Generating+and+Answering+Questions

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For students to become good readers they must be able to generate their own questions while reading a text. By generating their own questions instead of simply answering the teacher's, our students will be demonstrating their engagement with the text. This process increases their comprehension and puts students in charge of their own learning. The following is a list of mini-lessons aimed at getting students to generate and answer their own questions about a text. = Fall =

1. Big Questions*

 * Philosophical meta-questions that cause students to reevaluate and reconsider their perspectives.

2. Central Question Diagram*

 * Students must connect text to their background knowledge to answer these questions.

3. Socratic Sessions*

 * Encourage students to engage in a discussion by probing deeper and deeper with continuous questioning.

= Winter =

1. Question Starters*

 * Students get help creating their own questions with this list of question starters.

2. Question the Author*

 * Students direct their questions at the author the text and then work to answer them using the text.

3. Question Tree and Sea*

 * Gives students practice at generating explicit and implicit questions.

= Spring =

1. Student-Created Quizzes and Tests*

 * Allows students to take ownership of their learning. Comprehension increases when students create and answer their own questions.

2. Talk Show*

 * Gives students a chance to ask each other questions in a fun environment.

3. It Says, I Say, And So*

 * Builds implicit questioning skill and inference.

= Generating and Answering Questions Assessment Checklist=


 * Zwiers, Jeff. //Building Reading Comprehension Habits in Grades 6-12//. 2nd. Newark, DE: Intl Reading Assn, 2010. Print.

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