What does your class want to know about William Shakespeare's The Tempest? Host a discussion about the questions high schoolers have about the play with a KWHL activity in which they write down their inquiries, what they already know, what they've learned, and how they learned it.

Concepts

the tempest, william shakespeare, literary themes, reading comprehension

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have kids keep their KWHL charts in a reading or language arts notebook so they can refer back throughout the novel unit
• Prompt kids to come up with their own probing or central questions as homework before you start the KWHL lesson

Classroom Considerations

• Provides some examples for questions and concepts, but you'll to provide more concrete ideas for kids to consider
• Lesson was written by a student teacher, so many points and procedures are very detailed

Pros

• Inspires critical thinking and questioning the text
• Prompts kids to conduct their own research to find the answers to their questions, whether it's in the text or with additional resources
• Versatile for different novels and stories

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.9-10.1 RL.9-10.2 RL.9-10.3 RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.2 RL.11-12.3