Type Your Name : Morgan Smith
Type the Date : March 20,2023
MONSTER PRE READING ACTIVITY
Instructions: Research the following topics include specific detailed
information for each heading. Complete the Bonus sections to receive a
higher mark.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR WALTER DEAN MYERS
Instructions: List three (3) facts about Walter Dean Myers. Try to find
some information that relates to the novel.
1. Walter had a tough childhood, that's what made him interested
in kids stories and turning them into books.
2. Walter Dean Myers was an American writer of children's books best
known for young adult literature.
3. His school teachers would encourage him in this habit as a way to
express himself.
Bonus Fact:
ABOUT THE HISTORICAL SETTING OF MONSTER
Instructions: List three (3) interesting facts about New York City in the late
1990s.
1. New York City was in an unremittingly bleak state.
2. 1990 and the three years that followed remain the most homicide-
plagued stretch in the city's last five decades.
3. The 1900s marked New York City's Progressive Era. The total
population was 3.4 million people and only went up from there.
Bonus Fact:
ABOUT THE NEW YORK STATE JUVENILE JUSTICE
SYSTEM
Instructions: List three(3) facts about how the New York States
Juvenile Justice System punishes young offenders for violent
crimes such as murder, and armed robbery.
1. They normally focus on the child or adolescent as a person
in need of assistance, not on the act that brought him or her before
the court.
2. They also focus on the best interests of the individual child versus
focusing on punishment, incapacitation, and protecting society from
certain offenses.
