Effective Questioning Assignment

Questions for before we read Friends:

1.) Can everyone tell me one activity that is your favorite thing to do? (Give an example for yourself such as: My favorite activity is playing soccer, or reading, or painting, etc.)

2.) Now class, what do you think you would do if didn't like to do the same thing you like to do? )Offer suggestions such as: Would you play by yourself? Or take turns doing the your activity then doing your friend's activity?)

3.) Has anyone ever moved to a new house or new school and had to make new friends? Was it easy or hard to make new friends? What did you do to make new friends?

Questions for after we read Friends:

4.) Do you think that Oscar was being selfish or only thinking about himself in the begining of the story? (If students answer yes, ask them to explain how he was being selfish by giving examples.)

5.) What would you have done if you were Oscar, would you have done the same thing or act differently? How would you act differently? (Explain)

6) What did we learn from Oscar's experience with meeting new people?