Book Clubs AKA Literature Circles Do you have Skills?!? (Questioning Skills, that is.)
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Book ClubsAKA Literature Circles
Do you have Skills?!?(Questioning Skills, that is.)
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Question Types• Did you know there are many different types of
questions? Did you know that the previous question is the SKINNY type?
• This year, you will NOT use SKINNY questions!
• YOU will ask FAT questions… which are:– Harder to formulate– More interesting to discuss – AND… better for your brain!
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Skinny Questions…• Skinny questions are questions that DO NOT lead to
“superb discussion”.• They typically have a short or one-word answer.• Examples:– Who is the main character?– What was Melissa’s favorite food in the story?– What did Goldilocks do to the bear she found in her
bed?
Basically:• They are BOOOORRRRRRIIIIIINNNNNGGGGG.
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Fat Questions…• THESE are the questions WE want to ask!!!• Fat questions are intelligent, and they lead to
*SUPERB* discussion.• Examples: – Do you think Melissa made the correct decision
when she returned the $100 she found? Why or why not?
– If you could rewrite the end of the story, what would you have Matt do with the magic wand?
Basically:• They are AWESOME & FUN to discuss!!!
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Now, It’s Sorting Time!• For our Fat vs. Skinny Questions activity, you
will take questions that have already been written about The Rainbow Fish.
• With your group, sort the questions into groups with SKINNY questions and FAT questions.
• After time is called, we will discuss how you sorted the questions & see if all groups agree.
Cheat Sheet: • Skinny = questions that can be answered with one word or a short answer. • Fat= require discussion; cannot be answered with one word; don’t necessarily
have a right or wrong answer.
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Why does this matter?!?
• When you learn how to ask in-depth questions while reading, as opposed to shallow questions, your book club discussions will be richer and require a higher level of thinking.
• In other words, book clubs will make you SMARTER! Yay!