Welcome to my blog for the 2008-2009 school year! Using our class blogs, we will be "diving in" and discussing topics and literature that we consider through English 10. These blogs will also be forums on which to share your thoughts on your independent reading. I'm excited to see your ideas!

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Rose for Emily-Synthesis Questions

Useful Verbs
Create, invent, compose, predict, plan, construct, design, imagine, propose, devise, formulate

Sample Question Stems
Can you design a ... to ...? Can you see a possible solution to...?If you had access to all resources how would you deal with...? Why don't you devise your own way to deal with...? What would happen if...? How many ways can you...? Can you create new and unusual uses for...? Can you write a new recipe for a tasty dish? Can you develop a proposal which would...?

19 comments:

Joseph said...

What would Homer have said if he survived and Emily was dead?

SusieBang said...

Can you see a possible solution to how Emily can get married with such a strict father? Devise a plan for Emily that would work. (Susie)

Abby Moimoi said...

What would you do if you were the store clerk selling Emily the arsenic. Would you give it to her? Or not?

Brian Ryu said...

Predict what would happen to the corpse after being discovered (Brian Ryu)

Young said...

Can you see a possible solution to Miss. Emily's isolating herself inside her house that does not involve killing herself nor anyone else?

rjychoi said...

What would have happened if the druggist didn't give Emily the arsenic? (Rachel Choi)

Gina L said...

What would have happened if Emily didn't murder Homer?

Stephen Eun said...

What would have happened if Emily had not killed Homer and lived her life? (Stephen Eun)

opti said...

Can you see a possible solution to how Emily can get over with her anger and depression?

David Tu Sun Song said...

what would homer say if he was alive?

Justin Joonsoo Lee said...

Create a new resolution of the story if the weapon for murder was not poison, but was actually a solid weapon.

Anonymous said...

Can you write this story into the black man's point of view?

Gina L said...

Answer to Joseph

He would forget about Emily
He would feel sorry and feel relaxed
He would say everything is over unlike what Emily thinks

rjychoi said...

answer to gina l:
Emily would have killed herself because her lover left her.

Anonymous said...

Answer to Gina's: Emily would have commited suicide.

Edward Han said...

Abby's question

-I wouldn't give the poison to Emily to prevent the incident that happened in the real story

Abby Moimoi said...

Answer to: Rachel Choi

- IF the druggist didn't give the arsenic to EMily she wouldn't have kill her lover.
- She could have found a different possible way to kill him.

Abby and Hanl

Brian Ryu said...

Answer to Gina's Question

Then, Homer would have just left Emily and went his own way

Stephen Eun said...

To Rachel Choi's Question
- We think that Emily would have killed Homer nonetheless. With a different weapon. (Stephen Eun, Justin, Stephan Kim)