Why?

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post today we are gonna learn why we need to ask questions after reading a text or a story. For example, if you have read the story about the little red riding hood and if you want to know more about the story. What would you do?

Answer: Ask questions
Why? - Asking a question about the story lets you learn more about the story, its characters, moral of story and the setting. It can also help you build up better understanding.

Example:
Why did the wolf disguise as little red riding hood's grandma?

Ans - Because the wolf was hungry.

But of course, you can add to that answer by saying 'Because the wolf didn't want little red riding hood to know he was a wolf'.

Now that we have learned about that, let's learn about four different types of questions/answers.

Here is the story I will be using:

Sally was born in Sydney and had lived there all her life. Tomorrow, Sally and her family were leaving to live in Oman where Sally's Dad had a new job. Sally didn't want to go. She would be leaving behind her best friend Bella, the water polo team she had played on for the last three years, and the beautiful house she had grown in. To top it all off, it was Sally's birthday next week. She was turning eleven. She had wanted to spend her birthday with her friends, not in a new place where she didn't know anyone. 

1. The Right There Question - Highlight

The right their question is a question where you can find the answer to in the text. This means you can just literally find the answer there, you don't have to think! Here is a question.

Q - Where were Sally and her family moving to?

A - Oman, You could clearly see it in the story.

2.  The 'Think and Search' question - Highlight 

The think and search question means the answer is in the text but you have to look for the answer, in different parts of the story,

Q - Had Sally always lived in the same house?

A - Yes, you need to look around the first sentences to find it.

3. The 'Author and Me' question (Author - Highlight)

The answer is not in the story. You have to sue your own background knowledge and what the author had told you in order to come up with the answer.

Q - How did sally feel about spending her birthday in Oman?.

A -  She felt sad and mad at the same time, it says that she wanted to spend her birthday with her friends.

4. On My own

The answer is not in the text. You could even come up with an answer without reading the story. You only need to use your own background knowledge. This one is the easiest because you just answer it on your own.

How can we successfully ask questions?

•  Read a sentence and ask a question about what we have read.
• Read a sentence and answer a question about what we have read. 
• Read a paragraph and ask a question about the main idea in the paragraph.
• Read a paragraph and ask a question about the main character in the paragraph.
• Give evidence from the text to justify asking the question. 
• Give evidence from the text to justify answers to a question.