The Spinning Heart Classroom Questions

By Amy Farrell

The Spinning Heart Classroom Questions is a teacher's resource intended for use in lesson planning, and in the classroom. It contains 248 questions, divided by chapter, to provoke student engagement and personal response while studying Donal Ryan's novel.

Why choose to study The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan?

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Scene by Scene
• Release date: Aug 21, 2015
• ISBN: 9781910949115

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CLASSROOM QUESTIONS

Bobby - Chapter One

1.Why does the speaker visit his father daily?

2.Describe the speaker’s attitude towards his father.

3.Describe his father’s house.

4.I should have known something was up the day last year when Mickey Briars came in… Why was Mickey Briars upset? What did he do?

5.How do the men deal with him and calm him down?

6.What did you find out about Bobby’s work situation and workplace in this chapter?

7.What information do you learn about Bobby himself in this opening chapter?

8.What interests you in the story so far? Give examples in your answer.

9.What was life like for Bobby when he was foreman, before he lost his job?

10.Why did he hide being smart in school?

11.How was Bobby treated by Josie Burke, Pokey’s father?

12.Why didn’t he stand up to Josie, do you