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Howard PyleA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Use these essay questions as writing and critical thinking exercises for all levels of writers, and to build their literary analysis skills by requiring textual references throughout the essay.
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Scaffolded Essay Questions
Student Prompt: Write a short (1-3 paragraph) response using one of the bulleted outlines below. Cite details from the text over the course of your response that serve as examples and support.
1. In writing The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Pyle had to tread a fine line between depicting the outlaw’s life as fun and drawing valid moral lessons for young readers.
By Howard Pyle
Action & Adventure
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Books on Justice & Injustice
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Contemporary Books on Social Justice
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Friendship
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Good & Evil
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Juvenile Literature
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Loyalty & Betrayal
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Medieval Literature / Middle Ages
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Poverty & Homelessness
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Required Reading Lists
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