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Questioning
- Questioning the text creates engagement with the text (Probst, 2007). Check out this article written by Stephanie Harvey for more about how to implement questioning in your classroom.
- Adolescents who write their own discussion questions become better discussants about the text (Probst, 2007).
- One strategy to help students generate questions about a text is forced-freewriting about the text before they create their questions (Probst, 2007).
- Questioning a text prompts student thinking about the text (Schoenbach & Greenleaf, 2009).
KWLQHow to Implement:
Use the traditional KWL chart but add a fourth column titled Q for questions. Purpose: This peaks student curiosity to read more on the topic. I like to title this column "I wonder" because that phrase helps students move into questioning easier. Resource: Janet Allen's professional development I had the honor of attending! |
Six-Box Literature Response Strategy
How to Implement:
For step-by-step procedures, please open the document to the right. Purpose: This lesson incorporates all of the reading comprehension strategies; however, I included here on the questioning page because I have found that it leads to research inquiry. From this project, I have required students to write research questions, thus sending them on inquiry based reading. This is a powerful teaching experience, and I feel that it is demonstrates the crux of inquiry based reading and learning. Resource: Leland, Christine and et al. (2013). “Invitation: Six-Box Literature Response Strategy.” Teaching Children’s Literature: It’s Critical! Routledge: New York, pages 102-103. |
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