Efferent questions (more closed)• What was the main idea of the story?• What did the author mean by ….?• Retell your favourite part.• Tell the order of the story events.• Describe the main characters.• Explain the characters’ actions.• What other stories are like this one?• Compare and contrast the stories.• What was the problem in the story?• How did the author solve the problem?• How did the author make the story believable?• Is it fact or fiction?• How do you think the characters felt?

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Aesthetic questions (more open)• What do you think about the story? What important ideas do you

find in the story?• Tell anything you want about the story.• What was your favourite part? Tell about it./ Which part of the story

did you like best or least? Why?• Has anything like this ever happened to you? Tell about it.• Does the story remind you about anything? Tell about it.• What did you wonder about? Tell about it.• What would you change in the story?• What else do you think might happen in the story?• What would you say or do if you were character in the story?• Which character do you identify with? Tell why and how you identify

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Aesthetic questions (more open)• What has happened in your life that you are

reminded of by this story (character, situation)?

• Asking open questions is among the most valuable tools teachers have to support children’s oral language development, understanding, thinking and achievement.

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