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Questioning Strategiesto Deepen ComprehensionPresented By Angela Maiers, 2008


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Agenda

I. Curiosity IS the Teaching Point

II. Anchor Lesson Review

III. Carrying on the Conversation


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What is the best way to TEACHreading?

What kind of readers do we

want our TEACHINGtodevelop?


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oPassionateoCuriousoInquisitive

oStrategicoConfidentoFlexible

oEfficientoEnduringoOpen Minded

oThoughtful

Teach

Text

Tasks

Talk

Time


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Mini Lesson( 10-15 min)

Reading Application

Sharing

Private Practice

Conferencing

Small Group

Guidance


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Curious Minds=Successful Minds


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An answer is an initiation to stop thinkingabout something to stop wondering. Life

has no such stopping places. Life is a

process whose every event is connected tothe moment that just went by. An

unanswered question is a fine traveling

companion. It sharpens your eye for theroad.

Riemann, 2003

STEP ONE: VALUE CURIOSITY


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What Do Students Think?!?


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Misconceptions Truths

Questions are done TO

readers

Questions are asked by

someone else(teacher)

Occur at the ENDof

reading

Used for assessmentpurposes

Have a right answer

Good readers spontaneously,

purposefully ask questions before,

during and after text

Good readers know asking questions

will deepen their understanding

Good readers have the knowledge

and ability to ask many different kinds

of questions to open meaning

Good readers use questions for manydifferent purposes.

Good readers understand some

answers are found in the text and

others they will need to infer


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Language of Questioning

I wonder? Why?

What does this mean?

Your question made me think of..? How come?

Why is it that?

How is ______ like_________? What would happen if?


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Proficient readers question

to


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Questioning

Actively asking yourself questions, searching

for answers before, during, and after reading.

Im wondering

Im asking myself

I am thinking and I

wonder if

Maiers2007


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Question

Vs.

Statement


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What makes a good

question a GOOD

question?


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A GOODQuestion

Makes you think

Can have more than one answer

Makes you reread to make sure Can be asked in different ways

Cant be answered just in the book

Makes you think about your life Makes you want to read and know more

Makes you smarter!!!!


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A GOOD question

Makes you think hard Can have more than one answer

Makes you reread the book

Can be asked in many different ways Can not be answered just by using the book

Will need you to use your experiences and life

Makes you think about other books youve read before

Is not simple or quick; it is not just a one word answer

Makes you want to talk about it to see what they think


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Good Questions Make you explain with more than one word Help you think deeper about the text

Promote discussion and sharing of others opinions Are not answered quick Can be asked in different ways Are like a good workout-they are hard, but make you feel

great after you answer them Make you go Hmmmmmm Make you want to talk to someone Go way beyond the book Require you to think about the world and your life

Are very personal The answer is flexible and can change when you discuss it Make you think about other books you have read-help you to

compare what you learned from other places FEEL GOOD!!!!


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Before and After Q?

Before I Read During My Reading After Reading

REFLECTIONS:


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Much of what we know about intelligenceand achievement show that the power ofwhat individuals know depends in verylarge part not on the information they

control but on theSCOPEandORIGINALITYof the questions they ask.

-Pat Wolfe, 2002-

DEVELOPING QUESTIONING POWER


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Question Typology

Essential Questions

Elaborating Questions

Clarification Questions

Hypothetical Questions Strategic Questions

Probing Questions

Planning Questions Unanswerable Questions

Provocative Questions


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Genius QuestionsWhat if? Is ______ the reason for?I wonder why? Can?

If? Would you rather?What is it that? What would it take to?When is it? Why is it that?Who could? Would ______ be possible if?How is ____ like _____? Is it possible to?When is? Could?What could happen if? How can?If it were possible? What is your opinion about?

Are there? Is it right to?

Why is? I wonder when?How? Im wondering if?Where did? How could it?Do you? Why are?

Does it matter if? If I ______, could_____?When is it ? What can?


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Expect Expert Questions

Before I Read During My Reading After Reading

REFLECTIONS:


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Mini Lesson( 10-15 min)

Reading Application

Sharing

Private Practice

Conferencing

Small Group

Guidance


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Proficient Readers ask questions to

Clarify meaning

Speculate about text not read

Determine an authors style, intent, purpose Locate specific information

Focus attention

Stay engaged in text Deepen their understanding to content

Make meaningful connections


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Question Homework Find the most interesting question left unanswered by the reading.

Identify the question the author was trying to answer.

Write a question that will demand at least 10 minutes of thought toanswer.

Ask a question that is the child of a bigger question that can beidentified.

Identify the most/least important question and why.

Write down three questions that bothered or stimulated you during theassignment?

Write three hypothetical (compare, inferential,) questions.


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Question Books

What If?- Mind-Boggling Science Questions for Kids by R. Ehrli

Asking and Answering Questions by William Cashin

Life-Changing Questions by Oprah

The Flying Circus of Physics by Jean Walker

Jr. Skeptic #5: Urban Legends

Ripleys Believe It or Not?

Histories Mysteries

Secrets that Grown-Ups Tell


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Assess and Conference

Did you have a question before you started to read this text?

How is asking questions working for you ? How do you plan to keep track of your questions? How does that question affect you understanding of the text? When you read____. What question came to mind?

What questions do you now have after rereading the text? Do you notice yourself asking questions when your readingdoes not make sense?

How did questions help you to figure out meaning? Do you have questions that you expect the author to answer?

If the author were here, what would you ask him/her? What will you do with the questions you still have left after

reading? As I listen to your questions, I notice


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Research Based Instructional Strategies

QUESIONING THE AUTHOR(Isabel Beck)

Q/A RELATIONSHIP (Taffy Raphael)

SOCRATIC QUESTIONING

REQUEST(Manslow)

OTHERS?


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Questioning the AuthorWhy do people always expect authors to answer questions. I am an author

because I want toaskquestions. If I had answers, Id be a politician!-Eugene Ionic-

What do you think the author is trying to accomplish here? Why did the author write_________? If you could ask the author on question, what would it be? Do you agree with the authors main point?

How does the author feel about? What do you think is the question the text is trying to

answer? How does this information relate to what you know?

Do you detect bias in any part of the text?

What was intended by? Is the author credible? How do you know? What experiences do you think the author had in order to be

qualified to write this piece?


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Questioning the Author

What is the author trying to tell you?

Why is the author telling you that?

Is it said clearly?

How might the author have written it more clearly?

What would you have wanted to say instead?


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QARINTHEBOOK

INMYHEAD

RIGHTTHERETHINKandSEARCH

AUTHORAndME

ONMYOWN


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Strategies: Question-Answer

Relationships

Question Code Answer

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2.

3.

4.

5.


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I ask questions before, during and after I read.

I question the text while I read.

I question the writer of the text while I read.

I ask questions about myself while I read.

I ask questions that make me think deeper about the story or topic

I am reading.

I recognize that the questions I asked may be answered in a varietyof ways.


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Final Thought:

Once you have learned how toaskrelevant and appropriate

questions, you have learned howto learn and no one can keep you

from learning whatever you wantor need to know.Neil Postman

Teaching as a Subversive Activity


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Wonder Boxes

To awaken, applaud, and operationalize the curiosity andinquiry skills of children from the earliest grades andonward.

Debbie Miller

Reading for Meaning


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