Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Introduction to Questions

Read and discuss these points as a class.

What is “Comprehension”?
-What is “comprehension”?
-Why is it important?
-When do you need to comprehend things?

Questioning

-What is the purpose of questions?
-Is there such a thing as a “dumb” question?
-When do you usually have to answer questions at school?
-What kinds of questions do you usually have to answer?

Questioning for Comprehension (Meaning)
Questioning is a good strategy for comprehending a piece because… (throw out some ideas).


-it slows the reader down long enough to use other good reading
comprehension strategies as well.

-it makes the meaning clear by focusing on parts that are hard to
understand.

-it helps figure out the author’s purpose by focusing on important parts.
-it help us get off the surface and into the meat of the material.
-it prompts us to research and find out more.

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