1.4 Essential Question Response
Completion requirements
Communicating
Communicating
An essential question (EQ) is one that is – well - essential: important, at the center of the matter – the essence of the issue. EQs involve important questions that people think about throughout life. They are arguable and do
not have an easy or “correct” answer: it is a concept formed as a question and initiates creative and critical thinking which suggests some deep thinking and inquiry is needed. The answer actually is based on your experiences and those of
others and as such will continue to change and develop over time. EQs exist beyond your experiences in the classroom.
An essential question is one that does not have an easy answer. In fact, the answer develops more and more as a result of your experiences. Essential questions exist beyond your classroom experience as well.
Up to this point in the course, you have read several texts and considered reading strategies that will help you. Now, you will respond to this essential question: What Makes a Good Reader?
The Assignment
Step 1: Read
Danica’s and Kade’s work. Review the Extra Help tab at the bottom of this page if you're still not sure where to start.
Step 2: View the tutorial on Writing Paragraphs.
Step 3: Write
your
1.4 Essential Question Response "What Makes a Good Reader?"
Incorporate and explain strategies from the Reading Strategies tutorial as well as Reading and Writing for Success in your response.
Step 4: Review the Grammar and Punctuation tutorial. Revise and edit your draft for grammar, punctuation, and spelling. If you would like feedback
on your assignment before you post to the forum,
email to your lead teacher for feedback.
Step 5: Once you have received feedback on your response,
revise
it and
post
it to the 1.4 Essential Question Discussion forum.
Any response you write needs to have a structure. Usually, you begin by stating your opinion/belief to a topic or concept. Next, you would introduce the details you are using to support your opinion and explain/discuss
how your experiences or those of others you know demonstrate that. Essentially,
use your experiences as “proof” to support your ideas/opinions. Also use the text(s) and tutorials from the lesson to support your
ideas/opinions.
You want to determine your opinion and then choose an experience (and/or text) that fits with and supports your ideas.
- The first step is to decide what your thoughts are.
- The second step is to choose the details from your experiences and the lesson material(s) to support your opinion. (Focus on 1.2 What do good readers do? and the Reading Strategies tutorial)
- The third step is
begin! Start by stating your opinion/belief to the question.
- The fourth step is
to introduce the details that support your opinion and explain/discuss
how your examples and reading experiences demonstrate what makes a good
reader.
- The fifth step is
to conclude/complete your discussion in an interesting, meaningful way;
you might tie your thoughts back to the lesson material(s) or use a
quote from a text. Make sure to explain how that applies to being a
good reader.
- Post your 1.4 Essential Question response to the discussion forum.