1. Questioning the Text Agenda Questioning the Text I. Questioning the Text Worksheet II. Read Aloud Reading Closely Unit

2. Name ______________ Text: ___________________________ APPROACHING THE TEXT Before reading, I consider what my specific purposes for reading are. QUESTIONING THE TEXT Before As I read the text for the first time, I use guiding questions that relate to my reading purpose and focus. (Can be taken from the Guiding Question handout.) As I re-read, I use questions I have about specific details that have emerged in my reading to focus my analysis and deepen my understanding. AS I READ I MARK DETAILS ON THE TEXT THAT RELATE TO MY GUIDING QUESTIONS Guiding questions for my first reading of the text: Text-specific questions to help focus my re-reading of the text: What are my reading purposes? TitleAuthor : Text Type: Source/Publisher: Publication Date: What do I already know about this text based on this information? Questioning the Text

3. Name ______________ Text: ___________________________ APPROACHING THE TEXT Before reading, I consider what my specific purposes for reading are. What are my reading purposes? Is my purpose (focus) Structure; Topic, Information and Ideas; Language or Perspective? Chose a focus and record the questions from that section or chose a focus and create questions of your own for that focus area. TitleAuthor : Text Type: Source/Publisher: Publication Date: What do I already know about this text based on this information? What do I know based on the title? What do I know about the author? What is the text type? Fiction or Nonfiction? What do I know about the source/publisher? What do I know based upon when the text was published? Questioning the Text

4. Name ______________ Text: Three Little Pigs APPROACHING THE TEXT Before reading, I consider what my specific purposes for reading are. What are my reading purposes? Structure: · How is the text organized? · How has the author structured the sentences and paragraphs? Title: Three Little Pigs Author : Mother Goose Text Type: Fiction Source/Publisher: MGP Publication Date: 1812 What do I already know about this text based on this information? What do I know based on the title? It likely involves three little pigs. What do I know about the author? She writes folk tales. What is the text type? Fiction or Nonfiction? Fiction What do I know about the source/publisher? Mother Goose is self-published. What do I know based upon when the text was published? The story may have been updated since it was written. Questioning the Text

5. Name ______________ Text: ___________________________ QUESTIONING THE TEXT Before As I read the text for the first time, I use guiding questions that relate to my reading purpose and focus. (Can be taken from the Guiding Question handout.) Guiding questions for my first reading of the text: Structure: · How is the text organized? · How has the author structured the sentences and paragraphs? Questioning the Text

6. QUESTIONING THE TEXT Before As I read the text for the first time, I use guiding questions that relate to my reading purpose and focus. (Can be taken from the Guiding Question handout.) Guiding questions for my first reading of the text: Structure: · How is the text organized? The paragraphs are followed by pictures the kids can look at and understand. · How has the author structured the sentences and paragraphs? The sentences and paragraph are short. They are easy to read by children Questioning the Text Name ______________ Text: Three Little Pigs

7. Name ______________ Text: ___________________________ As I re-read, I use questions I have about specific details that have emerged in my reading to focus my analysis and deepen my understanding. AS I READ I MARK DETAILS ON THE TEXT THAT RELATE TO MY GUIDING QUESTIONS Text-specific questions to help focus my re-reading of the text: On the second reading, change your focus from a general guiding question to question based on the text. This will help you focus on the details, author’s craft, purpose or deepening your understanding of the text. Questioning the Text

8. Name ______________ Text: ___________________________ As I re-read, I use questions I have about specific details that have emerged in my reading to focus my analysis and deepen my understanding. AS I READ I MARK DETAILS ON THE TEXT THAT RELATE TO MY GUIDING QUESTIONS Text-specific questions to help focus my re-reading of the text: 1.Who were the three brother pigs? 2.How did the third pigs show he was smarter than his brothers? 3.What questions would you ask of the first two pigs? 4.What was the turning point in the story? 5.What is a new way you might have outsmarted the Big, Bad wolf? 6.Could the pigs come up with a more peaceful solution than boiling the Big, Bad Wolf alive? Questioning the Text

9. Shared Reading As a class, we will read aloud Focus: Note taking, while optional, is highly recommended.

10. Independent Reading By yourself, complete the first parts of the Questioning Texts Worksheet, selecting Guiding Questions that relate to the author’s perspective. By yourself, read the text using your Guiding Questions to focus you on relevant details they can question further.

11. Class Discussion As a class, we will now discuss the text. Our objective is to increase the class’ understanding of the text and vocabulary. For the discussion, use the information you recorded in answering your Guiding Questions. As we discuss the text, develop text-specific questions about key details.

12. Class Discussion