4+Mini+Lesson

__Fall (Semester 1)__
 * Hot Seat
 * Motivates to thoroughly understand a text by taking on different points of view.
 * Central Question Diagram
 * Teaches students to connect to evidence in their background knowledge in order to answer complex questions in text
 * Question the Author
 * Allows student to think about the techniques that authors use to clearly communicate their ideas to readers.

__Winter (Semester 2)__
 * Question Starters
 * Give students some extra help with asking good questions. (Why, who, how might)
 * Socratic Sessions
 * Students have the chance to discuss important questions inspired by the text.
 * Student-Created Quizzes and Test
 * Helps students to think of interesting questions and they tend to remember questions and answers better.

__Spring (Semester 3)__ > > //Assessment Checklist//
 * Talk Show
 * Prompts interesting responses and discussion.
 * Question Tree and Sea
 * Give students the scaffolding needed to develop the habit of asking questions.
 * It Says, I say, and So
 * Helps students to look critically at the text and generate questions.