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Does the main character remind you of anyone? Who? Why? Have you ever had a similar experience?
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Comparisons
Can you think of a book with a similar theme?
Can you think of a book which starts the same
way?
Does the main character remind you of anyone?
Who? Why?
Have you ever had a similar experience?
Have you read another book by this author? In what way
are the books similar?
Is the fictional setting realistic? Have you been
somewhere similar before?
Can you think of another story with similar writing
techniques?
Compare two of your favourite characters. How
are they similar?
Have you read a book with a similar plot?
Compare and contrast the story opener with the end
of the book.
How has the main character changed from the
start to the end of the story?
Choose two characters. How has their relationship developed throughout the
story?
Identify the metaphors, why were they used? Can
you come up with your own ?
What caused the character to make this
decision? What would you have done?
Compare the personality of any two characters?
Can you think of another story, which deals with
similar issues?
Does the authors writing style, remind you of
another author? Who? Why?
If you were writing your own opener, what ideas would you borrow from
this story.
Understanding
Who is telling the story?
Which parts of the story describe the setting?
Identify the plot.
What do you think is the moral of the story?
Which character has been the most affected by the
turn of events? Why?
Describe the main character.
How did the story start?
How did the story end?
Find a word you don’t understand. Now replace it with a simpler word, so the sentence still makes sense.
What do you know about the story so far?
Which is your favourite part of the story?
What do we know about the story so far?
What problems is the main character facing.
How was the problem/issue
resolved?
What did you learn by reading this book?
In your opinion which is the most important part
of the story?
How do you feel about the novel? What does it remind
you of?
Is there anything you would change in the
plot?
Questions
By looking at the front cover, what questions do you have about the
book?
QuestionsCan you think of two
questions you would ask the author about this
novel?
If you could ask the main character a
question what would it be? Why?
QuestionsAfter reading the novel,
are there still any unanswered questions
you have?
What questions could you ask about the plot?
QuestionsIn your opinion, what
would be the most important question to ask
the main character?
What would you ask the author to try and
challenge their style of writing?
QuestionsIf you could ask the
illustrator one question, what would it be?
Is there something about the novel that
you do not understand?
Questions
If you could chose any character to be put on trial who would it be? What would you ask
them?
Are there any questions that you have about how the
novel ended?
QuestionsAre there certain
elements of the novel that do not make sense
to you?
What would you ask the author to try and
challenge their style of writing?
QuestionsIf you could ask the
illustrator one question, what would it be?
If you had to act out the role of the main
character, what would you want to know more
about?
QuestionsIf you had to act out the
role of a minor character, what would you want to
know more about?
If you were given the chance to interview the author, what would you
ask him/her?
Questions
After reading the first chapter, what types of questions do you think
the author is wanting you to ask?
Inferring
Why did you choose this book? What do you think
it is about?
Predict what might happen next. What has happened to make you think this?
Why do you think the author wrote the book?
What was their purpose?
Why do you think the author chose this setting?
Describe two of the characters feelings towards each other.
Which part of the novel shows this?
How has the author shown characters feelings
through his writing ?
What are two emotions that the main character
has felt? What happened to make the character feel
this way?
Where and when is the story set? How do you
know?
Which part of the story do you think the main character is feeling
extremely happy? How do you know?
Which part of the story do you think the main character is feeling
extremely sad? How do you know?
What could a character be doing to show that they are
scared?
What could a character be doing to show that they
are angry?
Identify a sentence in the novel, which infers how a
character is feeling.
Why do you think the author wrote this novel?
What sort of personality does the villain have? How
do you know?
By looking at the cover, what sort of
person could the main character be?
Why do you think the character reacted the way
he/she did?
What expression does the author use to show how she feels about the main
character?
?
What expression does the author use to show his/her disapproval of a character