Goal: Self-Generating of Questions During All Phases of Reading: Strategic Self-Monitoring of Comprehension

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(Teacher [or parent] chooses one or two questions in each category for students to work on at a time in addition to *** questions. Students check after reading and responding. After mastery, students could have a more extensive listing for reference.)

Before Reading

• *** How will I word-problem solve? _____
• Do I have my word strategy bookmark? (or dictionary) _____ (see below)
• What do I need to do to read _____ (fluently)? (substitute word phrases depending on a particular fluency issue or problem- e.g., "in phrases," "watching my punctuation" "with expression")
• What is my reading purpose? _____
• What do I already know about this topic? _____
• How is the text organized to help me comprehend? _____
• What do I think I will learn based on on my book or reading preview? _____
• Can I make some reading predictions? _____
• Do I need to take notes? _____ How? _____(graphic organizer, marginal notes, use a highlighter)

During Reading

• *** Am I using my word-problem-solving strategies? _____
• Am I reading _____ (fluently)? (substitute word phrases depending on a particular fluency issue or problem- e.g., "in phrases," "watching my punctuation" "with expression")
• Do I keep asking myself as I read, "Does this make sense?" _____
• Can I visualize or picture what this is all about? _____
• When I read ahead, what parts are like my reading prediction? _____
• When I read ahead, what parts are different from my reading prediction? _____

After Reading

• *** What word-problem-solving strategies worked best? _____
• What did I learn? _____ What more do I need to learn? _____
• What can I say about my reading predictions? _____
• Do I need to go back and reread any part of the book to help me better understand? _____ with the teacher? _____ with a buddy? _____
• Did I reread my notes? _____
• How does what I learned fit in with what I already know? _____
• Can I summarize or retell what happened from memory (or my notes)? _____ If not, should I reread the selection? _____
• Did I achieve my reading purpose? _____
• How did I feel about the reading? _____ Why? _____
• Did I make any personal-to-text connections? _____ Text-to-text connections? _____
• Did I agree with the author's point of view? _____ Why or why not? _____
• Did I try my best? _____
• What's next? _____

Resource: Johns & Lenski (2001), pp. 366, 372