The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Post-Reading Questions

After completing William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer’s The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, provide students with a chance to reflect on the significant themes and events of the story with these response prompts. Featuring ten prompts about The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, this one-page post-reading worksheet invites readers to choose five questions to respond to digitally or on a separate piece of paper. Over the course of their responses, students will practice analyzing themes, citing text evidence, making inferences, and interpreting symbolism in the book. Click “View answer key” to see sample student responses.

Designed for seventh- and-eighth grade students, this worksheet is part of a larger series in our book study unit on The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.