{"id":439,"date":"2018-02-25T17:46:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T22:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/timpfm\/?page_id=439"},"modified":"2018-02-25T17:46:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T22:46:00","slug":"reading-questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/timpfm\/reading-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong><em>Questions for Fiction<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>BEFORE<\/strong>. . . Read the title, book jacket, and flip through the text, then:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Write what you know about this topic ~ the setting, the situations in pictures. . . .<\/li>\n<li>Make a prediction.\u00a0 What clues helped you?\u00a0 Read the first page.\u00a0 Do you need to revise your prediction?<\/li>\n<li>Write questions you have about this text.<\/li>\n<li>Do you think this story will be funny, sad, scary or something else?\u00a0 Why?<\/li>\n<li>Read the first page.\u00a0 Does the author make you want to keep reading?\u00a0 Do you think you will like this story?\u00a0 Why or why not?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think this story COULD happen in real life?\u00a0 Why or why not?<\/li>\n<li>Where does the story take place?\u00a0 What makes you think so?<\/li>\n<li>Who is the main character?\u00a0 What clues did you use?<\/li>\n<li>Do you have any connections ~ is the author, illustrator, or subject matter familiar to you?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>DURING<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What questions do you have so far?\u00a0 Were previous questions answered?<\/li>\n<li>Describe in detail what you think the main character or setting looks like.\u00a0 (Visualizing)\u00a0 What adjectives and adverbs in the story helped you visualize?<\/li>\n<li>What connections are you making?<\/li>\n<li>Which words are you stuck on?\u00a0 Did you figure out their meanings?\u00a0 What are the meanings?<\/li>\n<li>What do you think will happen next?\u00a0 How do you think the story will end?<\/li>\n<li>Who is your favorite character so far and why?<\/li>\n<li>If a character is telling the story, who is it?\u00a0 Describe this character.<\/li>\n<li>Does the main character remind you of yourself?\u00a0 Compare and\/or contrast.<\/li>\n<li>What are some clues of how the main character is feeling?<\/li>\n<li>What are some reasons that the main character does what he\/she is doing?<\/li>\n<li>How does the story make you feel and why?<\/li>\n<li>What problem does the main character have?\u00a0 How do you predict he\/she will solve it?<\/li>\n<li>Is the story what you thought it would be about?\u00a0 If not, what surprised you?<\/li>\n<li>Summarize what has happened so far.<\/li>\n<li>If you could talk to the main character, what would you say?<\/li>\n<li>Would you like to live in this place or time?\u00a0 Tell why or why not.<\/li>\n<li>What obstacles does the setting provide that the main character must overcome?\u00a0 Would this story work in another setting?<\/li>\n<li>Is there an antagonist (someone who provides an obstacle) to the main character?\u00a0 What details lead you to say this?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>AFTER<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CHARACTER TRAITS:\u00a0 In a word, describe the main character.\u00a0 Support this one word using specific actions of the character from the story.<\/li>\n<li>Was the author trying to teach a lesson?\u00a0 If so, what was the lesson?<\/li>\n<li>Would you recommend this book to others and if so to who?<\/li>\n<li>What unanswered questions do you have?<\/li>\n<li>Tell what the problem was, and how the character solved his problem.<\/li>\n<li>If the story happened to you, how would you feel?<\/li>\n<li>Were you surprised at any parts?\u00a0 Which parts?<\/li>\n<li>What advice would you have given the main character?<\/li>\n<li>Which character did you like most and why?<\/li>\n<li>Which character was most like you?\u00a0 How?<\/li>\n<li>Describe how the character changed from beginning to end of the story.<\/li>\n<li>What was the climax of the story?<\/li>\n<li>Was this fiction or realistic fiction?\u00a0 How do you know?<\/li>\n<li>What connections did you make?<\/li>\n<li>Summarize the ending.<\/li>\n<li>What 5 questions would you ask the author?\u00a0 Pick one, and write how you think the author might answer it.<\/li>\n<li>What was the author&#8217;s message?<\/li>\n<li>How would the\u00a0characters&#8217; actions change if there was a different setting or time period?<\/li>\n<li>How would the solution change if it happened in a different setting or time period?<\/li>\n<li>Did the characters change during the story or stay the same?<\/li>\n<li>Describe 2 events that portray the character&#8217;s personality.<\/li>\n<li>What scene would make a good trailer for a movie?\u00a0 Would this book work well as a movie?<\/li>\n<li>If you eliminated one of the characters, how would the story change?<\/li>\n<li>If you were the main character, would you have done things differently?\u00a0 What?\u00a0 How?\u00a0 Why?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><em>Questions for Nonfiction<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BEFORE<\/strong>. . .<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How will the pictures and other visuals help you understand the text?<\/li>\n<li>What do you think you will learn about?\u00a0 (Look at cover, title, pictures and table of contents.)<\/li>\n<li>Do you now anything about this topic already?\u00a0 Write down what you know.<\/li>\n<li>Look for subtitles, bold words, pictures or graphics.\u00a0 What do these tell you?<\/li>\n<li>Write down questions you have about this topic that you hope to learn.<\/li>\n<li>Why would the author write this?<\/li>\n<li>Why did you choose this book to read?<\/li>\n<li>What do you visualize when you think about this topic?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think you will enjoy reading this?\u00a0 Why or why not?<\/li>\n<li>If you already know about this topic, where did you learn it?<\/li>\n<li>Do you have any connections with the topic?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>DURING<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What words are you stuck on?\u00a0 How can you find out what they mean?<\/li>\n<li>How does the information relate to what you already know?<\/li>\n<li>Are you confused?\u00a0 How can you fix that?<\/li>\n<li>Have any of your questions been answered?\u00a0 What questions do you still have?<\/li>\n<li>Find two words that are key to the section you are reading now.\u00a0 Why are these words important?<\/li>\n<li>Write 3 important facts that you have learned so far.<\/li>\n<li>Explain what happened in the last paragraph you read.<\/li>\n<li>Describe what you visualized as you read.<\/li>\n<li>What has surprised you about this topic?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>AFTER<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Was the author trying to persuade you or change your mind in this text?\u00a0 If so, how?<\/li>\n<li>Write what you have learned about this topic.<\/li>\n<li>What was the most important thing you learned and why?\u00a0 What was the most interesting thing you learned and why?<\/li>\n<li>Did you change your mind about anything after reading this text?<\/li>\n<li>Did what you read make you think of something else you already know about?<\/li>\n<li>How do you know this is nonfiction?\u00a0 What words let you know?<\/li>\n<li>Why did the author write this?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think other people should read this?\u00a0 Why or why not?<\/li>\n<li>What questions do you still have?<\/li>\n<li>How can you use the information that you have learned?<\/li>\n<li>Does this book make you want to learn more about this topic?\u00a0 Why or why not?<\/li>\n<li>How did you read this book differently than a fiction book?<\/li>\n<li>Describe some professions related to this topic.\u00a0 What kinds of work do these people do?<\/li>\n<li>What cause\/effect relationships did you learn about?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think bias exists in this book\/article?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions for Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 What was unique about the setting of the book and how did it make the story better?<br \/>\n\uf0b7 Would you like living in this time period? Why or why not?<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7What do you think happened the next day?<br \/>\n\uf0b7 What specific themes did the author emphasize throughout the novel?<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7What do you think the author wants you to know?<br \/>\n\uf0b7 What are the major conflicts in the story?<br \/>\n\uf0b7 Who are the important characters in the book?<br \/>\n\uf0b7 Do the characters seem real and believable? Can you relate to them?<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 How do characters change throughout the story?<br \/>\n\uf0b7What made the characters change?<br \/>\n\uf0b7 How would you react if you were in the same situation?<br \/>\n\uf0b7 Have any of the events in this book ever happened to you? How did you<br \/>\nresolve the situations?<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7What would happen if the character came to your house? How would you spend the day?<br \/>\n\uf0b7 If the author were to write a sequel to this book, what do you think would<br \/>\nhappen to the characters?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions for Nonfiction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 What did you find surprising about the facts introduced in this book?<br \/>\n\uf0b7 How has reading this book changed your opinion of a certain person or topic?<br \/>\n\uf0b7 Does the author present information in a way that is interesting?<br \/>\n\uf0b7 If the author is writing on a debatable issue, do you agree with him? Did your opinion change because of the book?<br \/>\n\uf0b7 How has the book increased your interest in the subject matter?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Questions for Fiction BEFORE. . . Read the title, book jacket, and flip through the text, then: Write what you know about this topic ~ the setting, the situations in pictures. . . . 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