SESSION THREE: DIRECTED INQUIRY

Specific Objectives:

  1. to provide a strategy to facilitate recall.

  2. to make connections between the types of questions used in the Self Questioning strategy and retelling.

Procedure

I. Introduction

The instructor:

Makes the purpose of the activity clear by reviewing the rationale under
lying the Self- Questioning strategy:
When we ask ourselves who, what, where, when, why, and how questions while we read, it helps us both to understand and remember the text because one of the most important things about reading is to remember the main parts when we are finished.
Makes links between the 5 w and h questions highlighted in the previous session (see Session Two - Summarizing Concepts).
3. Reinforces the frequency with which these question types appear as a natural
part of reading and
4. Displays a chart containing the Directed Inquiry questions and reviews its
contents (Box 5) and distributes a handout (Appendix E).

BOX 5: DIRECTED INQUIRY QUESTIONS CHART
DIRECTED INQUIRY QUESTIONS
WHO -the story is about (characters)
WHERE -the story takes place
WHEN -the story takes place
WHAT -happens in the story
-what the problem is
-what the main character's main goals are
WHY -the people (characters) do what they do
HOW -the problem is solved

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