types of questions
What question will you find the answer right in the passage?
Factual
What color is the boy's hair?
Factual question
What is step one in the INFER strategy?
Interact with the question and the passage
Which sentence supports question 1? Bonus point for the correct code letter.
If I never eat mackerel and rice again (F)
How many letters are in the alphabet?
26 letters
What question type will you have to look for or think more about?
Think and Seek
Where is the train going?
Factual question
What is step two in the INFER strategy?
Note what you know
Which sentence supports question 2? Bonus point for the correct code letter.
Been in a strange situation. (B)
True or false: sharks have bones?
False, their bodies are made of cartilage.
What type of question will you have to make a guess or infer something based on the facts?
Predicting Questions
What do you think the author meant when he used the word "satisfied" in paragraph 1?
Clarifying question
What is step three in the INFER strategy?
Find the clues
Which sentence supports question 3? Bonus point for the correct code letter.
What I've been eating for the past six weeks. (P)
How many hearts does an octopus have?
3 hearts
What question type will ask about the theme of the story?
Big Picture Questions
What will the character do next?
Predicting question
What is step four in the INFER strategy?
Explore supporting details
Which sentence supports question 4? Bonus point for the correct code letter.
From the ocean, we had fresh bonito. (C)
What is the largest organ in the body?
The skin
What type of question will ask for explanation?
Clarifying Questions
What is the setting of this story
Big picture question
What is step five in the INFER strategy?
Return to the question.
Which sentence supports question 5? Bonus point for the correct code letter.
All the fishing boats were destroyed. (F)
How much of the earth is covered in water?
70%