Book Study: The Great Fire: One Year After The Fire

After reading Jim Murphy's novel The Great Fire, allow students to engage with the book with this thoughtful letter-writing extension activity! Designed for fifth- and sixth-grade learners, this worksheet asks readers to imagine they are one of the survivors from the book one year after Chicago's Great Fire. Learners will write a letter—complete with a hand-drawn image on the front of the letter—detailing how life is different from life before the fire. Click “View answer key” to access the rubric for grading students’ letters and drawings. And for additional related resources, be sure to check out the full set of worksheets for The Great Fire!