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Welcome to class!. Today you will need: Something to write with, journal, notebook paper Warm-up:. Journal info . Date Title Put rubric in . Questions Effective Readers Ask. Part I. Literal Questions. Knowledge level Fact-based Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?.
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Welcome to class! • Today you will need: • Something to write with, journal, notebook paper • Warm-up:
Journal info • Date • Title • Put rubric in
Literal Questions • Knowledge level • Fact-based • Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
Interpretive Questions • May have more than one answer • Requires that answers be supported with evidence from the text • What does this mean?
Evaluative Questions • Asks for an opinion, belief, or point of view • Responses may reflect different perspectives • Answers should be supported with evidence from the text • Do you agree/disagree? What do you feel about this? What is your opinion about this?
Universal Questions • Open-ended • Raised by ideas in the text; transcend social and cultural boundaries; speak to a common human experience • What does the character believe in? What is the main character willing to fight for? How does the story give you a better understanding of human nature?
Questions Effective Readers Ask Part II
What do readers do when they do not understand everything in a text?
Strategies • Establish a purpose • Make a connection • Question • Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How? • What does it mean when the author says______? • Do I agree/disagree when the author says______? • How can I relate __________ to the rest of the world/everyday life?
Think about it… • What is mythology? • What was the purpose of myths?
Pandora’s box • Copy these questions down… • After hearing the title, can you make some inferences about what the story will be about? • If I told you the story is a myth, what conclusions can you make now? • What is a myth?
What is a Myth? • A body of traditional or sacred stories to explain a belief or natural happening
Pandora’s box • Who were the characters? • What was Pandora created from? • Who was Hephaestus? • What is a myth? • Why did we read the story? • What were we practicing?