ELA Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. The universal message/what the reader learns in the story
  2. 8. What the text is about
  3. 9. Claudette Colvin was the first person in Montgomery to refuse to give up her seat on the ____.
  4. 10. Main ideas about the topic
  5. 11. A short retelling of the story in your own words
  6. 14. The solution to the problem/the end of the story
  7. 15. The person or thing in the story
  8. 16. The problem in the story
Down
  1. 1. A comparison using "like" or "as"
  2. 2. What the text is mainly about
  3. 3. Relating two things that aren't alike not using "like" or "as"
  4. 5. The name of the sport that Josh and his brother JB love to play.
  5. 6. The name of the group that Ponyboy is a part of (Think about their GREASY hair!)
  6. 7. Claudette refusing to give up her seat is the reason for the 381 day bus ________.
  7. 12. The name of the kid who died in the hospital at the end of "The Outsiders"
  8. 13. What the character wants/why the character does what they do