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The Outsiders: Question Answer Relationships Strategy Lesson PlanThe Outsiders: Question Answer Relationships Strategy Lesson Plan
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6th - 8th
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English Language Arts
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2006
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The Outsiders: Question Answer Relationships Strategy

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Kids learn best when asking questions about what they have read. Encourage active reading with a comprehension activity based on S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders, in which kids read passages from the beginning of the book and identify questions as Right There, Think and Search, On Your Own, and Author and You.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

asking questions, the outsiders, s.e. hinton, reading comprehension, reading comprehension strategies

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Use as part of an anticipatory lesson, or in a formative assessment during your novel unit
  • Have kids write their own questions as they read the novel, or to formulate a book report

Classroom Considerations

  • Formatting is off between the teacher and learner versions, making printing difficult

Pros

  • Provides a rationale and explanation for the reading strategy
  • Includes a blank worksheet and teacher version for assessment

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.6.1 RL.7.1 RL.8.1

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