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A short powerpoint describing open and closed questions for middle school students.
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Open vs. ClosedQuestions
What do you think?
Closed Questions
Ask for one correct answer Require a search for the fact(s) Comprehension questions
Answer can be found in the text Research questions
May need investigation using other sources
Examples
Think about how you would answer these closed questions: What is your name? Who is the protagonist in the novel? What did the protagonist do to solve the
mystery? In what era did the story take place?
Open Questions More than one “correct” answer Usually require further investigation or
thinking Inquiry questions
Need you to critique, analyze or reason Creative questions - “What if….?”
Need you to use your imagination, think of alternatives, new ideas
Examples Have you ever experienced an event
similar to that in your novel? How would you change a traditional
fairytale to make it more appealing to today’s children?
What do you stand for? What could the protagonist have been
thinking to have…?
Your turn! Generate questions
Use the novel you are reading now and write as many questions about the story as possible
When you have as many questions as you can think of, find a partner reading the same novel to work with
Have them answer your questions orally and decide together if it was an open or closed question
Was it easy to decide? Why or why not?
Use the quadrants
Readingcomprehension:Find the answer
in the text!
Literaryspeculation:
Be creative, lookfor alternatives,
create newoutcomes!
Factualknowledge:
Search for facts– may require
moreinvestigation!
Inquiry:Think deeply. Useyour experienceand try to use
reason tosubstantiate!
*adapted from “Student Questions:Developing Critical and Creative Thinkers” (Scholl, 2005)
Next Steps
Ask yourself: Does this question ask for just a fact? Do I need to do more research to find the
answer? Can I be creative to answer this question?
Decide how to answer when you are doing homework, quizzes, tests or just sharing your thoughts in class!