Behind The Beautiful Forevers Quote, Paraphrase, and Questions for chptrs 5 & 6      

Name: ____________________________ Period____

Read and annotate chapter 6 during class and then using your question stems handout from last week, complete this sheet (except for the response from classmate).  Place this in the cardboard box at the end of class.  No homework. We will use these in class tomorrow.

Chapter 5

Direct Quote w pg #:

Paraphrase:

Question:

Response from classmate (w/ embedded quotes):

Chapter 6

Direct Quote # 1 w pg #:

Paraphrase:

Question:

Response from classmate (w/ embedded quotes)

Chapter  Direct Quote #2 w pg #:

Paraphrase:

Question:

Response from classmate (w/ embedded quotes)

Homework: Make sure that you have finished chapter 6 and the paraphrase and question sheet to be used in tomorrow's discussion.

Behind The Beautiful Forevers discussion questions

Instructions: Paraphrase a particularly challenging or compelling part of the text and then write a question using modified stems from Question Stems handout… examples below are from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Questioning

Before you can even get to a critical question, particularly with a challenging text, paraphrase a complex sentence/idea.

Find a challenging 1-3 sentence passage in your reading. Record the passage exactly. Then, summarize it.

Example…

The following passage is on page 33 of The Scarlet Letter  

Hawthorne: The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.”

Summarize the key points expressed above: The founders of new societies have always recognized that the practical demands of human civilization necessitate a plan to deal with death and criminals. Because no matter what their hopes and ideals might have been, the fact remains, human beings are mortal and flawed.

Going back to Hawthorne’s original wording, what key words within Hawthorne’s phrasing beg bigger questions, or seem to tease out bigger themes and questions about those themes?

For example, see the questions below, created with the use of question stems. It takes patience and practice and good thinking to come up with good questions. 

There are weak questions.

Here’s one:

· What are the strengths and weaknesses of Hawthorne’s description?

There are strong questions.  For example:

· What are the strengths and weaknesses of Hawthorne’s depiction of the founders of Utopian societies; is he dismissive of their utopian ideals or does he provide a useful reality check?

· Given Hawthorne’s claim, what seems to be his attitude about utopian thinkers and the founders who aimed to create Utopian societies?

·  What case can be made that “invariably” may be the most important word in the sentence?