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1) did when the What think read you you headline?


2) to springs What tree' 'Christmas word the hear you when mind?


3) about What what do you you read think?


4) banned initially have to right principal school the Was tree the?


5) being ? in tied of What Kitty Hello do with think you Christmas


6) Christmas of think you do What trees?


7) might the tree have been thought of as inappropriate Why?


8) to allowed be teachers Should wish they as classrooms their decorate?


9) 'balanced is approach' holiday ? a What observances to


10) do for principal advice have school What you the?


11) reading ? like you article Did this


12) Hello Kitty ? What do you think of


13) becoming about is a Are upsetting too society we people worried that?


14) people offensive Hello some be pink might to a Why tree find Kitty?


15) think ? you do Christmas What of


16) Christmas have Christmas Why trees do at we?


17) the joy Do out rules of suck everything?


18) more becoming society Is intolerant?


19) observe do your religious ? you How holidays major


20) Ms What you ask would to Gordon questions like?
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Christmas Tree - The 20 Questions


STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
 

1)

What did you think when you read the headline?

2)

What springs to mind when you hear the word 'Christmas tree'?

3)

What do you think about what you read?

4)

Was the school principal right to have initially banned the tree?

5)

What do you think of Hello Kitty being tied in with Christmas?

6)

What do you think of Christmas trees?

7)

Why might the tree have been thought of as inappropriate?

8)

Should teachers be allowed to decorate their classrooms as they wish?

9)

What is a 'balanced approach' to holiday observances?

10)

What advice do you have for the school principal?

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
 

11)

Did you like reading this article? Why/not?

12)

What do you think of Hello Kitty?

13)

Are we becoming a society that is too worried about upsetting people?

14)

Why might some people find a pink Hello Kitty tree to be offensive?

15)

What do you think of Christmas?

16)

Why do we have Christmas trees at Christmas?

17)

Do rules suck the joy out of everything?

18)

Is society becoming more intolerant?

19)

How do you observe your major religious holidays?

20)

What questions would you like to ask Ms Gordon?


 

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