Kristin, I like questions 1 & 2, but I wonder if 3 really forces them to demonstrate that they read the whole book. Maybe ask who would they cast in it and how do those actors/actresses fit the part?
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Burrell - Sep 10, 2008 11:29:30 am PDT #5130 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
brenda m - Sep 10, 2008 11:30:38 am PDT #5131 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Since we're talking about slacking slackers who slack, and since you're trying to ensure they've read the book, I feel compelled to point out that a quick thinking student could probably take number two and run with it despite having never cracked the book. Um, or so I hear, anyway.
However, I think it's also a question that could be really fascinating (both to write and to read) if you have actually read and thought about the book.
Pix - Sep 10, 2008 11:32:22 am PDT #5132 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Burrell, thank you. I'm not concerned that every question show me they've read the entire book; I'm hoping that I will get that picture from their responses as a whole. Still, that's a valid point. I had steered away from the actor questions because teachers overuse it at the high school level, but that's a good possibility.
Aims - Sep 10, 2008 11:33:42 am PDT #5133 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Instead of actors, they could cast from their classmates?
lisah - Sep 10, 2008 11:34:58 am PDT #5134 of 10001
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Man it used to burn my toast when my best friend, who has a steeltrap memory, would read only ever read the Cliff notes for our summer reading would then do better than me on the multiple choice tests we'd have to take about the books. And I ALWAYS did the reading. So, in other words, YEAH Kristin!!! I love all of those questions!
eta hope whatever is going on with your mom is easily diagnosed and quickly treated, Suzi!
Pix - Sep 10, 2008 11:35:29 am PDT #5135 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Yep, Brenda, that's a concern. The truth is that almost any question can be faked with a little ingenuity (as we all know, I suspect). Do you have other suggestions?
Hmm...maybe I could ask them to identify a dynamic character and describe the change they see from the character at the beginning and at the end.
Some of what they read is nonfiction, so I also need to think up some questions that will apply to things like Sedaris and Krakauer.
WindSparrow - Sep 10, 2008 11:37:13 am PDT #5136 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Mom~ma heading in Suzi's direction.
EpicTangent - Sep 10, 2008 11:42:09 am PDT #5137 of 10001
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Kristin, the first thing I thought of is relationships.
* Describe the relationship between two characters in the book and how it changed/developed over the course of the book, maybe?
* Describe a character from the book, would you be friends with him/her if you met?
Sophia Brooks - Sep 10, 2008 11:42:21 am PDT #5138 of 10001
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Pix - Sep 10, 2008 11:42:39 am PDT #5139 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
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