This website offers TEACHER QUESTION CARDS for upper Primary and lower Secondary English student writing tasks at the
Hats, boxes, magic, moon website or its student blog. Click on FOLDER OPTIONS to download all the Question Cards in one folder.
HOW DO I USE THE CARDS? 1. Students write stories, using tasks from the Hats, boxes, magic, moon website. 2. Afterwards, teachers may use the TEACHER QUESTION CARDS from this website to ask inferential questions about the students' stories. These cards support teachers by providing a bank of inferential questions. It is important to show students how to generate and answer their own inferential questions.
WHAT IS INFERRING? Inferring is reading between the lines, joining up the dots, making connections across a text, reading sub-texts, recognising stereotypes, predicting plot outcomes, or instantly 'tuning in' to genres, dynamics, reactions, feelings, or relationships WHICH ARE NOT DIRECTLY STATED.
HOW DO WE INFER? We follow a trail of clues as we read - we recognise the patterns they make - we predict: "Ah, he's the tough guy - she's the new kid in town - they're going to fall for each other..." We always ask students to tell us the CLUES: How is she feeling? Give me your clues..
A basic introduction to the Super 6 reading comprehension strategies can be found at www.super-six.info
Image cards: Ask inferential questions using online images selected or created by students.
INFERENCING WHEEL: This website looks at 7 approaches to assist us in teaching inferential reading skills - these approaches are shown in the wheel below.
Hats, boxes, magic, moon website or its student blog. Click on FOLDER OPTIONS to download all the Question Cards in one folder.
HOW DO I USE THE CARDS? 1. Students write stories, using tasks from the Hats, boxes, magic, moon website. 2. Afterwards, teachers may use the TEACHER QUESTION CARDS from this website to ask inferential questions about the students' stories. These cards support teachers by providing a bank of inferential questions. It is important to show students how to generate and answer their own inferential questions.
WHAT IS INFERRING? Inferring is reading between the lines, joining up the dots, making connections across a text, reading sub-texts, recognising stereotypes, predicting plot outcomes, or instantly 'tuning in' to genres, dynamics, reactions, feelings, or relationships WHICH ARE NOT DIRECTLY STATED.
HOW DO WE INFER? We follow a trail of clues as we read - we recognise the patterns they make - we predict: "Ah, he's the tough guy - she's the new kid in town - they're going to fall for each other..." We always ask students to tell us the CLUES: How is she feeling? Give me your clues..
A basic introduction to the Super 6 reading comprehension strategies can be found at www.super-six.info
Image cards: Ask inferential questions using online images selected or created by students.
INFERENCING WHEEL: This website looks at 7 approaches to assist us in teaching inferential reading skills - these approaches are shown in the wheel below.