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...?

Rose for Emily-Analysis Questions

Useful Verbs
analyse, distinguish, examine, compare, contrast, investigate, categorise, identify, explain, separate, advertise

Sample Question Stems
Which events could have happened...? If ... happened, what might the ending have been? How was this similar to...? What was the underlying theme of...? What do you see as other possible outcomes? Why did ... changes occur? Can you compare your ... with that presented in...? Can you explain what must have happened when...? How is ... similar to ...? What are some of the problems of...? Can you distinguish between...? What were some of the motives behind...? What was the turning point in the game? What was the problem with...?

Rose for Emily- Application questions

Useful Verbs
Solve, show, use, illustrate, construct, complete, examine, classify


Sample Question Stems
Do you know another instance where...? Could this have happened in...? Can you group by characteristics such as...? What factors would you change if...? Can you apply the method used to some experience of your own...? What questions would you ask of...? From the information given, can you develop a set of instructions about...? Would this information be useful if you had a ...?

Rose for Emily- Comprehension questions

Useful Verbs:
explain, interpret, outline, discuss, distinguish, predict, restate, translate, compare, describe


Sample Question Stems:
Can you write in your own words...? Can you write a brief outline...? What do you think could of happened next...? Who do you think...? What was the main idea...? Who was the key character...? Can you distinguish between...? What differences exist between...? Can you provide an example of what you mean...? Can you provide a definition for...?

Rose for Emily- Knowledge Questions

Useful Verbs:
tell, list, describe, relate, locate, write, find, state, name

Sample Question Stems:
What happened after...? How many...? Who was it that...? Can you name the...? Describe what happened at...? Who spoke to...? Can you tell why...? Find the meaning of...? What is...? Which is true or false...?

Indirect Characterization Activity

The plane rattles and she tightens her harness. Only 2,000 ft more until they jump. She picks at her cuticles and stares at the boy across from her. He is laughing and giving her a thumbs up. She shakes her head and chuckles along with him. Her toes tap against her foot orthotics. Her instructor shouts final tips at her and she nods her head. She isn't really listening. Together they jump. As her body falls she no longer feels the raging arthritis in her hip. She is no longer fixated on her back pains or mounting medical bills. She is free.

Of Love and Other Demons

I am about 2/3 of the way through this book by Gabriel Marquez and am really enjoying it. He has a very distinct writing style in this book. Marquez uses flowery language and writes in long, winding sentences. The following is a classic example: "She ended with a furious denunciation of Cayetano's Delaura's arrogance, his free thinking, his personal animosity toward her, and the abusiveness of his bringing food into the convent in defiance of the prohibitions of their rule." (94). I love Marquez's diction. However, (I am not sure I'm allowed to admit this as an English teacher) I tend to lose patience with such elevated diction in longer texts. This story seems to be an exception to my general boredom with excessively flowery language. Somehow Marquez's slow-rolling sentences fit the twisted plot well. The lofty words he uses make it easier for me to put myself into an 18th century South American setting. They help me to believe the story of a golden-haired girl who has been inprisoned in a convent as a result of a rabid dog's bite. They help me feel compassion for Father Cayentano Delaura as he falls in love with the girl he is sent to perform an exorcism on. Marquez's words lull me into his odd tale and keep me reading for more. This is a strange strange story. But I am eager to find out what happens in the end...