The Last Question

services because they were attentive, and caring to someone who I deeply care for. I remember that during my freshman year in high school I was asked what seemed to be the most difficult question to answer, "What do you want to be in life?" Many of my classmates and friends would have an immediate response to the question, and many of them seemed to have chosen the same career, yet I was still unsure as to what…

classroom teacher). After this, I introduced the newest challenge – adding the “ing” and “ed” endings. I found that during this time, I talked for most of the time as I explained the “rules” of vocabulary, asking mainly closed-type questions. With the type of questions being asked during this time, there wasn’t much for student dialogue beyond the simple answers given. While we were going through this introduction, the students were seated in front of the Smart Board and we were looking over…

certain grammar or spelling rules, display and closed questions come in handy because they are workable and practical (Gall, 1984). Furthermore, in consistent with pupils’ English language level (pre-intermediate), teacher chooses display and closed question over referential and open-ended question in the drilling episode to boost pupils’ confidence for lower level students are more likely to perform better under highly instructive questions. What’s more, when promoting communicative skills,…

from crying in one minute. This required following directions, collaboration, completion of the challenge, and critical thinking skills. After this the students had the chance to read more about an article related to the topic and answer open ended questions on it. For my anticipatory set I engaged every students by making it fun and easy. I threw a ball to a student and asked to say the first thing that pops in their head when I say the words “Baby.” They then passed it to each other and…

questioning that the teacher uses the most is literal questions. This level of questioning is present when the teacher asks about main idea, sequence, and/or similarities and differences. The teacher that I observe asks the students the main idea of read alouds that they encounter and the sequence of steps in a procedure (such as writing a draft in a graphic organizer). The second level of questioning that the teacher uses when asking questions is inferential. Inferential questioning is…

Elizabeth Barret Browning wrote "Sonnet 43" a tale of love that the author had felt for one person in the world, and uses many great elements to bring together the sonnet. It talks about the questions we ask ourselves about much we love someone, and items it can be compared too. Browning does an excellent job at conveying this message in a respectful and very mature manner; it is complex poem at times making it hard to understand. If you have the knowledge or background information on what to…

differentiate the level of the questions and use high order questions such as analysing and evaluating to strengthen students’ critical and creative thinking (Questioning, 1987, pp. 53-54). Three out of the four questions asked in the first lesson required students to apply the concept and explain a news article, and last one was based on a scenario and test the students’ common sense. Therefore, there were no high order questions asked. In the second lesson, three of the six questions were…

class last year and I failed. She said that she understands why I would be having a hard time in school. She said that if I ever need anything or if I am getting too overwhelmed by the projects or ever have any concerns that I can…

I live? These are the questions almost everyone in the lifetime eventually asks themselves. These questions ask what being human really is, and why we, as humans, live the way we do. Put together, these questions are called the Great Conversation. The Great Conversation questions will be dissected and answered by looking at answers given through three stories, the story of Gilgamesh, the story of Mahabharata, and a Buddhist parable. The story of Gilgamesh, asks the question, what happens to me…

Dr. Cotton fired question after question, barely letting us finish the answer to the previous one as he asked the next. My frustration was building and I could feel my blood boiling. We could not finish a single answer because it was not the one he wanted. Dr. Cotton would not even listen to Nate’s responses anymore. Finally, it hit me like a brick. He was not trying to be an asshole, we had not answered a question on the paper. I realized we had not addressed our…