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Improving Questioning in The Knowledge Dimension
English
Factual Conceptual Procedural Metacognitive
Remember Who was the author of the When should you begin a What do you need to Is there a way of helping you
book? new paragraph in your remember when proof- remember the tricky
writing? reading your written work? spellings?
What is an adverb?
Can you think of another How can you check it is a full Can you use an acronym or
Can you point to the example of a simile? sentence? acrostic to help you?
exclamation mark?
Which genre is this? Have you used ‘look – cover- Which other books have read
What other books are by this write-check’? that had a similar theme/
author? What has happened in the style/ character?
story so far? What have you improved,
Can you recite…? based on the Have you written something
marking/feedback? similar before?
Why do we use this Why is this word / sentence so Why are drafting and re- Can you predict what will
punctuation here? important? drafting important? happen next in the story?
How do you know who spoke How do you know this a pun? Can you summarise the plot? Can you say / write it in your
to the main character first? own words?
What was the main idea or Can you explain your word
Which words give you the theme the writer is trying to choices to a friend? What might help you to
key information? convey? better understand this
Can you identify the paragraph?
Can you give me a definition How do you know it is the grammatical features of the
for this word? past tense? writing? What can you infer from the
text?
Understand
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