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Open vs. Closed Questions What do you think?

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Open vs. ClosedQuestions

What do you think?

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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

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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?

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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

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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…?

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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?

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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)

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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!