111 pages • 3 hours read
Sharon M. DraperFire from the Rock
Fiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2007A 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.
Discussion/Analysis Prompt
If you were in Sylvia’s position, would you have chosen to help integrate Central High School? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and historical records to justify your reasoning.
Teaching Suggestion: Students can use this opportunity to make text-to-self connections and grapple with the novel’s themes of Different Ways of Combatting Racism and Courage and Community.
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