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Title: Ladders of Questioning


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Ladders of Questioning
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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

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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 
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Example Marigolds
  • Level 1
  • Describe Lizabeths 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?

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Example Marigolds
  • Level 1 English 10 Questions

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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 Lizabeths 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?

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Example Marigolds
  • Level 2 English 10 Questions

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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")
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Example Marigolds
  • Level 3 English 10 Questions
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