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Comprehension Strategies and Questioning

Comprehension Strategies and Questioning. By: Jessica Kellett. What is Nonfiction. A nonfiction text is a text that is true or has really happened. Examples of nonfiction texts are: Biographies Newspapers Magazines Encyclopedias and Dictionaries.

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Comprehension Strategies and Questioning

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  1. Comprehension Strategies and Questioning By: Jessica Kellett

  2. What is Nonfiction • A nonfiction text is a text that is true or has really happened. • Examples of nonfiction texts are: • Biographies • Newspapers • Magazines • Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

  3. Questions to Support Comprehension of Nonfiction Personal and Textual Connections: • What do you already know about this topic? • How does this book remind you of other books that you have read? • What is your interest in this topic? • How does the information in this book fit with what you already know?

  4. Questions to Support Comprehension of Nonfiction Content Questions: • What did you learn about this topic? • What does this text make you want to learn more about? • What are some of the most important words related to the topic, and what do they mean?

  5. What is Fiction • A fiction text is a text that is not true. • Examples of fiction texts are: • Junie B. Jones • Dr. Seuss • Fairy Tales • Charlotte’s Web

  6. Questions to Support Comprehension of Fiction Personal and Textual Connections: • How does the story make you feel? • Does this book remind you of another book? • How are the characters, setting and problems like those in other stories that you have read? • What does this story make you think or wonder about? • What surprised you?

  7. Questions to Support Comprehension of Fiction Questions about the Setting: • Where and when does the story take place? • Is the place important to the story? How? • What words did the author use to describe the place? • How is the setting like another place you know?

  8. Questions to Support Comprehension of Fiction Questions about the Characters: • Who is the most important character? Why? • What choices did the character have? • What did you learn from one character in the story? • How did the characters feel about one another? Why? • Are the characters believable? Why or why not?

  9. Questions to Support Comprehension of Fiction Questions about the Language: • What are some interesting words, phrases or sentences in the book? • What were some of the strongest words that the author used? • How did the author begin/end the story? • Was any of the language especially interesting, vivid, or surprising?

  10. Questions to Support Comprehension of Fiction Questions about the Illustrations: • How important are the illustrations in the book? • What is your favorite illustration? Why did you choose it? • Could you picture what was happening when there was no illustration?

  11. Questions to Support Comprehension of Fiction Questions about the Genre: • What is the genre? How did you know? • How is this book like other books you’ve read in this genre? • What do you find difficult about reading books in this genre?

  12. Any Questions???

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