Essential Questions: Literary and Informational Topics
Essential Questions: Literary and Informational Topics Step 1: Identify the core purpose of the unit. Step 2: Determine why the topic/unit is necessary knowledge for you students and how it is relevant. Step 3: Use these sentence frames to create Essential Questions around literary and informational texts and reading skills.
Topical Essential Questions How does
challenge
’s beliefs about
author or text title
?
person
How can
topic
affect how
see(s)/interpret(s)
literary element
?
person
In what ways does
text title
’s feelings/perceptions about
reflect author or text title or event
How does
?
person or place
topic through
explore theme or topic
author or text or person or event
? text title or character
Overarching Essential Questions use
How could
to better understand
person(s)
concept
skill versus
What is the benefit of characteristic or skill Should
?
? characteristic or skill
be responsible for person(s)
?
Why or why not?
person or place or topic
What does it mean to be
? How do we decide who is considered to be characteristic
? characteristic
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Essential Questions: Literary and Informational Topics Step 1: Identify the core purpose of the unit. Step 2: Determine why the topic/unit is necessary knowledge for you students and how it is relevant. Step 3: Use these sentence frames to create Essential Questions around literary and informational texts and reading skills.
Topical Essential Questions How does
Shakespeare’s Othello author or text title
challenge
society person
How can
the narrator’s point of view literary element
affect how
the reader person
The Giving Tree
In what ways does
Anne Frank author or text or person or event
explore
race and culture topic
?
The Giver text title
?
see(s)/interpret(s)
people person or place
reflect
author or text title or event How does
’s beliefs about
love
’s feelings/perceptions about
?
topic through
questions about her identity theme or topic
her diary entries text title or character
?
Overarching Essential Questions How could
What is the benefit of
Should
use
students person(s)
to better understand
skill
comparing/contrasting similar texts characteristic or skill
parents person(s)
What does it mean to be
close reading
be responsible for
courageous characteristic
versus
figurative language concept
focusing on one specific text characteristic or skill
their children’s mistakes person or place or topic
? How do we decide who is considered to be
?
?
?
Why or why not?
courageous characteristic
?
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Essential Questions: Literary/Informational Text Examples A list of different types of examples that can be used with the Essential Questions Sentence Frames.
TOPIC
CHARACTERISTICS
THEMES
Figurative Language
Honest
Coming of Age
Point of View
Brave
Equality
Author’s Purpose
Forgiving
Friendship
Alliteration
Ethical
Love
Tone
Respectful
Good vs. Evil
Motifs
Independent
Family
Dialogue
Idealistic
Race & Culture
Word Choice
Forgiving
Tradition
Genre
Optimistic
Conflict/War
Plot
Resilient
Beauty
Setting
Rational
Technology
PERSON(S)
EVENTS/CONTEXT
SKILLS
You/Your
At School
Making Inferences
We/Our
At Home
Close Reading
Students
In the Real World
Reading Fluency
Teachers
Everyday Life
Vocabulary Knowledge
The reader
Current Event
Analysis
Society
Historical Event
Summarizing
Community
Climax of a Novel/Text
Researching
Family/Parents
Community Event
Comparing/Contrasting
Organizations
Schoolwide Event
Identifying Cause/Effect
Governments
Classroom Event
Evaluating
Historians/Authors
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Topical Essential Questions How does
challenge
’s beliefs about
author or text title
?
person
How can
topic
affect how
see(s)/interpret(s)
literary element
?
person
In what ways does
text title
’s feelings/perceptions about
reflect author or text title or event
How does
?
person or place
topic through
explore theme or topic
author or text or person or event
? text title or character
Overarching Essential Questions use
How could
to better understand
person(s)
concept
skill versus
What is the benefit of characteristic or skill Should
?
? characteristic or skill
be responsible for person(s)
?
Why or why not?
person or place or topic
What does it mean to be
? How do we decide who is considered to be characteristic
? characteristic
Find more resources at https://goalbookapp.com
Essential Questions: Literary and Informational Topics Step 1: Identify the core purpose of the unit. Step 2: Determine why the topic/unit is necessary knowledge for you students and how it is relevant. Step 3: Use these sentence frames to create Essential Questions around literary and informational texts and reading skills.
Topical Essential Questions How does
Shakespeare’s Othello author or text title
challenge
society person
How can
the narrator’s point of view literary element
affect how
the reader person
The Giving Tree
In what ways does
Anne Frank author or text or person or event
explore
race and culture topic
?
The Giver text title
?
see(s)/interpret(s)
people person or place
reflect
author or text title or event How does
’s beliefs about
love
’s feelings/perceptions about
?
topic through
questions about her identity theme or topic
her diary entries text title or character
?
Overarching Essential Questions How could
What is the benefit of
Should
use
students person(s)
to better understand
skill
comparing/contrasting similar texts characteristic or skill
parents person(s)
What does it mean to be
close reading
be responsible for
courageous characteristic
versus
figurative language concept
focusing on one specific text characteristic or skill
their children’s mistakes person or place or topic
? How do we decide who is considered to be
?
?
?
Why or why not?
courageous characteristic
?
Find more resources at https://goalbookapp.com
Essential Questions: Literary/Informational Text Examples A list of different types of examples that can be used with the Essential Questions Sentence Frames.
TOPIC
CHARACTERISTICS
THEMES
Figurative Language
Honest
Coming of Age
Point of View
Brave
Equality
Author’s Purpose
Forgiving
Friendship
Alliteration
Ethical
Love
Tone
Respectful
Good vs. Evil
Motifs
Independent
Family
Dialogue
Idealistic
Race & Culture
Word Choice
Forgiving
Tradition
Genre
Optimistic
Conflict/War
Plot
Resilient
Beauty
Setting
Rational
Technology
PERSON(S)
EVENTS/CONTEXT
SKILLS
You/Your
At School
Making Inferences
We/Our
At Home
Close Reading
Students
In the Real World
Reading Fluency
Teachers
Everyday Life
Vocabulary Knowledge
The reader
Current Event
Analysis
Society
Historical Event
Summarizing
Community
Climax of a Novel/Text
Researching
Family/Parents
Community Event
Comparing/Contrasting
Organizations
Schoolwide Event
Identifying Cause/Effect
Governments
Classroom Event
Evaluating
Historians/Authors
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