CLASS DISCUSSIONS
• I pose a question.
• You guys talk about it.
• Why do we like discussions?
How can we ask questions of the text to find its meaning?
Level 1 Questions: Surface level; the answer can be found directly within the text
Examples from The Outsiders: Who was Ponyboy?
Define, describe, identify, list, name, observe, recite
Level 2 Questions: Inference-based; begin within the text but ask the reader’s
opinion.
Examples fromThe Outsiders: From the context in which it is used, what might Ponyboy
mean when he says “Maybe the two worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the
same sunset.” – Ponyboy
Level 3 Questions: World based; start with the text and ask a question about a larger
world issue. Evaluate, judge, apply a principle, speculate, imagine, predict,
hypothesize
Possible Topics for Level 3 questions: What seems to be the novel’s message about
innocence, and how is it different from the views of innocence in today’s society?
Which question level is each?
• According to the article, how many students were
suspended last month at Wilbur Cross High School?
• Looking at the statistics of kids surveyed, do they
represent an ACCURATE portion of the United
States population? (Is this a realistic article?)
• Based on the voice in the article, do you think the
author is FOR or AGAINST cell phones?
• What are the devices that offer applications to use
in class, according to the article?
• How detrimental is the media in today’s society?
• What will the future of school look like, heading in
this direction? Is this a good thing?