1. Ladders of Questioning

2. Level One - Literal/Factual
What time of year did the Green Knight arrive at Camelot?
What colors are used to describe the Green Knight?
What did the green sash represent to Gawain?
lead to a good summary of the text

3. Level Two - Interpretive/Inferential
require analyzing or interpreting
How are the three hunts symbolic of the "hunting" in the castle?
Why do you think Arthur didn't immediately accept the knight's challenge?
Why did the lady of the castle act as she did toward Gawain?
lead to identification of significant patterns

4. Level Three - Experiential/Connecting
open-ended; go beyond the text
personal experiences + evidence from text
provoke discussion
Have you ever made a wrong decisions that left a "scar" of some sort?
How should we as Christians respond to temptation?
lead to appreciation of the text & further discussion