Focus on chapter two of Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science with a questioning activity. After teaching and modeling several types of questions, learners work with partners and then independently to answer and compose questions about the text.

Concepts

asking questions, forming questions, text-to-self connections, active reading, the history of medicine, reading comprehension strategies

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Apply pupils' knowledge of question types to the next chapter as well by asking them to write questions and answer one another's questions

Pros

• Includes a student handout of the different types of questions
• A worksheet is provided; questions and instructions are clear

Cons

• Keep an eye out for minor typos and usage errors

Common Core

RI.6.1 RI.6.2 RI.6.4 RI.7.1 RI.7.2 RI.7.4 RI.8.1 RI.8.2 RI.8.4 W.6.1.a W.6.9.a W.7.1.a W.7.9.a W.8.1.a W.8.9.a