The Hundred Dresses is an inspirational, Newbery Award-winning story about a Polish girl who is bullied by her classmates for wearing the same dress every day. Using the standards-based lessons and activities in this instructional guide for literature, students will strengthen their critical literacy skills by analyzing story elements in multiple ways, practicing close reading and text-based vocabulary techniques, and determining meaning through text-dependent questions. Add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature by implementing this instructional guide for literature into your classroom today.