What about starting backwards? Asking the kids to create a story. Before they start they would have to develop the characters, plot, message...They could do this by asking questions they want answered in their stories and then ask others what questions they would want answered in the stories. You could even provide open ended starting story frame questions that would be good for the beginning. It might take longer, but kids would be really involved in the process. They would see the reason of asking questions. This is what authors have to think about when they are writing a story.
When you are reading a story on your own, how many times do you ask "authentic questions"? How many do you ask? Why do you ask them? It is certainly not to answer a teacher's questions on pages 11 - 20 of the story. Perhaps you are not wondering about anything in a book or particular story. Are you in a book discussion club? Where do the questions come from? What types of questions do you come up that are not from the leader's discussion booklet or those listed in the back of the book? I think that many of us need to experience asking authentic original questions on adult books before we expect kids to do so. It is hard to ask kids to do something when they have no frame of reference. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sally Thomas<mailto:sally.thom...@verizon.net> To: ws...@mindspring.com<mailto:ws...@mindspring.com> ; mosaic listserve<mailto:mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 12:18 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Asking Authentic Questions Just wonder how much of that is learned behavior. If kids haven't been using authentic questioning from the beginning, they've been exposed to test questions and book questions and questions that many (or at least some teachers us...e.g. Using mostly literal questions or at least thinking that without literal questions first and answered correctly children cannot also ask and/or respond to questions of all kinds, inferentially and unanswerable but worth thinking and talking about. I think it may take months if not more to "undo" allt hat has been learned so well! On 10/26/10 10:17 AM, "ws...@mindspring.com<mailto:ws...@mindspring.com>" <ws...@mindspring.com<mailto:ws...@mindspring.com>> wrote: > I am working with teachers working with grades 3-5 in Strategies That Work- > Harvey and using the comprehension toolkits to focus on specific strategies. > If you have not seen this material you might want to take a look- just google > comprehension toolkits stephanie harvey. However we are having the same > problem with students only identifying problems at word meaning level. We are > continuing to model other break downs in comprehension. We are also having > trouble with 5th graders especially in the Questioning Strategy. They are > having a hard time asking authentic questions about what they wonder > about-etc. they want to ask mostly literal level questions - a few hows and > whys- If anyone has ideas or resources I would also appreciate. > > Sue Johnson > ws...@mindspring.com<mailto:ws...@mindspring.com> > > > Sue Johnson > ws...@mindspring.com<mailto:ws...@mindspring.com> > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org<mailto:Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org<http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org>. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive<http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive>. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org<mailto:Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org<http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org>. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive<http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive>. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
