Interview Questions for the Generations Reading Activity

As promised here are the interview questions for you to discuss with your reading partner(s).  See below for the assignment itself.  They can be written up in a traditional format, or you might opt for the video interview as described in the 'enrichment' section below the assignment description.

1. Who is your partner?  How do you differ generationally?
2. What work did you read together and how did you choose it?
3. What were the best and worst things about the book according to each reader?
4. Would you recommend your book to a specific age-group, or is it good for all ages?  Why?
5. How do your differences in age affect your reading and interpretation of the text? (In other words, did the age and experience of  each reader give them a different experience of the book?)  Were there things in the story that one of you noticed that the other didn't?  Why do you think that might be?
6. Do either of you think the author wrote the book for a specific audience?  What evidence from the book gives you your answer?
7. How did reading this book along with a person of another age group affect each of you?
8. What can be gained from reading alongside someone with different experiences than yourself?