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?

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What expression does the author use to show his/her disapproval of a character