Questioning Stems for “Thinking Within the Text” with Nonfiction
1. What did you learn about ______________?
2. What happened first in the book?
3. What happened next?
4. What happened at the end?
5. What are the different kinds of _______________?
6. What are some of the important facts about ________________?
7. What did you learn from the photograph/drawing/chart/map/timeline?
8. What is a ____________?
9. Give an example of a word from the glossary.
10. What is true about ________________?
11. What causes _________________?
12. What is an example of ________________ that was described in this book?
Questioning Stems for “Thinking About the Text” with Nonfiction
14. Is this a good title for the piece? Why/why not?
15. Look at the heading on page ___________. How does this heading help you read the book?
16. Look at the sections and read the headings. Do you think this was a good way to organize the information? Why/why not? How might you have organized it differently?
17. How did the writer help you understand different points of view about the topic?
18. How did the writer make this book interesting?
19. Why do you think the writer wrote the book?
20. Look back at the text and find some powerful descriptive words. Explain what they mean and why the writer chose to use them.
21. Does the writer give a balanced view of this topic? Give examples from the text to support your answer.
Questioning Stems for “Thinking Beyond the Text” with Nonfiction
22. Does this book make you think of other things?
23. What is the best thing about _________________?
24. What is the worst thing about _________________?
25. Why do you think this writer wanted to tell you about ________________?
26. What would happen if _________________?
27. What information does the photograph/heading give you?
28. What was the most important idea in this book?
29. How does ________________ change?
30. What is unusual about ______________?
31. Why do people feel _____________ about _______________?
32. What is a question you still have about ______________?
32. What is a question you still have about ______________?
1. What did you learn about ______________?
2. What happened first in the book?
3. What happened next?
4. What happened at the end?
5. What are the different kinds of _______________?
6. What are some of the important facts about ________________?
7. What did you learn from the photograph/drawing/chart/map/timeline?
8. What is a ____________?
9. Give an example of a word from the glossary.
10. What is true about ________________?
11. What causes _________________?
12. What is an example of ________________ that was described in this book?
Questioning Stems for “Thinking About the Text” with Nonfiction
14. Is this a good title for the piece? Why/why not?
15. Look at the heading on page ___________. How does this heading help you read the book?
16. Look at the sections and read the headings. Do you think this was a good way to organize the information? Why/why not? How might you have organized it differently?
17. How did the writer help you understand different points of view about the topic?
18. How did the writer make this book interesting?
19. Why do you think the writer wrote the book?
20. Look back at the text and find some powerful descriptive words. Explain what they mean and why the writer chose to use them.
21. Does the writer give a balanced view of this topic? Give examples from the text to support your answer.
Questioning Stems for “Thinking Beyond the Text” with Nonfiction
22. Does this book make you think of other things?
23. What is the best thing about _________________?
24. What is the worst thing about _________________?
25. Why do you think this writer wanted to tell you about ________________?
26. What would happen if _________________?
27. What information does the photograph/heading give you?
28. What was the most important idea in this book?
29. How does ________________ change?
30. What is unusual about ______________?
31. Why do people feel _____________ about _______________?
32. What is a question you still have about ______________?
32. What is a question you still have about ______________?