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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. In her first encounter with Harriman, Ruby talks about Locard’s exchange principle.
2. In Chapters 39 and 40, Alexis’s mother returns, the teens believe they have captured the killer, and Ruby’s parents agree to let her return to the search and rescue.
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