Oral Comprehension Questions

Oral Comprehension Questions...try asking one or two questions each night

• Is the title a good one for this book?  Explain why or why not, using information from the text.

• What is the genre of the book?  Explain how you know using information from the story.

• How did the author choose to organize this book? 

• What did the author or illustrator do to keep you interested in reading the story?  Give specific examples from the text.

• Who was your favourite character in the story?  Tell why, using information from the story to support your thinking.

• What is the main problem in the story? 

• How do you think the main character feels at the end of the story?  How do you know he feels this way?

• Why do you think the author decided to write this book? Support your thinking using information from the text.

• Have any of the characters changed in the book from the beginning to the ending?  Explain, using details from the story.

• What does the word genre mean?  Is this an example of a fiction, non fiction, play, poem or traditional?  Tell how you know.

• What was the author’s purpose for writing this story?