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Uses of Follow-up Questions

Following are some of the most common strategies for asking follow-up questions. Click on each menu item for a video or audio demonstration of each strategy. Demonstrations will appear to the right. To help clarify and explain To substantiate To involve other students To return to the initial question To examine a passage

To examine a passage (38 sec.) Click below for your preferred media type: RealPlayer Video 167 kb | Audio 78 k Windows Media Player Video 185 kb | Audio 149 k QuickTime Video 840 kb | Audio 145 kb Asking students to look back and read a passage can often help them think through an idea or answer more completely. Transcript: Leader: Let's all find that. Student (reading): So she took Jack into the kitchen and gave him a chunk of bread and cheese and a jug of milk. But Jack hadn't half finished these, when: thump! thump! thump! The whole house began to tremble with the noise of someone coming. Leader: Do you agree with Nancy? Was the Ogre's wife being nice? Student: Yes. If she wasn't a nice giant person why would she give him the bread and the cheese?

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