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Kekla MagoonA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
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 bulleted outlines below. Cite details from the text that serve as supporting examples.
1. A dynamic character is one whose opinions or emotions change over the course of the story.
2. Sam is protected by both his father and his older brother from the difficult realities of racial tensions in his neighborhood.
By Kekla Magoon
9th-12th Grade Historical Fiction
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Books on Justice & Injustice
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Civil Rights & Jim Crow
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Coming-of-Age Journeys
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Coretta Scott King Award
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Family
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Juvenile Literature
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Realistic Fiction (High School)
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