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ASK IT. Self-Questioning Strategy. What is self-questioning?. Basic Definition: Ask yourself questions as your read Then What? Make a prediction Your best guess based on what you already know Then What? Look for the answer. Why do we need to ask questions while reading?.

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  1. ASK IT Self-Questioning Strategy

  2. What is self-questioning? • Basic Definition: • Ask yourself questions as your read • Then What? • Make a prediction • Your best guess based on what you already know • Then What? • Look for the answer

  3. Why do we need to ask questions while reading? • To Keep Your Mind ACTIVE • To Pay ATTENTION While Your Read • Read with INTEREST (You will want to keep reading!!) • To Help You UNDERSTAND WHY? FACTS: Before= 46% After= 86%

  4. STEP 1 • ATTEND TO CLUE: • What is a clue? • ___________________________ • ___________________________ • ___________________________ • ___________________________ • ___________________________ • Where can you find them? • Titles, Pictures, First Sentences

  5. SAY SOME QUESTIONS 7 Questions Words _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ Symbols: G G G G G H h STEP 2

  6. Step 3 • KEEP PREDICTIONS IN MIND • Q: What does the girl look like? • P: ___________________________________ • Q: Why did the boy leave school? • P: ___________________________________ • Q: How will the class do on the exam? • P: ___________________________________

  7. Step 4 • IDENTIFY THE ANSWERS • Read some more and find out if you are right.

  8. Step 5 • TALK ABOUT THE ANSWERS • Compare your answer to your prediction • Ask yourself: Was I right or wrong? • Put the answer in your own words.

  9. NOW WHAT?????

  10. DO THE STEPS AGAINKEEP READING

  11. Is it ok if you do not find the answers?

  12. Yes!Why?

  13. It is okay because you are keeping your mind active while reading!!

  14. When you state your Q,P, A’s be sure to: • Use complete statements: subjects and verbs! • Make your statements accurate. They only include information related to the passage. • Make sure each statement has new information

  15. Let’s Practice: • For each of the following statements, look for clues, ask a question, and make a prediction. • One of you will use the laptop to write it one the board.

  16. The Valentine Box A Valentine’s Day Mystery Poem

  17. #1 The Valentine Box

  18. #1 • Q: • P: • A:

  19. #2 The Valentine's Social brought Billy and Liz together when they were just nine.He thought that her shoebox of string, tape and lace was "pretty" and cookies "just fine."Liz noticed how nimbly his fingers untied the shoelace that held the lid tight,and how, though the cookies were burnt to a crisp, he smiled as he ate the last bite.

  20. #2 • Q: • P: • A:

  21. #3 Now, poor Liz was from the wrong side of the tracks, and all the school children did saythat Billy, born on the right side of the town, was nice "`cause it's Valentine's Day."Though the Social had brought them together that once, the social rules kept them apart,and so they each went to their predestined life with an empty place deep in their heart.

  22. #3 • Q: • P: • A:

  23. #4 • Now, Liz never married, but learned how to cook, and she started a catering bizthat served meals at galas and opening nights,and everyone wanted Ms. Liz.She was booked for a book-launch -- Valentine's Day. The author had specified her.He was Edgar'd and feted -- a writer of note -- so shy Liz was forced to concur.

  24. #4 • Q: • P: • A:

  25. #5 • Liz set out the food as the writer read lines, then nimbly signed books for the crowd,but a puzzle it was, how this mystery man was making her heart beat so loud.She busied her hands with the lace and the silk, though they shook as she touched each part. She turned from the table as a voice in her ear whispered, "Liz, please be my sweetheart."

  26. #5 • Q: • P: • A:

  27. #6 • He held in his two hands -- this mystery man -- a box that was faded and worn,and when William Devane smiled at Liz once again she saw her young Billy reborn.It's a mystery to some how Billy and Liz found each other in this strange way,

  28. #6 • Q: • P: • A:

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