"The Necklace" Five Questions/Comments Examples

Examples of poor questions for discussion:

1. What is the name of the wife in the story?

2. What is the name of the husband in the story?

3. Why did the wife not want to go to the ball?

Examples of poor comments for discussion:

1. I hated the wife because she was greedy.

2. Her husband shouldn't have bought her the dress.

3. The wife only cares about money.


Example of a good question for discussion:

1. How does Madame Loisel show that she's a greedy person?

The answer to this requires your classmates to find textual evidence from the story. 


Example of good comment for discussion:

1. Madame Loisel's led to her and her husband's downfall. 

"The Necklace" Five Questions/Comments Homework Assignment

Tonight for homework, while you are doing your assigned reading, think about and write down five questions or five comments that you can share during our class discussion tomorrow.  It can be a combination of the two (e.g. 2 questions and 3 comments). Then, during tomorrow’s discussion, you will be required to share at least one question or one comment about the reading.

I will begin by randomly choosing one student to share a question or make a comment about the reading.  Every person after that can do any of the following:

1. Answer the previous student’s question

2. Respond to the previous student’s comment

3. Ask their own question

4. Make their own comment

During the discussion, everyone is expected to participate.  Using the excuses, “Someone already asked my question” or “I had the same comment” will not be accepted.  Therefore, if you’ve exhausted your five questions and/or comments, you may be asked to come up with a question or comment extemporaneously (on the spot).

For your questions, do not ask simple comprehension questions like "who is the main character". Your questions should try and get below the surface to things like character motive, theme, etc. Your comments should be something beyond, "I liked the story" or "I didn't like the story". I'm looking for comments about SPECIFIC things that you observed or reactions you felt while reading the story.

You are to do this in a Google Document and turn in it in using this Google Form.

Five Questions/Comments Examples

Examples of poor questions for discussion:

1. What is the name of the lady in the story?

2. What is the name of the boy in the story?

3. Why did the boy try and take the purse?

Examples of poor comments for discussion:

1. I like the story because the woman was nice.

2. Roger shouldn't have tried to take the purse.

3. The woman has a long name.


Examples of good questions for discussion:

1. Why didn't Mrs. Luela Bates Washington Jones call the police?

2. When Mrs. Luela Bates Washington Jones took Roger home, she left the door open and her purse out.  Why didn't Roger take the purse and run when he had the chance?

3. Why was Mrs. Luela Bates Washington Jones so nice to Roger even though he tried to steal her purse?

4. Why did she mean by "I have done things in the past..."?

5. Why did Roger have such a hard time saying anything except "Thank You, Ma'am" at the end of the story?


Examples of good comments for discussion:

1. Mrs. Luela Bates Washington Jones seems to be a rather intimidating women, yet she's also so very nice.

2. Roger actually seems to be a nice kid if you get past his attempted robbery.

3. It seems like Mrs. Luela Bates Washington Jones is poor like Roger.  Giving him money was probably a huge sacrifice for her.

4. There seems to be multiple examples of religious imagery in the story.

5. It seems like Mrs. Luela Bates Washington Jones acts like a mother to Roger.  I wonder if she had any children of her own.

Five Questions/Comments Class Discussion Assignment

Five Question/Comment

Class Discussion Assignment

Tonight for homework, while you are doing your assigned reading, think about and write down five questions or five comments that you can share during our class discussion tomorrow.  It can be a combination of the two (e.g. 2 questions and 3 comments). Then, during tomorrow’s discussion, you will be required to share at least one question or one comment about the reading.

I will begin by randomly choosing one student to share a question or make a comment about the reading.  Every person after that can do any of the following:

1. Answer the previous student’s question

2. Respond to the previous student’s comment

3. Ask their own question

4. Make their own comment

During the discussion, everyone is expected to participate.  Using the excuses, “Someone already asked my question” or “I had the same comment” will not be accepted.  Therefore, if you’ve exhausted your five questions and/or comments, you may be asked to come up with a question or comment extemporaneously (on the spot).

For your questions, do not ask simple comprehension questions like "who is the main character". Your questions should try and get below the surface to things like character motive, theme, etc. Your comments should be something beyond, "I liked the story" or "I didn't like the story". I'm looking for comments about SPECIFIC things that you observed or reactions you felt while reading the story.

You are to do this in a Google Document and turn in it in using this Google Form.