The Outsiders: A Skills-Based Approach to Teaching the Novel is one of a series designed to support secondary English Language Arts/Reading teachers in using literary novels as tools to enhance text comprehension and critical analysis skills.  Students learn to respond to literature on a critical basis, to develop and defend their interpretations, and to make thoughtful judgments about what they have read.  Each edition is a complete interactive unit of study that assists teachers in further developing the reading, writing, and thinking skills of their students. This text is intended to be paired withThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.