Looking for ways to add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature? Students will be engaged as they analyze this Newbery Honor and Carnegie Medal Honor Book about a boy's journey to defeat dark forces. The Dark Is Rising: An Instructional Guide for Literature provides engaging activities that incorporate the following research-based literacy skills: close reading tasks, text-based vocabulary practice, cross-curricular activities, text-dependent questions, reader response writing prompts, leveled comprehension questions, story elements comprehension tasks, diverse and relevant assessments. Strengthen your students' literacy skills by implementing this high-interest resource in your classroom!