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5. Text-Dependent Questions (TDQs) and Activities

Public Consulting Group Teacher and Student Actions Teacher displays chunks of text with associated TDQs for students to discuss in pairs; students record responses in preparation for sharing; teacher leads a brief discussion of students’ responses, reminding students to use evidence from the text for their answers.
AIR Additional Supports ELLs are prepared to do this through all the preceding activities. Provide glossed vocabulary to help ELLs understand the questions. The words that might be glossed are listed next to the supplementary questions.
AIR Instructions for Teachers Display the sections of text for students to discuss in pairs. Instruct the students to record their responses to later share with the class.
AIR Instructions for Students Your teacher will show you small sections of the text and ask questions about the text. Discuss these sections of the text in pairs and answer the questions. Use the glossary to help you with unfamiliar vocabulary.
Supplementary Questions “Your letter arrived just a few days ago. I want to thank you for the great confidence you have placed in me.” TDQ 1: What might Rilke’s use of the word confidence reveal about the contents of the young poet’s initial letter? To supplement the first TDQ, we suggest providing ELLs some initial supplementary questions before they work with TDQ 1. What is the young poet asking Rilke to do? [ALL] The young poet is asking Rilke to _______________. [EN, EM, TR] Why might this action require confidence? [ALL] This action might require confidence because [the letter is personal] _______________. [EN, EM, TR]