INTRODUCTION TO LEVELS OF

QUESTIONING

LEVEL ONE

• Level One (On the Line):– Can be answered by using details

found in the text.– Answer who, what, where, and when.

LEVEL TWO

• Level Two (Between the Lines):– Reader interprets what is in the text to

get meaning.– Can be answered after analyzing the

text.– How and why type questions.– They are inference-based and implied.

LEVEL THREE• Level Three (Beyond the

Line): – Reader moves beyond the text to

connect to a universal meaning.– Questions are open-ended. They

ask the reader to reference information beyond the text.

– Questions that provoke discussion of higher-level, abstract ideas or issues.

– Use the text as a guide to explore larger issues.

PHOTO #1

PHOTO #1 – SAMPLE QUESTIONS

• LEVEL ONE: What is in the picture in the background?

• LEVEL TWO: Why are the soldiers huddled in

the foreground?

• LEVEL THREE: What does the scene say about political

motivations, physical war, and human

loss?

PHOTO #2

PHOTO #2 – SAMPLE QUESTIONS

• LEVEL ONE:

• LEVEL TWO:

• LEVEL THREE:

PHOTO #3

PHOTO #3 – SAMPLE QUESTIONS

• LEVEL ONE:

• LEVEL TWO:

• LEVEL THREE:

PHOTO #4

PHOTO #4 – SAMPLE QUESTIONS

• LEVEL ONE:

• LEVEL TWO:

• LEVEL THREE:

PHOTO #5

PHOTO #5 – SAMPLE QUESTIONS

• LEVEL ONE:

• LEVEL TWO:

• LEVEL THREE:

PHOTO #6

PHOTO #6 – SAMPLE QUESTIONS

• LEVEL ONE:

• LEVEL TWO:

• LEVEL THREE: