Pre-Writing for a hypothetical Great Expectations response paper

First, ten minutes:

·      Come up with five adjectives to describe Great Expectations.

·      Come up with five adjectives or phrases to characterize Pip.

·      Describe how your feelings about Pip changed over the course of the book. Sum up how Pip changed from start to finish.

·      Page through the book and find the most interesting or compelling scene in the book. Briefly describe it and say in a few words why you chose it.

·      Find two other short scenes or moments that you think are especially important in the book. List the page numbers or note them by chapter and opening/closing phrase.

·      Who seems to you the most important character, besides Pip? Why?

·      Sum up your feelings about the ending, whatever aspects of it strike you the most.

·      What is the biggest question you have about the book or the most pressing problem or issue you have with the book at this point?