It's always interesting to see what other people come up with, but I'll
bet this list could generate a set of generic comprehension questions
in less than a day.
I'll start:
Fiction:
What can you tell us about the main character?
How are you like the main character? How are you different?
What is the most interesting thing that happened in the story?
Does this story teach the reader a lesson?
Non-Fiction:
What does the author of this book want to teach us?
What is the most interesting thing you learned by reading this book?
What new questions do you have about (the subject)?
Renee
On Jun 15, 2009, at 3:29 AM, Jennifer Olimpieri wrote:
.....I would love to see the list your principal came up with. Please
share. Jennifer
--- On Sat, 6/13/09, Jan Sanders <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Jan Sanders <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Do we really need to teach explicit strategies?
To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group"
<[email protected]>
Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009, 2:06 PM
Heather-
I have read the first 2 chapters of Readicide on-line and thought I
would
share...
This past year (school is out already for me) my principal took on
homework
and the idea of getting kids to read. In the past teachers had the
typical
homework -read for 30 minutes and respond in writing, and a math or
spelling
or social studies assignment. Well, after reading Homework Without
Tears
and The Homework Myth (I think those are the titles), my principal
decided
(with teacher collaboration and agreement) that homework would be "just
read". That's it. No written response ........... The principal
even made up a list of comprehension questions that could be used to
generate a conversation.
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