Book Study: The Great Fire: Post-Reading Response Prompts

After completing Jim Murphy’s book The Great Fire, give students a chance to reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these engaging response prompts. Featuring ten prompts about The Great Fire, this worksheet invites learners to choose five prompts to respond to digitally or on a separate piece of paper. Readers will consider the human and environmental causes of the fire and analyze the role of social class during the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Click “View answer key” to see sample student responses.

Designed for fifth-and-sixth grade students, this post-reading response worksheet is part of a larger set in a book study unit on The Great Fire.