Today you will…

1. Learn the three question steps2. Create a bookmark with notes on each one

3. Practice classifying questions4. Begin creating your own questions

My expectations:

CONVERSATION: teacher invitation/raise a handHELP: raise a hand

PARTICIPATION: take notes, use question cards, keep score, only answer my questions

Question Steps

An easy way to create, rate, and understand questions...

The teacher’s job is to:create questions for students to answer.

However, many teachers work too hard or make their questions too easy!

Floor # 1: Questions of Fact

DESCRIPTION:1. Can be answered with one word, phrase or

detail.2. Check your understanding.

3. Prove that you are prepared.

Floor # 1: Questions of Fact

EXAMPLES:1. What time must Cinderella be home after the

ball?2. What happened to her carriage because she

was late?

Floor # 2: Questions of Interpretation

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

Floor # 2: Questions of Interpretation

EXAMPLES:1. How would you describe Cinderella’s

stepsisters? 2. What motivated Cinderella to want to go to

the ball?

Floor # 3: Questions Beyond the Text

DESCRIPTION:1. Relate some part of the text to the real world

& current time2. You must go “beyond the text” to society to

find your answer.

Floor # 3: Questions Beyond the Text

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?”

Name That Question Type!(Mr. Lang’s questions)

Question of Fact = 1 pointQuestion Beyond the Text = 2 pointsQuestion 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?

Name That Question Type!(Mr. Lang’s questions)

Question of Fact = 1 pointQuestion Beyond the Text = 2 pointsQuestion of Interpretation = 3 points

#2. If you have strong religious faith, can you be friends with people who don’t believe in your

ideals?

Name That Question Type!(Mr. Lang’s questions)

Question of Fact = 1 pointQuestion Beyond the Text = 2 pointsQuestion of Interpretation = 3 points

#3. Do you think that Pocahontas really saved Captain John Smith’s life?

Name That Question Type!(Mr. Lang’s questions)

Question of Fact = 1 pointQuestion Beyond the Text = 2 pointsQuestion of Interpretation = 3 points

#4.  Why was life hazardous in an Old West mining

town?

Name That Question Type!(Mr. Lang’s questions)

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

Name That Question Type!(Mr. Lang’s questions)

Question of Fact = 1 pointQuestion Beyond the Text = 2 pointsQuestion of Interpretation = 3 points

#5. Would giving away free land encourage settlement of sparsely inhabited regions of the

Western states today?

Name That Question Type!(Mr. Lang’s questions)

Question of Fact = 1 pointQuestion Beyond the Text = 2 points

Question of Interpretation = 3 points

#6. What was the Homestead Act of 1862?

Name That Question Type!(Mr. Lang’s questions)

Question of Fact = 1 pointQuestion Beyond the Text = 2 pointsQuestion 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.

YOUR TURN: If your teachers can do it, so can you!

When YOU are creating the questions you are challenging yourself to not only understand a reading, but you are

also preparing to test someone else’s understanding of it.

In-class reading: Inside the Minds of Animals

Today we will:1. Finish reading Inside the Minds of Animals and practice creating questions.

2. Classify and rate your teachers’ questions.

3. Try the Question Steps with a history assignment.