Improve Reading Comprehension with these 'Hidden' Question Stems - 3 Level Guides - Here Hidden Head

'Hidden Questions' are those where you can answer by using clues in the text combined with knowledge you already have.

How to use this guide:

- when running a Guided Reading Session have these question stems next to you and formulate appropriate questions as you see a context

- hand these question stems to your group and ask them to generate questions for the other group members

- have other groups answer the questions.

Working Out Word Meaning from Clues in Text - Have a guess at the meaning of '.....word.....' Use the clues given in the text before this word & in the next one or two sentences. - I wonder what this word could mean? (Take an 'educated guess') What clues from the text support this inference? - We can assume '.....word.....' means (insert meaning) because …

- We can conclude that '.....word.....' means (insert meaning) because of what clues from the text? - How do you know that '…word…' means (insert meaning)? - In this sentence the word (insert word) most likely means... a) b) c) because... - What could the word (insert meaning) mean given that (action) & (action) have happened. - Show me the part of the text that leads you to infer this word means (insert meaning). - What clues in the text lead you to make this inference? - (Insert word) has three meanings in the dictionary. Which is the most appropriate meaning here? - From the 'contextual clues' (hints in the text) what could (insert word) mean? Huge Hint!!! Read past the word to get more clues!!! - What clues point you to a possible meaning for this word? - I feel that there isn't enough information here to predict the meaning of this word. Would you agree? What is our next course of action? - Is it crucial that we understand the meaning of this word? Why? - Will I lose a significant amount of meaning from the text if I don't know this word? - Substitute a similar word & see if the sentence makes sense i.e. use a synonym for the unknown word.

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A video that demonstrates the skill :-)