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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 bulleted outlines below. Cite details from the text over the course of your response that serve as examples and support.
1. Billy is drawn into the house by a strange force, even though he had originally planned to look at some other lodgings first.
2. Billy’s youth is referred to numerous times throughout the story.
3.
By Roald Dahl
Beware of the Dog
Beware of the Dog
Roald Dahl
Billy and the Minpins
Billy and the Minpins
Roald Dahl
Boy: Tales of Childhood
Boy: Tales of Childhood
Roald Dahl
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Roald Dahl
Danny, the Champion of the World
Danny, the Champion of the World
Roald Dahl
Esio Trot
Esio Trot
Roald Dahl
Fantastic Mr Fox
Fantastic Mr Fox
Roald Dahl
George's Marvelous Medicine
George's Marvelous Medicine
Roald Dahl
Going Solo
Going Solo
Roald Dahl
James And The Giant Peach
James And The Giant Peach
Roald Dahl
Lamb To The Slaughter
Lamb To The Slaughter
Roald Dahl
Matilda
Matilda
Roald Dahl
Skin
Skin
Roald Dahl
The BFG
The BFG
Roald Dahl
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
Roald Dahl, Illustr. Quentin Blake
The Magic Finger
The Magic Finger
Roald Dahl, Illustr. Quentin Blake
The Twits
The Twits
Roald Dahl
The Way Up To Heaven
The Way Up To Heaven
Roald Dahl
The Witches
The Witches
Roald Dahl