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Improving Questioning in The Knowledge Dimension

English

Factual Conceptual Procedural Metacognitive

Apply Can you change the tense? What theme links these Can you write a set of What questions would you
stories? instructions for…? ask an author or poet?
Can you group the words by
their suffixes? How do you know this poem How do you use a Do you need to adapt a task
was written a long time ago? dictionary? to fit your preferred learning
Which words would best style?
describe…? When should you begin a Can you re-write the
new paragraph? complex sentence but keep Why do you prefer that
How do you know where to the grammatical sense? genre?
place the apostrophe? Is it similar to any other words
you know? How can you develop the What techniques does the
sense of threat to your author use that you could
character in your writing? ‘magpie’ for your own
writing?

Analyse Which events could not have Why does the rhythm of the How has the author What do you already know
happened? poem change in this verse? developed the feeling of…? about this aspect of English
that might be useful?
If this happened, how would Do these spelling rules always How has your final draft
the ending have been apply? developed from your plan? When should you skim read
different? and when should you read in
How is this description more Why does this method detail?
How do you know the facts effective than the first? improve your spelling?
are accurate? What are the most useful
Why does the tense change? Why must you be careful pieces of information?
Can you distinguish when applying this ‘rule’?
between…? How would finding out more
information help you?

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