Guiding Questions for Reading
What is the main idea of the passagelbook (the message you get from the book)?
Who is the main character (protagonist)?
What is the conflict in the story?
What do you think the character is going to do next?
How would you have reacted to that situation?
What does the author mean in.. .(a certain passage)?
What role does
(choose character) play?
(refer to an event in the book)?
Why does the author
How do you think the story will end?
How would you have ended the story (resolved the conflict)?
Why did the character
do that?
How do you think she/he should have reacted to that situation?
What do these terms mean? (Look for higher level vocabulary in the text)
What other books have you read that have similar themes or characters?
How does this story relate to a real life situation you can recall?
What genre (type) of fiction is this?
**If nonfiction identify where the information could be used in life.