Strategies for Questions

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Learning Objective

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The students will identify different types of questions and apply these strategies to reading comprehension.

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There are essentially 4 types of questions used to analyse texts. They are…

1. Right there questions/literal

2. Think and search questions/re-organisation/inferential

3. Author and me questions/inferential/responsive

4. On my own questions/responsivecontinue

The students will view a series of slides and practice identifying, answering, and writing questions.

Procedure

1. The teacher will click through each ofthe slides.2. Discuss the different types of questions.Related Activity:Distribute a test that the students have taken.Identify the question types used on the test.

There are many kinds of questions.

What is your name?

How many days until your birthday?

Which character was the friendliest?

What is your favorite color?

“Right There”Hand/Literal

You can point to the answer “right there” in the text.

“Right There”Hand/Literal

Mary had a little lamb.It’s fleece was white as snow.

What kind of animal did Maryhave?

“Think and Search”Hand & Head

Literal re-organisation/Inferential

You need to Search the text for information and Think about what you

know.

“Think and Search” Hand & Head Literal/Inferential

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick.

How are the two Jack’s similar?How are they different?

“Author and Me”Head & Heart

Inferential/Responsive

To answer these questions you combine what you know

or have experienced with what is in the text.

“Author and Me” Head & Heart

Inferential/Responsive

Baa, baa, black sheep,Have you any wool?

What could they want to do with the wool?

“On My Own” Head & HeartResponsive

To answer On My Own questions you use your own experiences and opinions.

“On My Own”Head & Heart

Responsive

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,

How does your garden grow?What would you plant in your

garden?

When answering questions…

Ask yourself, what type of a question is it?

Do I need to scan the text to locate the information?

Do I need to gather information from more than one place in the text and think about what I

know?

Do I need to think about what the text says and apply what I know?

Do I need to connect to my own personal experiences and think about my opinions?

Practice writing questions for something you are reading.

Question types are:

1. Right there.

2. Think and search.

3. Author and me.4. On my own. The end