Assessment of the story

Comprehension difficulties

Finding evidence

Looking for answers

End

· How does the novel end?

· What happens at the end of the story?

· What brings the play to an end?

· You have now read the final chapter of the novel.

What feelings does it leave you with?

· Do you think the ending of the story is good or bad?

· Do you think it was a good ending?

· Does the story end sadly?

· Don’t you think the story has a striking and

unexpected ending?

· How do you like the ending?/ What do you think of the

ending?

· Would you change the ending of the story? If so, how?

· You’ve certainly read the passage carefully, haven’t

you?

· Let’s see how well you know the story.

· Can you find all the places in the passage where the

author is talking about….?/

· Go through the passage picking out all the places

where the author is talking about …..

· Find places which show N’s opinion of…..

· Can you find some sentences in this passage which

show us N’s character, what he is like?

· See if you can find different kinds of …. mentioned

in the story.

· Can you tell me the names of some …. mentioned

in the story?

· In which order does the author mention the following?

· To whom are the following remarks addressed?

· So you said that N is cruel man. What is the evidence

of this?

· What evidence is there in the passage for this view?

· What evidence is there in this passage that N is a liar?

· Find evidence in the story to support your answer.

· Give/produce evidence from the story to prove that …

/Can you find evidence forsaying that…?

· On what evidence do you think that ….? What other

events in the story support this?

· What can you tell from the story about N?

· What does the final paragraph suggest about N?

· Choose examples from the story to support the

following statement about N.

· What examples of his ….. are there in the passage?

· Does the author approve of N? Has he said so in the

passage?

· Give reasons for your answer.

· What did you find most difficult in the passage?

· What did you find easy?

· Is there anything in the story that you either don’t

understand or wish to ask questions about?

· What do you need help in?

· Is there any vocabulary that you found difficult?/Are

there any difficult or unusual words in the text?

· Are there any words you do not feel sure about?

· What items of vocabulary did you have to look up?

· Are you now sure of their meaning and usage?

· You are reading “….”, aren’t you? Are you enjoying it?

· How did you like the story?

· What do/did you think of it?

· What was it like to read, easy, difficult, short, long,

boring, interesting?

· How would you describe the story, realistic, amusing,

funny, exciting, thrilling,

· sad, unusual, true-to-life, fast-moving?

· Did you enjoy the story?

· How did you feel, happy, sad? /Did the story

make you feel happy/sad?

· What did you like in the story?

· What did you especially like about it?

· Which part of the book did you like best?

· What do you think is the most extraordinary thing about

the story?

· Is the story well-written?

· Is the story convincing?

· What lines are especially amusing to you?

· Is there anything to admire or dislike in the chapter?

· Why didn’t you like the story? Was it boring? Difficult to

read?

· What did you like/dislike?

· Is there anything you would disagree with?

· What does the story explain?

· Do you like this kind of story? Why(not)?

· Do you think this book is suitable for children?

· Do you know any other stories that are like this?

· Would this story make a good film?

· What are you going to read next?

· Would you now like to read some other stories by ….?

· If you had the author here, what would you like to ask

him about /the book?

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