Cross-+Generational+Questionnaire

Ask these questions to your parents, and grandparents if possible, to understand where you are from. These should be answered for when //they// were twelve.

1. What toys did you play with?

2. What sports and games did you play?

3. What else did you do in your spare time? What were your hobbies?

4. What singers or groups did you listen to?

5. What celebrity or public figure did you admire or have a crush on?

6. What candy did you buy?

7. What was your favorite TV, or radio, show?

8. What was your favorite book or series of books?

9. What was a saying or expression that adults or other kids were using?

10. What did you want to be when you grew up?

©by Nancie Atwell from //Naming the World: A year of Poems and Lessons//