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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Study Guide

Possible Essay Questions


  1. Do you prefer to live in the countryside or the city? Why?
  2. Is technology helpful or distracting? Why/How?
  3. Can one learn more from books or experience? Why/How?
  4. What occupation would you choose, and why?



Reading


Little Prince, The Bet, (Matilda)

  • What is the story about? (Theme)
  • Who are the main characters? (Characters) 
    • What is special about each character?
  • Where does the story take place? (Setting) 
  • What happens in the story? (Plot) 


Essay Extra Credit (Could replace quizzes)

The Little Prince
(Essay questions from SparkNotes)
  1. Discuss the rose’s behavior. Why doesn’t the rose tell the little prince that she loves him? Why does he continue to love her? 
  2. Why do some people see Drawing Number One as a simple hat, while others think it represents an elephant inside a boa constrictor? What is the meaning of these different perspectives?
The Bet
  1. Do you agree more with the Lawyer or the Banker? Why?
  2. What were the most important things the Lawyer learned by the end of the story?

4 comments:

  1. Hi there,
    do you want us to write an a big essay about the bet,and little prince.
    how may lines do we suppose to write.and when the decline.
    thank you

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    1. Just one essay about one of the questions. You can pick which question you would like to write about. Friday at the very latest.

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  2. could I write the essay before friday? because we have a lot of things to do in these 2 days.

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