Twenty Questions To Guide Reading
1. What do you feel is the most important word, phrase, passage, page, or paragraph in this selection? Explain why it is important.
2. Are there any parts of the reading that are confusing to you? Why?
3. What feelings did you have when you started this work? Midway? Afterwards?
4. Do any incidents in this novel remind you of your own life? Explain.
5. Are you like any characters in this work? Explain.
6. Does anyone in this work remind you of anyone you know? Explain.
7. Do you share any of the feelings of the characters in this work? Explain.
8. Which character is your favorite? Why?
9. Which character do you hate? Why?
10. If you could be any character in this work who would you be? Why?
11. Do you like this work? Why or why not.
12. Do you feel there is an opinion expressed by the author in this work? What is it? Do you agree or disagree? Explain why.
13. What kind of person do you feel the author is? Explain why.
14. What do you think the title of the story means?
15. How did this work make you feel?
16. Would you change the ending of this story? Tell your ending.
17. Did this work leave you feeling there was more to tell? What do you think might be left?
18. Would you read something else by this author? Why or why not.
19. If you were a teacher would you use this book with your students? Why or why not.
20. What was the most important thing you learned from this book? Explain.
Some Sample Lead Sentences:
1. I don’t understand this part because…
2. I like/dislike this idea because…
3. This character reminds me of myself because…
4. This reminds me of a similar scene in another book because…
5. This section makes me think about…
6. The character I most admire is…because…
7. I like/dislike this writing because…
8. This part is very realistic/unrealistic because…
9. The setting of this novel is important because…
10. I wonder what this means