Strategies for Questions

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Strategies for Questions
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Objective The students will identify different
types of questions and apply these strategies
to reading comprehension.
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Activity The students will view a series of
slides and practice identifying, answering, and
writing questions.

• There are essentially 4 types of questions used
  on tests. They are---
• 1. Right there questions
• 2. Think and search questions
• 3. Author and me questions
• 4. On my own questions.

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Procedure 1. The teacher will click through each
of the slides. 2. Discuss the different types of
questions. Related Activity Distribute a test
that the students have taken. Identify the
question types used on the test.
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There are many kinds of questions.
What is your name?
How many days until your birthday?
Which character was the friendliest?
What is your favorite color?
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One kind of question isRight There-Hand
You can point to the answer right there in the
text.
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Right There-Hand

• Example---
• Mary had a little lamb.

What kind of animal did Mary have?
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Another kind of question isThink and
Search-Hidden

• You need to Search the text for information and
  Think about what you know.

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Think and Search-Hidden

• Example--
• Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of
  water.
• Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the
  candlestick.

Compare and contrast the boys in the Nursery
Rhymes.
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Another question type isAuthor and Me-Head
Heart

• To answer these questions you combine what you
  know or have experienced with what is in the text.

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Author and Me Head Heart

• Example--
• Baa, baa, black sheep,
• Have you any wool?

What will they do with the wool?
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A final question type is On My Own Head Heart

• To answer On My Own questions you use your own
  experiences and opinions.

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On My Own Head Heart

• Example--
• Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
• How does your garden grow?

What would you plant in your garden?
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When answering questions

• Ask yourself, how many parts is this question?

Be sure that you answer all the parts to the
question.
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Practice writing questions for something you are
reading.
Question types are
1. Right there.
2. Think and search.
3. Author and me.
4. On my own.
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