Short Answer Questions

1. Imagine that you have chosen _______ as your topic for a research paper.
List three key words that you would look up, either in the library or on
the internet to start your search.

2. Imagine that you have chosen _______ as your topic for an oral report.
Write two questions for which you would like to find answers as you do
your research. Then explain the importance of your two questions.

3. Compare (character A) to (character B). Use specific details in your

response.

4. What was the cause/result of ____________?

5. Explain what _____ means and explain which clues from the text helped
you to figure out the phrase.

6. What does _______ symbolize?

7. Identify three uses of figurative language in the passage.

8. Do you think the author is biased in his/her view? Explain using specific
examples/details from the passage.

9. Create a graphic organizer to show ______________.

10. Write a note/journal entry/newspaper article/letter telling what this text

is about.

11. Describe what techniques the writer used to develop the mood of the
passage.

12. What is the authors purpose for writing this passage? Explain your
answer.

13. Was the title appropriate? Support your answer.

14. What is the major conflict in the passage? How was it solved?
15. Was the way (a character) went about solving the problem a good
process or not? Explain your answer using details from the story.

16. Why was the setting important to the story? Use details.

17. How did (character) change from the beginning of the text to the end of
the text? Use details.

18. What did (character) mean when she said . . . ?

19. Was (characters) solution to the problem a good one? Explain why or
why not using specific details from the passage.

20. How would (character A) solve the problem faced by (character B)?
Explain your answer.
 Constructed Response (CR) Questions

1. Imagine that you have chosen _______ as your topic for a research paper.
List three key words that you would look up, either in the library or on
the internet to start your search.
2. Imagine that you have chosen _______ as your topic for an oral report.
Write two questions for which you would like to find answers as you do
your research. Then explain the importance of your two questions.
3. Compare (character A) to (character B). Use specific details in your
response.
4. What was the cause/result of ____________?
5. Explain what _____ means and explain which clues from the text helped
you to figure out the phrase.
6. What does _______ symbolize?
7. Identify three uses of figurative language in the passage.
8. Do you think the author is biased in his/her view? Explain using specific
examples/details from the passage.
9. Create a graphic organizer to show ______________.
10. Write a note/journal entry/newspaper article/letter telling what this text
is about.
11. Describe what techniques the writer used to develop the mood of the
passage.
12. What is the authors purpose for writing this passage? Explain your
answer.
13. Was the title appropriate? Support your answer.
14. What is the major conflict in the passage? How was it solved?
15. Was the way (a character) went about solving the problem a good
process or not? Explain your answer using details from the story.
16. Why was the setting important to the story? Use details.
17. How did (character) change from the beginning of the text to the end of
the text? Use details.
18. What did (character) mean when she said . . . ?
19. Was (characters) solution to the problem a good one? Explain why or
why not using specific details from the passage.
20. How would (character A) solve the problem faced by (character B)?
Explain your answer.
 Constructed Response (CR) Questions

1. Imagine that you have chosen _______ as your topic for a research paper.
List three key words that you would look up, either in the library or on
the internet to start your search.
2. Imagine that you have chosen _______ as your topic for an oral report.
Write two questions for which you would like to find answers as you do
your research. Then explain the importance of your two questions.
3. Compare (character A) to (character B). Use specific details in your
response.
4. What was the cause/result of ____________?
5. Explain what _____ means and explain which clues from the text helped
you to figure out the phrase.
6. What does _______ symbolize?
7. Identify three uses of figurative language in the passage.
8. Do you think the author is biased in his/her view? Explain using specific
examples/details from the passage.
9. Create a graphic organizer to show ______________.
10. Write a note/journal entry/newspaper article/letter telling what this text
is about.
11. Describe what techniques the writer used to develop the mood of the
passage.
12. What is the authors purpose for writing this passage? Explain your
answer.
13. Was the title appropriate? Support your answer.
14. What is the major conflict in the passage? How was it solved?
15. Was the way (a character) went about solving the problem a good
process or not? Explain your answer using details from the story.
16. Why was the setting important to the story? Use details.
17. How did (character) change from the beginning of the text to the end of
the text? Use details.
18. What did (character) mean when she said . . . ?
19. Was (characters) solution to the problem a good one? Explain why or
why not using specific details from the passage.
20. How would (character A) solve the problem faced by (character B)?
Explain your answer.