The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: An Instructional Guide for Literature supports the instruction of this novel about two boys who befriend each other in a concentration camp. Students will be engaged in reading this heart-wrenching story as they learn to analyze the boys' friendship, their innocence, and the dangers they unknowingly face. Appealing and challenging cross-curricular lessons and activities incorporate research-based literacy skills to help students become thorough readers. These lessons and activities work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and more. Add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature with this essential resource!