DEFINITION TYPES PURPOSE EXAMPLE PRACTICE ASKING QUESTIONS Asking Questions helps students read for different purposes: clarification, to create meaning, make predictions, to wonder about what the author is trying to tell the reader. As students become more and more proficient in asking questions, they develop a deeper understanding of the text they read. Thick Questions: Address large concepts Don't have just one answer Can begin with Why, How come, and I wonder Require evidence to support the answer completely Thin Questions: Have one correct answer Can be answered with yes/no Clarify confusion Locate specific content To establish and clarify the purpose for reading a particular text. Asking questions about a text helps a learner to establish their purpose for reading that text and to monitor how far their reading of the text is achieving that purpose. Asking themselves questions as they read also helps the learners to engage with a text and to monitor their use of reading strategies. After reading, the learners can generate and respond to questions to demonstrate that they have comprehended the text. ASK QUESTIONS TO GUIDE READING Good readers generate questions before, during and after reading to clarify meaning, make predictions and focus their attention on what's important. Why, what, where, who and how? Questioning during reading will allow students to better understand the material. What does this text seem to be about? What do I already know about this subject? What do the subheadings tell me about the topic? What kind of text is this? Good readers generate questions before, during and after reading to clarify meaning, make predictions and focus their attention on what's important. Why, what, where, who and how? Questioning during reading will allow students to better understand the material. Directions: read the text and answer the questions What does this text seem to be about? _ What do I already know about this subject? What do the subheadings tell me about the topic? _ What kind of text is this?