One of the most difficult aspects of engaging CRITICALLY and DEEPLY with a text is questioning. Remember, when we are questioning, we are talking to the author. We are asking the author, "Why did you make the choice to...."
Practice your questioning on this selection from "Eleven":
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This is when I wish I wasn't eleven, because all the years inside of me--ten, nine, eight, seven, six five, four, three, two one--are pushing at the back of my eyes when I put one arm through one sleeve of the sweater that smells like cottage cheese, and then the other arm through the other and stand there with my arms apart like if the sweater hurts me and it does, all itchy and full of germs that aren't even mine.
Practice your questioning on this selection from "Eleven":
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This is when I wish I wasn't eleven, because all the years inside of me--ten, nine, eight, seven, six five, four, three, two one--are pushing at the back of my eyes when I put one arm through one sleeve of the sweater that smells like cottage cheese, and then the other arm through the other and stand there with my arms apart like if the sweater hurts me and it does, all itchy and full of germs that aren't even mine.
That's when everything I've been holding in since this morning, since when Mrs. Price put the sweater on my desk, finally lest go, and all of a sudden I'm crying in front of everybody. I wish I was invisible but I'm not. I'm eleven and it's my birthday today and I'm crying like I'm three in front of everybody. I put my head down on the desk and bury my stupid clown-sweater arms. My face all hot and spit coming out of me, until there aren't any more tears left in my eyes, and it's just my body shaking like when you have the hiccups, and my whole head hurts like when you drink milk too fast.
But the worst part is right before the bell rings for lunch. That stupid Phyllis Lopez, who is even dumber than Sylvia Saldivar, says she remembers the red sweater is hers! I take it off right away and give it to her, only Mrs. Price pretends like everything's okay.
Today I'm eleven. There's a cake Mama's making for tonight, and when Papa comes home from work we'll eat it. There'll be candles and presents and everybody will sing Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday to you, Rachel, only it's too late.
I'm eleven today. I'm eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and one, but I wish I was one hundred and two. I wish I was anything but eleven, because I want today to be far away already, far away like a runaway balloon, like a tiny o in the sky, so tiny-tiny you have to close your eyes to see it.
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DO NOT USE ANY QUESTION WE USED IN CLASS! Stretch yourself. Think of something new!
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In your post, ask the QUESTION and provide an ANSWER that shows your thinking. Your post should look like this:
Question: Why did the author make the choice to _________________?
Answer: I think the author made the choice to __________________ because...
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In your post, ask the QUESTION and provide an ANSWER that shows your thinking. Your post should look like this:
Question: Why did the author make the choice to _________________?
Answer: I think the author made the choice to __________________ because...
48 comments:
WHY DID THE AUTHOR MAKE THE CHOICE TO HAVE PHYLLIS SAY THAT SHE REMEMBER THE RED SWEATER IT'S HER'S
I THINK THE AUTHOR MADE THE CHOICE TO HAVE PHYLLIS SAY SHE REMEMBER THE RED SWEATER IT'S HER'S BECAUSE PHYLLIS WANTED TO EMBARRASSED HER AND WANT EVER ONE TO KNOW THAT THE SWEATER USED TO BE HERS
Question: Why did the author make the choice to make Rachel want to be 102 out of any other number in the world?
Answer:There are many reasons why the author wanted to make Rachel want to be 102.One way is because that is when she doesn't need to listen to a teacher or anyone.
Question:why did the author make the choice to make the girl cry in front of the class over the sweater she had to put on.
Answer:i think the author made the choice to have the girl cry in front of the class was because mabe the author had an experience like the one that the girl had at her school.
Question:why did the author make the choice to make the girl cry in front of the class over the sweater she had to put on.
Answer:i think the author made the choice to have the girl cry in front of the class was because mabe the author had an experience like the one that the girl had at her school.
Question: Why did the author make the choice to make the girl cry in front of everybody?
Answer: I think the author made the choice to make her cry because she wanted to stress the point that even though your a certain age you can still act the same from when you were younger
why did the author make the girl cry infront of the whole class
i think the author made this choicemake her cry becuase she was already mad that the teacher put the sweater on her desk, but when she mad eher put it on the author had to make her cry becuase the sweater was dirty
I THINK THE AUTHER MADE THE CHOICE TO MAKE THE TEACHER THAT MEAN BECAUSE MABY WHEN THE AUTHOR WAS YOUNG HE OR SHE HADE THE SAME PROBLEM MABY THE AUTHER WANTED TO SHOW HIS FEELINGS THROW HIS STORY...
I THINK THE AUTHER MADE THE CHOICE TO MAKE THE TEACHER THAT MEAN BECAUSE MABY WHEN THE AUTHOR WAS YOUNG HE OR SHE HADE THE SAME PROBLEM MABY THE AUTHER WANTED TO SHOW HIS FEELINGS THROW HIS STORY...
I THINK THE AUTHER MADE THE CHOICE TO MAKE THE TEACHER THAT MEAN BECAUSE MABY WHEN THE AUTHOR WAS YOUNG HE OR SHE HADE THE SAME PROBLEM MABY THE AUTHER WANTED TO SHOW HIS FEELINGS THROW HIS STORY...
I THINK THE AUTHER MADE THE CHOICE TO MAKE THE TEACHER THAT MEAN BECAUSE MABY WHEN THE AUTHOR WAS YOUNG HE OR SHE HADE THE SAME PROBLEM MABY THE AUTHER WANTED TO SHOW HIS FEELINGS THROW HIS STORY...
question:hy did the author make the choice to...he make the charcter fell like something else beside 11 answer:i think the the author made the choice to because......sometimes when you get a year older you feel 1 or more years youner than you are for example you 50 years old you wish that you 20 years old and the character wish she was not 11
question:hy did the author make the choice to...he make the charcter fell like something else beside 11 answer:i think the the author made the choice to because......sometimes when you get a year older you feel 1 or more years youner than you are for example you 50 years old you wish that you 20 years old and the character wish she was not 11
why did the author make the choice to make the girl say that she is ten,nine,eight,seven,six,five,four,three,two and one
i think the author made that choice to do it because the author wanted to show how she really felt about her age
I THINK THE AUTHOR MADE THE CHOICE TO ALLOW THE B-DAY GIRL TO SUFFER BY MAKING THE TECHER GIVE AND MAKE HER WERE A SWETER THAT WAS NOT HERS BECAUSE IT'S JUST MABY WHEN THE AUTHOR WAS (11) SHE SAT AROUND A LATE PEOPLE GIVE HER THINGS THAT WAS NOT HERS OR TO SEND A MESSEGE TO THE READERS AROUND 9 10 11 AND 12 TO NEVER SIT AROUND AND ACEPT THING THAT ARE NOT THERS...
I THINK THE AUTHOR MADE THE CHOICE TO ALLOW THE B-DAY GIRL TO SUFFER BY MAKING THE TECHER GIVE AND MAKE HER WERE A SWETER THAT WAS NOT HERS BECAUSE IT'S JUST MABY WHEN THE AUTHOR WAS (11) SHE SAT AROUND A LATE PEOPLE GIVE HER THINGS THAT WAS NOT HERS OR TO SEND A MESSEGE TO THE READERS AROUND 9 10 11 AND 12 TO NEVER SIT AROUND AND ACEPT THING THAT ARE NOT THERS...
WHY DID THE AUTHOR MAKE THE CHOICE TO MAKE THE RACHEL SAY I WISH I WAS ONE HUNDRED AND TWO?
THE AUTHOR MADE THE CHOICE TO MAKE THE RACHEL SAY SHE WAS ONE HUNDRED AND TWO BECAUSE RACHEL WAS ACTING LIKE A BABY ON HER ELEVEN BIRTHDAY AND WISH IT WAS PAST FOR SHE CAN NOT REMEMBER THIS DAY.SHE WAS EMBARSSED
why did the arthur choose to make the name of the main characther name appear in the middle instead of the begining?
i think the arthur made her name appear in the middle to make you just wonder about who is this girl or boy in why our they only telling about a birthday, so basicly its a secret so it can make this story a bit of a mystery
Question:Why did the author make the chocie to make the girl so sensative?
Answer:I think the made the choice to make the girl this way because mabye instade of the author making a random book about a random person mabye its dedicated to someone in his past that he knew that was like this soft and sensative like his/her brother or sister or so on, so thats why i think the author choses to do this to the character
WHO:NASA
WHAT:PROBE 1 WAS SENT
WHY:FOR THEY CAN SEE SPACE LIFE AND THE PLANETS.
MAIN IDEA:NASA SENT A SPACE PROBE1 TO SEARCH PLANTES AND SEND DATA BACK TO EARTH OF THE PLANTS THE PROBE1 INSPECTED AND RECEIVE INTELLGENTS FROM
NASA SENT A SPACE PROBE1 INTO OUTER SPACE TO GET INTELLGENTS FROM OTHER PLANETS IN SEND THE INFORMATION BACK TO EARTH THE PROBE WILL PROCESSD GIVING INTELLGENTS TO EARTH.
why did the author make this story about a girl that get pick on when she 11 years old ? the author probly wrote thiz sroty because it probly happen to her when she was 11.
Q:why did the author make the choice to make Phyllis Lopez claim the sweatert at the end of the text?
Answ:I think the author made the choice to have Ms.Lopez claim the sweater at theend of thetext because he/she needed something to bring the main charc to reality the she is 11 and need to realize that everything might be the same but apart of you will change about how you feel about your age & im speaking from past experience
why did the author make the choice to make the girl fill like she did not want to be 11? i think the author made that choice to make the girl not fill like she was 11 because the author might was filling like that when she was 11 and i know when author write they story they try to relate to there personal
Question: Why did the author choose to make someone convince that it was their sweater AFTER Rachel put it on?
Answe: I think the author made the choice to have someone convince that the sweater was their's AFTER Rachel put it on because they wanted the reader (me) to see what Rachel would react to this situation. What I mean by this is that they wanted me to ask MYSELF a question. "What will Rachel do, even though the sweater isn't her's? How will she handle this?"
The author wanted me to feel how Rachel felt if this were me.
Why did the author make the choice to make her like feeling 11, 10,9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. I think the author made the choice to feel that way because the author wanted the story to have more the just a brithday that went bad.
Why did the author make the choice to make Rachel cry?:
I think the author made the choice to make Rachel cry because maybe he/she wanted to show an example of how you might feel different ages at times, younger or older. By making Rachel cry, he/she showed that she felt 3, like she said, for crying over something, not worth crying over. He/She showed that inside of your old or young age, there is much more, maturity and immaturity. That you may act as you please because your emotions/feelings are different ages, so when you express them.......you seem to act that age, and it's alright.
Question:why did the author make the choice to make a story about a girl being unhappy on her birthday?Answer:Ithink the autor made the choice to make a story about a girl being unhappy on her birthday because he wanted to show the reader that lots of people are happy to see another age-year,but ther's also people who aren't excited to see another year because something might've went wrong.I say this because i've witnessed this with one of my family members,my little cousin was unhappy on his birthday because the place he really wanted to have his party at was closed and when he got home he didn't do anything but sit in a corner crying all day,kind of like the girl from this passage.
why did the author make the choice to____make her cry when she tried to tell the teacher that it wasn't her sweater?
A.i think the author made the choice to make her cry when she tried to tell the teacher that it wasn't her sweater is because the author wanted to allow students that have had the same experience or in that sort of nature to be able to connect deeply with text because every GOOD reader needs to become a great reader by being able to connect with the character and react to the text
Why did the author make the choice to make her feel bad about turning eleven?. I think the author made the choice to make her feel bad about turning eleven because its problably how the author felt when her/she was younger. I think the author wanted the story to be a reflection on his/her life.
why did the author make the choice to write about the character feel one less age than she is .i think the author made the choice to make her feel one less year because even though your older you still gonna bring out your feelings when you were younger
why did the author make the choice to write about this little girl that keeps have a birth day party but she still feels the same as before
i think the auther made the choice to feel sorry about the little girl because that might be how he/she felt at the time.
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Why did the author make the choice to make the charater feel 11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1?
I think the author made the choice to make the charater to feel 11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 because that made the story have a conflict and that make the story intersing.
ousetion:why did the author make the choice to make the sweater smell like cottage cheese and make it itchy?
answer: i think the author made the choice to make the sweater smell like cottage cheese and itchy because i think the author wanted you to see the ages in her the ten,nine,eight,seven,six,five,four,three,two,and one to show you that the ages is still there no matter how old you are that it is still there.
Question : Why Did The Author MAke The Choise To Make The Sweater Red Instead Of Makin It Blue Or Puprle Or Some Other Color Then Red .?
Answer : I Think The Author Made The Choice To Make The Sweater The Color Red To Show That The Color Red Represents The Pain She Went Through When She Was 11 And Younger
Question: why did the author the choice to make one little girl feel like she's still the same age and care's so much about it.
Answer:I think the author made the choice to make one little girl feel like she's still the same age and care's so much about it because he or she maybe felt the same way one day he or she turned an age.
question:why did the author make a choice to have racheal to want to be one hundred and two or anything but eleven?
answer: i think the author made the choice for racheal to want to be anything but eleven because she think if you older adults will maybe understand you better.
WHY DID THE AUTHOR MAKE THE CHOICE TO ADD THE SCHOOL AS A SETTING???
I THINK THE AUTHOR MADE THE CHOICE TO ADD THE SCHOOL AS A SETTING TO HELP THE THEME OF HER FEELING LIKE A LITTLE KID
i think the author choose to make the teacher mean so that when rachel tried to tell her that the sweater was't hers. she would make her wear it any way cause if the teacher would have been nice she would have listened to rachel telling her that the sweater was't hers! so thats why i think the author choose to make the teacher so mean.! so that the story can get deeper into why she wish she was't eleven! that school day!
why did the author make the choice to write a book about a eleven year old girl?
i think the author made the choice to write a book about a eleven year old girl because may his or her baby girl told they parent that, that happen to them at school or that happen to them when they was little or it just popped in there head.
why did the author make the choice to make her eleven in stead of any other age?
i think the author made her eleven because at twelve you start feeling the age you are.
Why Did The Author Make The Choice To Have The Girl Have An Embarrasing Moment ?
I Think The Author Made The Choice To Have The Girl Have Something To Connect To Or To Have Her Know That Things Happen .
question..why would the author make the teacher mean ?
answer..I think the author did that becaues maybe when he/she was little they teacher was mean to them and they wanted the readers to think and put they self in the readers place
i kw she was mad in the text it state i wish i was hunderd in one i predict that she wish she was that age so that she could take her anger out back on the teacher from yelling at her connect i remeber when i was 8yr and a chain came up missing in my class everybody bookbag was check and the chain was in my bag everybody thougth i was guilty even the teacher no matter how many times i said kw i didnt steal all she would say is well how did it get there.i remember saying i dont kw
question..why the author put the teacher that give you a sweater
i think that the author is trying to intertain because the girl was mad at the teacher becuase she gave her a sweater that she didnt like
Why did the author make the choice to make her cry over a sweater?
I think the author made the girl cry because maybe the author was really sensitive and thats hoew she felt when she was little.Or maybe she chose to do that was because she was trying to send a meesage to the readers.dont let njothing get in your way no matter what.
Question: Why did the author decide to make the girl be so quiet .& like a push-over? She should've just refused to put the sewater on .& been mature about it since she knew it wasn't her's versus her crying about it like a baby
Answer: The author probably did this to make the story more interesting. Every story has to have some drama .& I guess this was the drama for this story. =)
question:why did the author decide to make the girl say that she wishes she was 102 .
i think the author made the lil girl say that b-cuz any onethat old could do any thing by their self so they dont have to b with a parent. so wat im going at isthat the lil girl felt like she couldnt do a thing b-cuz she was to young.
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why did the autor choose to make the teacher give the girl the sweater and she statted crying.i also womder why is the girl so sensetive? I think that the author said this because he wanted to give the story more emotion and he wanted to get the readers to ask more questions about the story.for example all mostly all the blog comments were asking questions about why is the girl so sensative and why was she crying in front of the whole class over something that wasnt worth crying about. #Damien Boyd
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