Module teaching and integrating language skills lesson 1

Activity 2. Categorizing questions
Objective: to show participants the connection between questions and thinking skills
Time: 35 min Materials: markers
Preparation: Prepare in advance the table with Thinking Skills (see bullet 6) on the board/flipchart
►Procedure:

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  (10 min) Add three more questions to those on the board/flipchart and number them.
  

#	Question	Number
1	Why is the dog not attacking the men?
2	Is the dog barking?
3	How many men are there
4	What will the owners of the house find out when they come home?
5	What does the dog look like?
6	Did the men come to clean the house?
7	What will the men steal from the house?
8	Would you like to have such a dog in your house? Why/Why not?

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  Ask participants to discuss the following question in their groups:
  

~ What must a person know and/or understand in order to answer each of these eight questions?

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  (7 min) After they have finished, ask groups to report. They may talk about any question/s, not necessarily all of them.
  

Suggested answers: Question 1 requires an analysis of the situation and the words in the speech bubble. After you analyse the words, you can apply your understanding of them to answer the Wh-question. Questions 2, 3 and 5can be answered by simply looking at the picture, e.g. you see that the dog is not barking and you can count the men in the picture. Question 4 requires extra thinking, not only from you but also from the viewpoint of the owners of the house; after this act of thinking you combine several analysed pieces of knowledge into a whole picture. Question 6requires your understanding of the fact that burglars do not come to clean houses. Question 7 can be answered when you apply your general knowledge of what happens in such situations and also your understanding of the words in the speech bubble. Question 8 requires evaluative thinking and is connected with question 1, so analytical and evaluative thinking go together here.

(8 min) Write one more question on the board/flipchart: