Questions To Ask When Reading With Your Child

Fiction (stories)

What do you think the writer intended the audience to feel/think about this character/event? Why?

Could you recommend this book to others using an example from the text?

What are the main themes/ideas in the text? How do you know this?

How does this compare to other books you have read?

What questions could we ask to improve our understanding?

What predictions could you make, based upon what you know so far?

How is this similar/different to other text types?

What key words enable this?

What do you think will happen to the main character?

How will they feel about this? How do you know?

Why does the author keep talking about__?

Is the theme of hope/love/family/truth, __important? How can we tell this?

How do the themes compare to other__book?

Can you think of a story/text/author with similar themes?

What is the relationship between the characters?

What motive does the character have for behaving this way? What makes you think this?

What does__show you about how he/she feels/thinks?

This character thinks/feels/behaves like__. Find something in the text that proves/disproves this.

If you could ask the author a question what question would you ask?

Non-Fiction (factual)

Find me three facts about

Where could I find ?

Using information here, plan a day at tell me about create a list of facts about

Which paragraph tells you

What is the main idea from this paragraph?

How does this compare to the previous paragraph?

How can we work out what__means?

Can you summarise the key ideas from the text?