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Exploring Effective Reading Strategies Through Mythology: Understanding Pandora’s Box

In today's class, we will enhance our reading comprehension by focusing on effective questioning techniques. You will need a journal or notebook to write down your thoughts. We will explore four types of questions: Literal, Interpretive, Evaluative, and Universal, and how they can deepen our understanding of texts, particularly the myth of Pandora's Box. By analyzing characters, motivations, and themes, we will connect the story to broader human experiences. Prepare to engage actively and support your answers with evidence from the text!

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Exploring Effective Reading Strategies Through Mythology: Understanding Pandora’s Box

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  1. Welcome to class! • Today you will need: • Something to write with, journal, notebook paper • Warm-up:

  2. Journal info • Date • Title • Put rubric in

  3. Questions Effective Readers Ask Part I

  4. Literal Questions • Knowledge level • Fact-based • Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?

  5. Interpretive Questions • May have more than one answer • Requires that answers be supported with evidence from the text • What does this mean?

  6. Evaluative Questions • Asks for an opinion, belief, or point of view • Responses may reflect different perspectives • Answers should be supported with evidence from the text • Do you agree/disagree? What do you feel about this? What is your opinion about this?

  7. Universal Questions • Open-ended • Raised by ideas in the text; transcend social and cultural boundaries; speak to a common human experience • What does the character believe in? What is the main character willing to fight for? How does the story give you a better understanding of human nature?

  8. Questions Effective Readers Ask Part II

  9. What do readers do when they do not understand everything in a text?

  10. Strategies • Establish a purpose • Make a connection • Question • Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How? • What does it mean when the author says______? • Do I agree/disagree when the author says______? • How can I relate __________ to the rest of the world/everyday life?

  11. Think about it… • What is mythology? • What was the purpose of myths?

  12. Pandora’s box • Copy these questions down… • After hearing the title, can you make some inferences about what the story will be about? • If I told you the story is a myth, what conclusions can you make now? • What is a myth?

  13. What is a Myth? • A body of traditional or sacred stories to explain a belief or natural happening

  14. Pandora’s box • Who were the characters? • What was Pandora created from? • Who was Hephaestus? • What is a myth? • Why did we read the story? • What were we practicing?

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