Reading+Strategies+-+Questioning

= Questioning - ask questions as you read =  **"A reader with no questions might just as well abandon the book." **

— Strategies That Work by Harvey and Goudvis, p. 82
Research shows that students who struggle to read don't consistently ask questions as they read - not before, during or after. These students are passive as they read - they submit to the text but never question its content, style or intent.

Never underestimate the importance of questions, //real// questions, not the prepared questions at the end of the story or chapter, but questions that arise from a true desire to know more, to probe deeper.

We need to encourage students to ask questions but also to move on to the next step - how questions affect the evolving understanding of the text.

**Some Key Ideas:** Proficient readers spontaneously and purposefully generate questions before, during and after reading

Proficient readers ask questions to: The types of questions differ based on the type of text (genre) and the reader's purpose
 * clarify meaning
 * speculate about text yet to be read
 * determine an author's intent, style, content, or format
 * locate a specific answer in text or consider rhetorical questions inspired by the text
 * consider rhetorical questions that will take their understanding deeper into the text.

Proficient readers use questions to focus their attention on important components of the text (such as ideas, events or other text elements); they understand that they can pose questions critically.

Proficient readers understand and can describe how asking questions deepens their comprehension.

**Four Types of Questions** There are four key types of questions:


 * **"Right there" questions (text explicit)**. These are literal questions where the answer is in the text itself.


 * **"Think and search" questions (text implicit)**. The answer is implicit in the text but the student must synthesize, infer, or summarize to find the answer. Think and search questions tend to be more open-ended without set answers.
 * **"Reader and author" questions (text implicit or experience-based)**. The answer needs the reader to combine his or her own experiences with what the text states, i.e., the knowledge presented by the author.


 * **"On my own" questions (text implicit or experience-based) **. The reader needs to generate the answer from his or her prior knowledge. The reader may not need to read the text to answer, but the answer would certainly be shaped differently after reading the text.

Busy Teachers Cafe - excellent Questioning links and resources. [|Click here!]



**TASK:**
 * __Have a look at these short video clips__** from the US series "Into the Book". They demonstrate the use of this strategy with a Year 4 class.

__**Then click here**__ to enter the Student Pages and try a questioning activity!

Your student number is belmores00000

Use this number to enter, then drag the question mark icon onto the book to start the game!