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READER Questions to ask your student while reading

literary/fictional texts.

Questions about key details in the textthe key details

are the most important parts of the story. If certain key

details were taken away the story would be different.

o Why was _____part of the story important?

Retell stories including the key details

o What happened at the beginning? Middle? End?

o What was the problem in the story? What was the

solution?

o What was the central message of the story (what did

the author want you to learn from this story)?

Who are the characters? What is the setting? What are

the major events?

How does the word _____show how the character(s) are

feeling?

Who is telling the story (who is the narratora

character? The author?)

Use the illustration to describe the characters, setting

and events

Who is the author? Illustrator? What does the author do?

What does the illustrator do?