Submit two (2) of each of the following by Wednesday, December 15. I will pick several and post them to the website that evening. Be prepared to discuss them in class on Thursday., December 16nd. Questions may address any and all aspects of
A Christmas Carol, but particular emphasis should be placed on the second half of the book.
WORLD CONNECTION QUESTIONS
Write two questions connecting the text to the real world.
Example: When you realize how badly you’ve mistreated someone, how do you go about making things right between you?
CLOSE-ENDED QUESTIONS
Write two questions about the text that will help everyone in the class come to an agreement about events or characters in the text. This question usually has a “correct” answer.
Example: Based on evidence in Stave Two of
A Christmas Carol, what texts did Young Scrooge imagine characters from?
OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS
Write two insightful questions about the text that will require proof and group discussion and “construction of logic” to discover or explore the answer to the question.
Example: After reading the first two staves of
A Christmas Carol, why was Scrooge such a jerk?
UNIVERSAL THEME/ CORE QUESTIONS
Write two questions dealing with a theme(s) of the text that will encourage group discussion about the universality of the text.
Example: After reading Dickens’
Christmas Carol what should the attitude of the “haves” be toward the “have nots”?
LITERARY ANALYSIS QUESTIONS
Write two questions dealing with HOW an author chose to compose a literary piece. How did the author manipulate point of view, characterization, poetic form, archetypal hero patterns, for example?
Example: In
A Christmas Carol, why is it important that the Spirits provided flashbacks or foreshadowing in Scrooge’s life?
