Unanswered Questions
Grade K-12
Big Idea
Unanswered Questions are questions about anything that is unsolved. These are puzzles, conundrums, or anything that is unclear. Unanswered Questions need to be pursued and are good! Click here for the Icon Information Sheet!
Directions
1. Define: use synonyms, antonyms, and symbol
2. Relate: make it personal and activate background knowledge
3. Integrate: use real world current events
4. Apply: link to new learning
When to Use
- Describe/ State (an unanswered question)
- Note ambiguity
- Distinguish fact from fiction and opinion
- Formulate questions
- Problem solving
- Identify missing information
- Test assumptions
- Prove with evidence (the importance or validity of an unanswered question)
Depth and Complexity: Unanswered Questions
When To Use
Book Discussion
Chart records some student questions after reading a text. Photo Credit: Pinterest.
Mini Book
Book to record unanswered questions during a novel study. Photo Credit: Pinterest
Tree Map- All About Me
Tree Map combines Depth and Complexity thinking to create a personal project at the beginning of the year. Photo Credit: Pinterest