1. Learn the three question steps 2. Create a bookmark with notes on each one 3. Practice classifying questions 4. Begin creating your own questions

CONVERSATION: teacher invitation/raise a hand HELP: raise a hand PARTICIPATION: take notes, use question cards, keep score, only answer my questions

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create questions for students to answer. However, many teachers work too hard or make their questions too easy!

DESCRIPTION: 1. Can be answered with one word, phrase or detail. 2. Check your understanding. 3. Prove that you are prepared.

EXAMPLES: 1. What time must Cinderella be home after the ball? 2. What happened to her carriage because she was late?

DESCRIPTION: 1. Answered by using facts or details from a reading. 2. Often require your opinion on a topic. 3. Combine your mind with your book. Mind + Book = Interpretation

EXAMPLES: 1. How would you describe Cinderella’s stepsisters? 2. What motivated Cinderella to want to go to the ball?

DESCRIPTION: 1. Relate some part of the text to the real world & current time 2. You must go “beyond the text” to society to find your answer.

EXAMPLES: 1. Why are women often shown as waiting for “Prince Charming” to save them? 2. Is there such a thing as “Happily Ever After?”

Question of Fact = 1 point Question Beyond the Text = 2 points Question of Interpretation = 3 points #1. Why did so many settlers die during the first year after the founding of Jamestown? What did the colonists call this period of time?

Question of Fact = 1 point Question Beyond the Text = 2 points Question of Interpretation = 3 points #2. If you have strong religious faith, can you be friends with people who don’t believe in your ideals?

Question of Fact = 1 point Question Beyond the Text = 2 points Question of Interpretation = 3 points #3. Do you think that Pocahontas really saved Captain John Smith’s life?

Question of Fact = 1 point Question Beyond the Text = 2 points Question of Interpretation = 3 points #4. Why was life hazardous in an Old West mining town?

INTERMISSION: Let’s talk about tonight’s homework!

Question of Fact = 1 point Question Beyond the Text = 2 points Question of Interpretation = 3 points #5. Would giving away free land encourage settlement of sparsely inhabited regions of the Western states today?

Question of Fact = 1 point Question Beyond the Text = 2 points Question of Interpretation = 3 points #6. What was the Homestead Act of 1862?

Question of Fact = 1 point Question Beyond the Text = 2 points Question of Interpretation = 3 points #7. Did the Central and Union Pacific Railroads take unfair advantage of immigrant laborers or did they do them a big favor? Explain.

In-class reading: Inside the Minds of Animals