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Amy TanA 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 to one of the topics below, using the bulleted items to organize your ideas. Cite details from the text throughout your response to provide examples and support.
1. Waverly says her mother teaches her a strategy for winning arguments and chess games called Invisible Strength.
2. Like many of Amy Tan’s stories, “Rules of the Game” is more a story about Mother-Daughter Relationships than it is a story about chess.
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