980fc5e6_Questioning_Mini_Lessons__Lesson
[Day] One- LONG lesson [Purpose/ Objective] Activate background about questioning and story. Think aloud questioning before reading the story, during and after Materials: ü Little Red Riding Hood (original story) from the Brothers Grimm. I *think* the one I used was retold by Paul Galdone. [Lesson] 
To begin the unit I asked the class what the word question meant. What words do we use to write questions (who, what, where, etc) and what do we end a question with. I did this just to get their minds whirling! Then I asked who had read the story Little Red Riding Hood. Of course, most the class knew the story (this is fourth grade remember!). I told the students how good readers asked questions not only while they read, but before and after too! I looked at the cover and thought aloud some questions. Then paged through the story and brainstormed more questions orally (before). Then I read aloud the story and asked myself questions. At this point many of these were predictions and then I would confirm or adjust a prediction as I went. After I closed the book I mused out loud, like why did the girl and grandmother STILL survive after the woodsman cut the wolf open (remember: the original Grimm version is much more gruesome- which the kids LOVED)? Why did the author choose the villain/ antagonist to be a wolf- why not a snake or a human? And so on. The kids were dying to contribute by this point, so I allowed some discussion. In the beginning, I pretty much ran the show and released some to the kids as I read the book.
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