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Ladders of Questioning

Ladders of Questioning. Types of Questions. Literal Factual Address key elements Interpretive Inferential Motive of author or a character Experience-Based Connecting Link text to prior knowledge, other texts, or experiences. Level 1: Literal. Questions Factual Address key elements

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Ladders of Questioning

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  1. Ladders of Questioning

  2. Types of Questions • Literal • Factual • Address key elements • Interpretive • Inferential • Motive of author or a character • Experience-Based • Connecting • Link text to prior knowledge, other texts, or experiences

  3. Level 1: Literal • Questions • Factual • Address key elements • Answers • Found directly in text • Good answers lead to an accurate and complete summary of text

  4. Level 2: Interpretive • Questions • Inferential • Motive of author or a character • Answers • Found by following patterns and seeing relationships among parts of the text • Good answers lead to an identification of the significant patterns

  5. Level 3: Experience-Based • Questions • Connecting • Link text to prior knowledge, other texts, or experiences • Answers • Found by testing the ideas of a text against readers’ schema • Good answers lead to an appreciation of the text and further discussion an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world 

  6. Example: “Marigolds” • Level 1 • Describe Lizabeth’s actions in this scene. • What are the meanings of the words “sterility,” “verve,” and “poignancy”? • How is Miss Lottie described? • What sense words are used to describe the marigold garden? • What does Lizabeth do right after she destroys the flowers?

  7. Example: “Marigolds” • Level 1 – English 10 Questions

  8. Example: “Marigolds” • Level 2 • Why do you think the narrator destroyed the marigolds? • Why is Lizabeth unable to stop her actions? • Why did Miss Lottie so tendery care for the marigolds? • Why had Lizabeth’s understanding of Miss Lottie changed? • How do you interpret the last line of the story? • Can you identify any stylistic devices? How do they add to the meaning of the story?

  9. Example: “Marigolds” • Level 2 – English 10 Questions

  10. Example: “Marigolds” • Level 3 • Can you think of a time when your anger got out of control? What were the consequences of your behavior? • Have you had an experience that changed your perception of another person? (i.e. divorce, failures, sickness) id est (Latin for "that is")

  11. Example: “Marigolds” • Level 3 – English 10 Questions

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