Novel Study: A Long Walk to Water: Post-Reading Response Prompts

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, give students an opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the novel with these post-reading response prompts. Students will choose five of the twelve writing prompts to respond to on a separate sheet of paper. Click “View answers” to see sample student responses. Designed for seventh- and eighth-grade readers, these prompts focus on a range of comprehension skills, including analyzing characters, analyzing themes, identifying cause and effect, studying author’s craft, comparing and contrasting, making inferences, and using text evidence for support. For more novel-specific activities, be sure to check out our full set of worksheets related to A Long Walk to Water.