Sunday, April 19, 2009

Read Aloud Questions for Ages 10-12

The following should help you develop ideas for questions to ask during the read-aloud session to children ages 10, 11, 12 and above.

Knowledge

• Who?
• What?
• When?
• Where?
• How?
• List the facts in order.

Comprehension

• What is meant by... ?
• Can you describe... ?
• What is the difference... ?
• What is the main idea... ?
• Why did... ?
• Explain why... ?

Application

• Who would you choose...?
• What would happen if...?
• How would you...?
• Do you know someone like...?
• Would you do the same thing in the same situation...?
• If you had to...what would you do?

Analysis

• What part of the reading was funniest?
• What part was the most exciting?
• What part was the saddest?
• Tell some things that could not have happened in real life.
• Which things were fact, and which were opinions?
• What could you do that was just like what the person in the story did?
• Find five words in the story which begin with the same sound.
• List five compound words from the story.
• What was the purpose of...?

Synthesis

• Retell one event from an animal's point of view.
• How could we/you...?
• Make up another ending to the story that still fits the details.
• Rewrite a sentence from the reading but change one thing in it.
• Write a new title for this story.
• Write a two-line poem about the reading.

Evaluation

• Was the main character in this reading good or bad? Why?
• Which is better...?
• Would you agree that...?
• What is your opinion of...?
• Were they right to do...? Why? Or why not?
• Compare two characters in the reading. Tell which one you think is better and why.

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