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QUESTIONING STRATEGIES

QUESTIONING STRATEGIES. INITIATING. What is the author trying to say here? What is the author’s intention? What point is the author trying to make?. Narrative. What situation is the character in now? Given all that we know about the character so far, what do you think he will do next?

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QUESTIONING STRATEGIES

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  1. QUESTIONING STRATEGIES

  2. INITIATING • What is the author trying to say here? • What is the author’s intention? • What point is the author trying to make?

  3. Narrative • What situation is the character in now? • Given all that we know about the character so far, what do you think he will do next? • How has the character changed from the beginning of the story? • What events along the way inspired these changes?

  4. Follow-up • What does the author mean when she writes…. • Does the author explain her reasons clearly or effectively? • To what extent did the author achieve what he or she set out to accomplish?

  5. Questions to consider: Narrator Who is telling the story? What is the narrator’s point of view; i.e. is the story being told as it happens? Recalled from past events? As an internal monologue? Dramatic monologue? To what extent can you trust the narrator? If there is more than one narrator, what is the relationship between them and what purpose do these multiple narrators serve? Why does the narrator want to tell this story? What is the narrator’s attitude toward their subject/character/story?

  6. Question to consider: Character What do you know about the characters? What do these things tell you about the characters? What is the relationship between the setting and the characters? What are people in the story not talking about? How does the character change in response to the story? How do your perception of the character(s) change as the story progresses? Which character do you most identify with and why? If a character has some condition– physical, psychological, emotional– what effect does that have on the story and our perception of the character?

  7. Questions to consider: Story • What shape or diagram best describes the action and/or structure of the story? • How would the story change if…e.g. the narrator changed from first to third person, the point of view changed from on character to another?...etc • What, if anything, is influencing the shape and function of the text/story? (cultural traditions/folk and fairy tales, etc) • Does your answer to the questions “what is this story about” remain the same throughout the reading? If not, at what point does it change?

  8. Questions to Consider: Various • Why does the author___________? (e.g. shift time frame, change narrators, incorporate different types of texts) • What are the sources of tension and conflict in the story? • What factors most influence your interpretation of this story? (past experience you’ve had/gender/cultural bias)

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