History Quest: Chapter 2
Only paid subscribers have access to page-by-page questions and scaffolded writing for History Quest Early Times. You can do this as research if you don't use History Quest!
If you are a paid subscriber who wants access to chapter 1, I already posted about it here! The free portion of this post will be the same as it was for chapter 1. The paid portion will have more specifics related to this resource in particular.
If you do not have History Quest Early Times, you can use the questions and writing prompt as research questions!
What is the resource?
This resource is set up much like chapter 1, obviously with different questions and a different writing prompt.
Page-by-page questions for History Quest Early Times, chapter 2
A writing prompt with organizers and a sample response because I’m nothing if not an example giver
**I have resources finished for chapters 1-4 so far and will roll those out over the summer. That way, anyone using History Quest Early Times this school year will have questions to accompany at least the first four chapters before beginning. The curriculum does not have page-by-page questions but overall chapter questions.**
What’s the reasoning behind the resource?
I wanted questions I could stop and ask my kids while we read the chapter. This idea was prompted by the fact that it was hard for them to remember what the chapter was about unless we stopped to check for understanding.
Honestly, I was also reading without paying attention, soooo I wrote these questions to keep me in line too 😂
As for the writing component, I cannot stop connecting all things to ELA. Why? BECAUSE ALL THINGS ARE CONNECTED TO ELA. Ahem, excuse the capital letters. The caps lock key must’ve gotten stuck or something. Weird.
How can you use the resource or differentiate the activities?
For the questions, you could have kids…
answer the questions orally only.
respond to the questions on the paper.
I included answer keys as well as two versions of the questions (one with blanks & one without blanks).
answer each question immediately after it is answered in the text or…
wait to answer all questions for a page until you reach the end of each page
read independently and answer questions
listen to a read aloud of the text (you or the audiobook) and answer questions
For the writing prompt, you could have kids…
use this prompt as a discussion while you record the answers on the provided web.
only complete the planning for the prompt without completing the writing itself.
break down the organization of the sample paragraph but not write their own paragraph.
complete the entire writing process and before editing, you look at the sample paragraph in order to discuss topic sentences, evidence, explanations, transitions, and closing sentences.
dictate their responses to you (great option for grades 1 & 2 when they might not have as much stamina for physically writing).
do different amounts of the writing process depending on their age, skill, and stamina levels. For example, one of your kids might only be able to hang for the web. Meanwhile, your other kid might make it through the planning chart.
These are not all the kinds of questions you could ask as you read, but these questions should help kids understand key details from the chapter overall.
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