Critical Questioning What is a Man?

• Engels
• Middelbare school

Breakout rooms in teams 

Students have a copy of What is a man text.

As Einstein stated, asking good questions can be more important than the answers.
Explain.

It’s a funny thing: People are sometimes afraid to ask questions out of fear of seeming “stupid.” And yet the smartest people on the planet are often the ones who ask the most questions.

connotative that implies or suggests something else.

Critical reading means that a reader applies certain processes, models, questions, and theories that result in enhanced clarity and comprehension. ... If a reader "skims" the text, superficial characteristics and information are as far as the reader goes.

Read Text.  Ask as many questions as you can using only the above prompts. You have five minutes. GO

Pick you most creative question and see if your partner can answer it. These are called thin questions.

Questions where the student needs to think critically about. How What Why Where When (thin questions where the answer is in the text)

Look at text again. They must think of at least 5 questions that the B person has to answer. These must be really GOOD

Questions where the student needs to think critically about the wonderment question that require student readers to go beyond the text and speculate, hypothesize, or make inferences. I wonder why……….

Don’t forget to write the answer for yourself so you remember it.

You have 5 minutes. Now ask your two best questions to the person behind you. Now compare questions. Do you have any that are similar.

to be there for the author by pointing out any problems in the text that may disrupt other readers' understanding. Another way to cast it is that they are to be a curious sidekick who asks the author questions about the decisions she or he made in the writing and, at times, ponders how well these decisions will work in reaching readers

the level of critical or even, so to speak, skeptical reading by teaching them to ask tough questions about the author's position, decisions, biases, or agenda. I appreciate skeptical readers in class because they are constantly evaluating instead of only trying to understand.

Look at text again . It’s about a topic that you now know a lot about. Using the above prompts write questions.

You have 10 minutes.

Compare your questions with your group of 4.

Now hold a discussion using these questions in your group. Base your answers on the text and your pre-knowledge.

Add to your portfolio

1. Why do you think Tom Chiarella wrote this text about what it means to be a 'man'?

2 Do you think the author is trying to define his own identity by writing this text?

3. Can you think to what degree this text may influence the sense of identity for a young man?

4. Not everything is grammatically correct. Why did the author choose this use of syntax? 

5. How does syntax contribute to the tone of the piece?

6. This article appeared in Esquire Magazine. Which words would you use to describe the audience that typically reads Esquire?

7. To what degree does the text 'What is a Man?' appeal to that audience. 

When ever possible find evidence to support your answers.