Week 4 - Part One: Questioning
Good readers also ask questions. They ask questions throughout the reading process to help them deepen their comprehension. Formulating questions is a difficult and complex task and takes practice. There are three different types of questions which you can help you to come up with better quality questions when you are reading.
Level 1: Literal Comprehension
These questions relate to the facts stated in the text and are usually about the main idea, details, sequence, comparison, cause and effects, character details, or categorising. They are also called HERE questions because they are easy to find in the text.
Leve 2: Inferred Questions
These questions go beyond the literal meaning of the text and you need to 'read between the lines' to gain meaning that is implied. They usually are about anticipated endings, making generalisations, making comparisons, discovering relationships, and synthesising. They are also called HIDDEN questions as the answers are not obviously stated but rather hidden in the text.
Level 3: Critical and Creative Comprehension
These questions are formed after further examination of the text or they go beyond the text. They might be about judging characters or events, analysing, hypothesising, evaluating, or problem solving. They are also called HEAD questions because their answers might not be found in the text and may be left open to interpretation by the reader.
Your Tasks This Week:
Using your summer reading book you are reading this week, write three different types of questions each day while you read or after you have completed your reading. Please write your questions down.
Here are some sentence starters:
Level 1: Where in the text does it say....?
Level 1: What did.....
Level 2: Who might....?
Level 2: What might....?
Level 3: What is your opinion of....?
Level 3: How did ..... change?
Good readers also ask questions. They ask questions throughout the reading process to help them deepen their comprehension. Formulating questions is a difficult and complex task and takes practice. There are three different types of questions which you can help you to come up with better quality questions when you are reading.
Level 1: Literal Comprehension
These questions relate to the facts stated in the text and are usually about the main idea, details, sequence, comparison, cause and effects, character details, or categorising. They are also called HERE questions because they are easy to find in the text.
Leve 2: Inferred Questions
These questions go beyond the literal meaning of the text and you need to 'read between the lines' to gain meaning that is implied. They usually are about anticipated endings, making generalisations, making comparisons, discovering relationships, and synthesising. They are also called HIDDEN questions as the answers are not obviously stated but rather hidden in the text.
Level 3: Critical and Creative Comprehension
These questions are formed after further examination of the text or they go beyond the text. They might be about judging characters or events, analysing, hypothesising, evaluating, or problem solving. They are also called HEAD questions because their answers might not be found in the text and may be left open to interpretation by the reader.
Your Tasks This Week:
Using your summer reading book you are reading this week, write three different types of questions each day while you read or after you have completed your reading. Please write your questions down.
Here are some sentence starters:
Level 1: Where in the text does it say....?
Level 1: What did.....
Level 2: Who might....?
Level 2: What might....?
Level 3: What is your opinion of....?
Level 3: How did ..... change?
Week 4 - Part 2
The theme is the underlying meaning or the big idea of a story. The author may state the theme
directly, but more often, the reader has to use facts from the story in order to figure out the
theme. Facts such as events and characters will help you discover what the theme of the story is.
Read the following short story "Julia's New Home" and consider what meaning the author is trying
to convey. Complete the worksheet provided below. Check your answers under the answer key
tab.
directly, but more often, the reader has to use facts from the story in order to figure out the
theme. Facts such as events and characters will help you discover what the theme of the story is.
Read the following short story "Julia's New Home" and consider what meaning the author is trying
to convey. Complete the worksheet provided below. Check your answers under the answer key
tab.