Snow Country Lesson Plan

Question Swap

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will be able to devise questions about the text for other students to answer.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2

Structure:

Before the activity begins, have students read an article about asking good questions. Consider this article, “Asking Good Questions,” from the Teaching and Learning Center at UCA (https://ucalearningandteaching.wordpress.com/developing-your-teaching/asking-good-questions/).

Explain to students that in this activity they will practice asking questions about Snow Country. Organize students into small groups. Instruct each group to write 4...