Last year, through her Goyen Literacy Fellowship, reading interventionist Catlin Goodrow shared her work in a series of informative and resource-ful Twitter/X threads.
Do you have any suggestions of resources to use for the middle school population? What would you suggest in getting this age group to ask good questions since I find 8th graders lack understanding between bad and good questions? Thanks.
Hi, Denise! Catlin, here! I have a lot to say about this,, but I'd love to know how you define "good" and "bad" questions. Do you mean juicy, open-ended vs. closed-ended, or on-topic vs. silly/inappropriate?
I have a two column chart that I use that has the question words in the first column and a list a verbs in the second column. (Forms of to be, to do, can, could, would, will, might). It helps give some more structure. You can also be more specific about character development, plot elements, etc.
Do you have any suggestions of resources to use for the middle school population? What would you suggest in getting this age group to ask good questions since I find 8th graders lack understanding between bad and good questions? Thanks.
Hi, Denise! Catlin, here! I have a lot to say about this,, but I'd love to know how you define "good" and "bad" questions. Do you mean juicy, open-ended vs. closed-ended, or on-topic vs. silly/inappropriate?
I have a two column chart that I use that has the question words in the first column and a list a verbs in the second column. (Forms of to be, to do, can, could, would, will, might). It helps give some more structure. You can also be more specific about character development, plot elements, etc.