Questioning

= Starting questioning with students = = = = =

I Keep six honest serving-men: (They taught me all I knew) Their names are What and Where and When And How and Why and Who. I send them over land and sea, I send them east and west; But after they have worked for me, I give them all a rest. The Elephant's Child, [|Rudyard Kipling]

This is a **question matrix** which allows you to modify the **Six W Questions**



In table form ...

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 * **What is? ** || **What did? ** || **What can? ** || **What would? ** || **What will? ** || **What might? **
 * **Where or when is? ** || **Where or when did? ** || **Where or when can? ** || **Where or when would? ** || **Where or when will? ** || **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Where or when might? ** ||
 * **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Which is? ** || **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Which did? ** || **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Which can? ** || **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Which would? ** || **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Which will? ** || **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Which might? **
 * **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Who is? ** || **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Who did? ** || **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Who can? ** || **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Who would? ** || **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Who will? ** || **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Who might? **
 * **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Why is? ** || **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Why did? ** || **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Why can? ** || **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Why would? ** || **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Why will? ** || **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Why might? **
 * **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">How is? ** || **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">How did? ** || **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">How can? ** || **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">How would? ** || **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">How will? ** || **<span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">How might? **

The question wall is a good idea. This teacher has used the starter **I wonder** to generate and record the student's questions.