Question Stems Aligned with Reading Comprehension Skills 5.1 (A) Balance fiction/literature with informative/expository text. 5.2 (A) *In paragraph of this story, what does the word mean? *Wha is the root word for the word in paragraph that means? 5.2 (B) *In paragraph of this story, what does the word mean? *What clues helped you know the meaning of the word? *In paragraph of this newspaper article, what clues help you know the meaning of? 5.2 (C) *What is an analogy for? 5.2 (D) Idiom: 1) an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements, as in keep tabs on 2) a specialized vocabulary used by a group; jargon 3) a style or manner of expression peculiar to a given people *Identify the idiom in this story and determine what it means. Adage: A traditional saying; a proverb *What does the adage mean in this journal? *Identify the adage in this story and determine what it means. 5.2 (E) *Read the meanings for the word below. Which meaning best fits the way is used in paragraph? (Dictionary entry and 4 meanings given and students must use context clues to determine word meaning as used in the text selection.)
5.3 (A) *What do the lessons in and have in common? *What is a common theme in both of these stories? *In comparing and, what was the difference in the moral lessons in the two selections? *A theme found in both stories is. *What is a major idea found in both stories? *Which of these is an idea presented throughout both selections? 5.3 (B) Phenomena: known or derived through the senses rather than the mind. *What did sense that prevented a tragedy? *How did know that he should go? *What happened that caused to change his mind? 5.3 (C) *The historical context of this story is important because *How does the author use an important historical event to guide events in this story? *How does an event that happened in American history affect the overall theme of this story? 5.4 (A) *How is the poet s message in this poem enhanced by the repetition of a phrase over and over? *The rhyme in this poem improves understanding of the poem s message by *What sound effects does the poet use in this poem to focus on the poem s message? 5.5 (A) *How is the original story of different from the dramatic adaptation? *Which of the following is a significant difference between the play and the original story? *How are the play and the original story alike (different)?
5.6 (A) *Why are paragraphs through important in this story? *Why is paragraph important in this story? *What event helps the reader predict what will happen next? *The reader can tell that will because. *What happened when? *The reader can tell that will because. 5.6 (B) *What can you tell about and? *At the beginning of the story how does feel about? *How did 's feelings about change by the end of the story? *How does most likely feel at the end of the story? * is irritated with in paragraph because *What was s role in the argument? *How did help to solve the conflict? *What was an important role for in this story? 5.6 (C) *In this story, how did the author learn about what happened to? *The author tells this story from whose viewpoint? *This story is told from the viewpoint of. 5.7 (A) *In paragraph the symbolizes. *In paragraph, the author states that to help the reader understand *Why does the author describe as? *Read this sentence from paragraph. What does the author mean by this line? 5.8 (A) *The phrase " " is important because *When the author used the words, what was the impact to the reader? *What was the author s purpose in using the phrase " "? *What did the phrase " " in paragraph mean?
5.10 (A) *What conclusion can the reader draw from the information presented by this author? *Did the author accomplish the purpose he stated at the beginning of this informative article? 5.11 (A) *This article is mostly about *What is the main idea of this information? *What are the four most important facts in this information? (Sorting important facts from unimportant facts leads to an accurate summary.) *Which of these is the most complete summary of this information? *Which of these is the most complete summary with the accurate order of the information in the article? 5.11 (B) *Which of the following is a fact in this selection and how are you certain it is a fact? *How do you know that is a fact in this article? *What information in this selection is presented as a fact? What would cause you to change your mind about a fact you identified not being a fact? 5.11 (C) *How did the author show that and have many features in common? (classification schemes) *From information in this selection, how are and alike (or different)? (compare-and-contrast) *Why was the order of the events in this newspaper order so important? (sequence) *The reader can conclude about the effect of because (causeand-effect) 5.11 (D) *How would you find in this information? *Which of the following would be helpful in finding information about?
5.11 (E) *One similarity between both selections is that both show *One idea presented in both of these selections is *Which detail in s letter shows he felt the same way about as the in the newspaper article? *Why was the mentioned in both articles? *What do and have in common? *Use Venn diagrams to compare and contrast ideas across two or three texts. 5.12 (A) **Parallelism: The use of identical syntactic constructions in corresponding phrases or clauses. **Comparison: A statement or estimate of similarities and differences. **Causality: The principal of or the relationship between cause and effect **Source: The American Heritage College Dictionary, Fourth Edition *How did the author of this selection revealed his viewpoint in the argument? (Reader has to identify a comparison, cause-and-effect statements, or parallel statements.) *The author s position on is. *The author compared to to support his position in the argument. *What phrase did the author use to reinforce his position in the argument? 5.12 (B) *Which statement by the author seems to be an exaggeration of the facts in this selection? *What text evidence proves that the author contradicted his earlier statements in this selection? *How did the author try to mislead the reader?
5.13 (A) *In conducting this science experiment, what do you do after? *In conducting this science experiment, what do you do before? *What equipment do we need for this science experiment? *When making, what is the last step to follow? *Complete this task by following these steps. *If happens while making this, what should you do? *List the steps in a procedure you would follow to make. 5.13 (B) *What is a conclusion that can be made from the information in this graph? *What can you conclude about from this chart? *How does the illustration included in this selection help the reader understand? *What information in the map is invaluable to the? *What conclusion can you draw from the map? 5.14 (A) *Read this advertisement in the newspaper and develop it for television. *Watch this advertisement on television and explain how the message could be written for the Internet. *How could this message be presented on a television news program (online, etc.)? 5.14 (B) *Watch this advertisement on television and explain how it could be developed for the Internet. *How could this information be presented on a television news program? 5.14 (C) *How does the narrator of feel about? *Which person on the panel supports? *What is the point of view of about?
5.14 (D) *Is this information on the web presented formally or informally? Explain your answer. *What would be a more formal way of presenting this information? *Why are text messages considered informal communication? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) *What was the author s purpose in writing this article? *What is the most likely reason the author wrote this article? *You can tell that the author wrote this story to- *What happened when did? (literal) *What did the author mean by this sentence:? (interpretive) *Which way did express his anger the best? (evaluative) *Which of the following two sentences help you the most to understand the information? (evaluative) *How is the information in the article important to the world? (universal) *Reread to find out why is important. *According to the selection (conclusion) *You can tell from the story that *Which sentence in the story tells you that *From this article the reader can tell that *What information in this article supports the conclusion that? *What can you conclude about? *One conclusion that can be made about is *Summarize the four most important facts in this article. *Which is the most complete summary of this information? *Summarize the three most important facts in this information in the order these facts were presented.
(F) *What is a major idea found in both selections? *An idea presented in both the article and the biography is *The story and the article both present ideas about *Why was mentioned in both the newspaper article and the story with the journal? *What is a theme in both selections? Question stems for the new ELAR TEKS/SEs developed by Margaret Kilgo, Kilgo Consulting Inc., all rights reserved