How to Properly Answer Questions at Prairie High School

How to Properly Answer Questions at Prairie High School

General guidelines:

                  Always rephrase the question in your answer.

                  Eliminate phrases such as “I think” or “I believe”.

                  For EACH question, always refer to people/characters in your response by name on first reference. After that,

                                    feel free to say “he” or “she,” as long as it is clear who is being talked about.

                  Always begin your sentences with a capital letter, and always end your sentences with a period .

                  If the question asks for examples from the text, write them word for word and place them in quotes. Then,

                                    be sure you explain the quote and how it fits whatever is being asked.

                 

You all are familiar with the story of “Little Red Riding Hood,” so let’s use that as the material for these questions.

This first question is basic and only would require a basic response.

1.  What color is Little Red Riding Hood’s hood?

                  Improper response:  Red.

                  Improper response:  It is red.

                  Proper response:  Little Red Ridinghood’s hood is red.

This question is a little more complex and requires more of a response. You must answer the question AND explain your answer.

2.  Why is Little Red Riding Hood traveling to see her grandmother?

                  Improper response:  Because.

                  Improper response:  Because her grandmother is sick.

                  Better response:  Little Red Riding Hood is traveling to see her grandmother because her grandmother

                                    is not feeling well.

                  Best response:  Little Red Riding Hood is traveling to see her grandmother because her grandmother

                                    is not feeling well. Riding Hood’s mother asked her to deliver some food to help her grandmother

                                    grow strong and well again.

This question is even more complex. It requires a response and a thorough explanation.

3.  What is a theme for “Little Red Riding Hood”? Give three examples from the text to support your answer.

                  Proper response:  A theme for “Little Red Riding Hood” is sometimes one should not be too trusting. An

                                    example of this is when Little Red Riding Hood is talking to the wolf. The story says she “did not know

                                    what a wicked creature he was, and was not at all afraid of him.” Whether she knew the wolf was

                                    wicked or not, she should not have been telling a stranger information about where she was going

                                    or what she was doing. She did not know what his intentions were. Another example of this theme

                                    is when she tells the wolf her grandmother’s house was “a good quarter of a league farther on in the

                                    wood.” She basically gave her grandmother’s address to someone she didn’t even know, which

                                    everyone knows is not wise. Finally, Little Red Riding Hood also knows something is not right when

                                    she reaches her grandmother’s house. She says, “Oh dear! How uneasy I feel today, and at other

                                    times I like being with grandmother so much.” Had she not been so trusting, Little Red Riding Hood

                                    would have heeded her uneasy feelings and either not gone in, or would have been much more

                                    suspicious of her grandmother’s strange behavior.