Lesson Plan

The House of the Scorpion: Request Strategy

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet
This The House of the Scorpion: Request Strategy lesson plan also includes:

Readers of The House of the Scorpion try to stump their teacher in a QAR questioning game. Pairs craft Right There, Think and Search, On Your Own, and the Author and You questions and the class members then take turns responding to questions posed by the teacher, and asking their questions of the teacher.

31 Views 16 Downloads
Instructional Ideas
  • Expand the time allotted for question building
Classroom Considerations
  • The last in a series of six resources designed to be used with The House of the Scorpion
  • The exercise assumes that class members have previously been introduced to the QAR method of questioning and have experience crafting the three types of questions
Pros
  • A rationale for the strategy, model QAR questions, and directions for the game are included in the resource
Cons
  • None