legal and ethical issues, expand their vocabulary. Graphic organizers help to structure information visually, identify bias, distinguish fact from opinion, analyze elements of literature and style. Role-play activities challenge students to take a stand, to convince, to solve problems. Teachers have many opportunities for varied assessment. Intended for grades 9-11, native speakers or learners of English