Lesson Plan
Turn the Question Around (TTQA) - A Strategy for Answering Questions by ECSDM
Subject
English Language Arts (2005), English Language Arts (NYS P-12 Common Core)
Grade Levels
Intermediate, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
Description
This lesson is designed to help students answer questions in complete sentences. Students identify key words in the question to use in constructing the answer.
Objectives
- To identify key word in a question
- To determine what a question is asking
- To key words in order to write answers in complete sentences
Procedure
- Introduce the meaning of TTQA with slide one. By pulling down the top tab, called "Notes", the acronym is spelled out: Turn the Question Around. Students can brainstorm its meaning and their thoughts can be recorded on the side pull-out box. Change the background color to reveal the definition. This can be accomplished by selecting format, change background color, from the drop down menu. A color palette will appear from which you can select a new background color.
- Use slide 2 to go over the steps involved in TTQA
- Slide 3 provides guided practice by showing the thought process involved in each step. The right side contains pull-tabs that reveal the steps in order.
- Using "The Wizard of Oz" as a topic, slide 4 provides students with more practice. Behind each box is the answer to each question, written by using TTQA.
- The next step is to have the students practice independently. Hand out sentence strips that contain questions. They can pertain to anything you have covered or are currently learning in your class. Have students write the answer to the question using TTQA.
- Using slide 5, students read a short reading passage and answer the questions following the TTQA process. Change the background color of the slide to match the purple writing, and the answers to the questions will appear. This can be accomplished by selecting format, change background color, from the drop down menu. A color palette will appear from which you can select a new background color.
Assessment
Slide 5 can be used as an assessment of this lesson. There are many alternatives, however. To assess TTQA without involving knowledge or reading comprehension, ask students to write ten questions about themselves and answer those questions using TTQA. Alternatively, you can have students answer reading comprehension questions that are based on a story or poem you are currently working on.
Materials/Resources
This lesson was intended for use with a SMART Board. The .notebook file below can only be opened with SMART Notebook software. To download this free software from the SMART Technologies website, please see NYLearns.org system requirements page or click hereto go directly to the SMART tech website.
