Questioning Examples

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Knowledge

Language Arts/Reading What is the definition of "verb"?, What is an example of an "adjective"?, Find in the story where......., Who discovered or did a given phenomenon or action?, What character matches which statement?, What is the sequential order of the story sequence?, Who wrote Hamlet?

Social Studies What is the law of supply and demand?, Which reactors operate at steady state?, Who is the 16th president of the U.S.?, Match the events that led to .........., How long is the race?, What is the capital of Maine?, List the seasons in order.

Science What are the stages of cell division?, List 2 main characteristics for each fact., What are two signs of poor dental care in children?, How much water does a racer bring?

Comprehension Top of Page

Language Arts/Reading What are some words that are commonly used as adjectives?, Illustrate what part of the story...., Can you make a visual representation to show that....?, What are the similiarities and differences in the two stories?, What is the main idea on p. 7?, How did the main character feel at the beginning, middle and end of the story?, Translate the paragraph into Spanish., What is meant in Hamlet, " to be or not to be, that is the question.," What is the definition of "justice" in your own words?

Math State and demonstrate a procedure for computing., What does the graph on p.19 mean?, Explain what is happening in the table's data?, List the ten highest elevations on the map from p.32.

Social Studies Describe the natural features in the country.

Science Explain the process of digestion......, Arrange the diagrams in their correct sequences.....

Application Top of Page

Language Arts/Reading Using the procedures we have discussed, what would you include in a summary of Bacon's essay?, On the Internet or in the library where could you find information about...?, How would you solve the problem if it happened in another time period?, In the Table of Contents, what pages would give you information about the weather?

Social Studies What would be the order of main events in a timeline for the U.S. historical events from 1800-1900?, How does the law of supply and demand explain the current increase in fruit prices?, Using a map, locate countries with similar climates near the Equator?, What type of clothing would you wear if you visited this country in December?

Math Show your computation to answer the Math problems., Write a Math formula to solve the problem., How would you interpret the graph/chart?

Music Play the series of chords in chromatic sequence.

Analysis Top of Page

Language Arts/Reading What are the major points that the author used to develop this essay?, Separate the story into four major parts, What are five basic elements of a good play?, Categorize the steps in Drama production., How does the story illustrations compare and contrast with each other?, What parts of the story were funniest, saddest, happiest and most unbelievable?, How could the sentences be reordered to form a paragraph?

Social Studies What factors in the American economy are affecting the present price of gasoline?, What are some ways that we might solve the energy crisis?, Research the average climate and snowfall ..., compare and contrast the climates of the countries.

Science Identify five features each for mammals, reptiles and amphibians., What are the similarities or differences...? Diagram the stages of seed development., What are 5 important steps to start a Science Fair Project?

Art How has the artist used color to illustrate his feelings?

Synthesis Top of Page

Language Arts/Reading How would you make the character in this story more believable?, What prediction can you make about the ending of the story based upon your earlier readings?, Create a different ending to the story, What things would have been different if the character....? , Write a story that illustrates how people live in the country.

Math How would you design an experiment on calorie intake?, How does the data support your hypothesis?, What is the main problem to be solved?, Write or illustrate the solution., How could we determine the numbers of pennies in the jar without counting them?

Social Studies Invent a machine to do a specific task., What is a good name for this invention?, Design a sand table for erosion study., How can the project be improved.

Music Compose new words to a known song., What is the next likely development in Popular Music?

Evaluation Top of Page

Language Arts/Reading Evaluate whether you think that the story is or is not well written.Why or why not?, Why (or why not) would you recommend this book to a friend?, Which character in the story would you like to have for a friend.Why?, Evaluate whether this story could happen in real life.What makes you think that this could happen?

Math/Science What would be the best way to solve the word problem?, Why did you select that Scientific solution?, Decide the rank order for grading the project.

Social Studies Could the Civil War have been prevented? Why?, Debate an issue .... for or against., What is the best solution to the problem?, Do you think schools are too easy?, Which U.S. senators is the most effective?