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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 throughout your response that serves as examples and support.
1. Moon possesses few material items and, throughout his misadventures, loses everything by the time he goes home with Hal.
2. Constable Sanders is a notable shadow archetype to Moon; he is cruel, bitter, unsympathetic, and vengeful.
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