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Use these essay questions as writing and critical thinking exercises for all levels of writers, and to build their literary analysis skills by requiring textual references throughout the essay.
Differentiation Suggestion: For English learners or struggling writers, strategies that work well include graphic organizers, sentence frames or starters, group work, or oral responses.
Scaffolded Essay Questions
Student Prompt: Write a short (1-3 paragraph) response using one of the below bulleted outlines. Cite details from the text over the course of your response that serve as examples and support.
1. Throughout the story, both mothers (Doris and Janice) are often away from the house.
2. In the final chapter, Ali comments, “It felt like in those two or three days I had changed, or at least part of me had changed, somehow.” (Chapter 16)
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