Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 180 views

    Discussion Director: Examples of Open Ended Questions

    Uploaded by

    faithreynado
    This document provides guidance for discussion directors to lead collaborative discussions about readings. It instructs directors to write five open-ended questions to guide the group's discussion and evaluate their understanding. Examples of open-ended questions are provided. The director is then told how to present the questions to the group, including asking one at a time and getting various responses, without letting one person dominate. After the discussion, the director should write down some interesting opinions.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Discussion Director: Examples of Open Ended Questions

    Uploaded by

    faithreynado
    180 views3 pages
    This document provides guidance for discussion directors to lead collaborative discussions about readings. It instructs directors to write five open-ended questions to guide the group's discussion and evaluate their understanding. Examples of open-ended questions are provided. The director is then told how to present the questions to the group, including asking one at a time and getting various responses, without letting one person dominate. After the discussion, the director should write down some interesting opinions.

    Original Description:

    Original Title

    Discussion Director

    Copyright

    © Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document provides guidance for discussion directors to lead collaborative discussions about readings. It instructs directors to write five open-ended questions to guide the group's discussion and evaluate their understanding. Examples of open-ended questions are provided. The director is then told how to present the questions to the group, including asking one at a time and getting various responses, without letting one person dominate. After the discussion, the director should write down some interesting opinions.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    180 views3 pages

    Discussion Director: Examples of Open Ended Questions

    Uploaded by

    faithreynado
    This document provides guidance for discussion directors to lead collaborative discussions about readings. It instructs directors to write five open-ended questions to guide the group's discussion and evaluate their understanding. Examples of open-ended questions are provided. The director is then told how to present the questions to the group, including asking one at a time and getting various responses, without letting one person dominate. After the discussion, the director should write down some interesting opinions.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 3

    Discussion Director

    Reading
for
meaning
is
a
collaborative
process.

As
we
discuss
with
others
we
deepen

    our
own
understanding
of
the
story.



    
 

    Your
job
is
to
write
down
five
open‐ended
questions
on
a
separate
sheet
of
paper
to

    lead
your
group
in
a
discussion
of
what
they
have
read.

    


    Examples
of
open‐ended
questions:

    

    1.
 What
might
happened
if
____________
?

    2.
 How
is
____________
aike/different
from
____________?

    3.
 Do
you
agree
with____________?
Why
or
why

not?

    4.
 What
feelings
did
you
have
when
____________?

    5.
 What
do
you
think
is
the
most
important
moment
in
the
story?

    6.
 If
the
story
were
to
continue,
what
do
you
think
might
happen
next?

    7.
 Why
do
you
think
the
author
had
_________________________
happen
in
the
story?


    8.
 What
do
you
think
caused
_____________________________?


    9.
 How
would
the
story
have
been
changed
if
the
author
had
not
let
______________________
happen?

    10.
 Tell
a
short
summary
of
_______________________________
.


    11.
 Predict:
____________________________________________
.


    

    Create
your
own
interesting
questions
(often
these
questions
begin
with
who,
what,
when,
where
and

    why).

Avoid
factual,
“one
right
answer”
questions.



    

    

    HOW
TO
PRESENT
THE
QUESTIONS
TO
YOUR
GROUP

    

    Write
down
at
least
five
good
discussion
questions
on
a
clean
sheet
of
paper.

    

    Ask
one
question
at
a
time
and
try
to
get
as
many
responses
from
your
group
as
possible.

    

    Do
not
let
one
person
dominate
the
group.

Everyone
should
participate.

    

    Encourage
everyone
to
address
their
comments
to
each
other,
not
just
to
you,
the
Discussion
Leader.

    

    After
the
discussion
is
complete,
write
down
some
of
the
opinions
that
you
found
interesting.

    

    Name:
_____________________


 
 
 











Team
Members:
____________________________

    
 ____________________________

    
 ____________________________

    
 ____________________________

    
 

    Discussion Director Questions
    HOMEWORK

    

    Book
Title:
_____________________________________________________________

    Pages
Read:

______________________

    
 

    Question
#1:

______________________________________________________________________________

    _________________________________________________________________________________________

    _________________________________________________________________________________________

    

    Question
#2:
______________________________________________________________________________

    _________________________________________________________________________________________

    _________________________________________________________________________________________

    

    Question
#3:
______________________________________________________________________________

    _________________________________________________________________________________________

    _________________________________________________________________________________________

    

    Question
#4:
______________________________________________________________________________

    _________________________________________________________________________________________

    _________________________________________________________________________________________

    

    Question
#5:
______________________________________________________________________________

    _________________________________________________________________________________________

    _________________________________________________________________________________________


    Create
questions
that:

    

    
 
ask
why


 
ask
about
drawing
conclusions



    
 
need
more
than
one
word
answers

 
ask
about
making
predictions



    
 
ask
about
the
main
idea


 
ask
about
cause
and
effect



    
 
ask
specific
details


 
talk
about
the
character’s
feelings

    
 

    
 

    
 

    Discussion Director’s Notes
    IN
CLASS

    

    Directions:

After
presenting
your
questions,
write
down
each
team
member’s
most
memorable
responses

    to
a
question.



    

    

    Team
Member
1

    

    Team
M

    

    

    

    

    


    Team
Member
2


    Team
Member
3


    Team
Member
4


    You might also like