Grades 9-12 Comprehension Questions and Actvities
These comprehension questions and activities can be used as:
- comprehension analysis (confirming understanding)
- reader’s/writer’s notebook activities
- informal assessment
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS – FICTION
- What was the climax (high point/exciting) and what did you think about it?
- How would the audiobook be different if it took place 200 years ago?
- How would the audiobook be different if it took place 200 years in the future?
- Who do you think the author intended to listen to this audiobook and why?
- Do any characters remind you of anyone in your life?
- What connections can you make between this audiobook and other audiobooks you have read or listened to?
- Why do you think the main character is acting the way he/she is?
- How did the main character change throughout the title?
- What is the tone used throughout?
- What is the author’s main message?
- What metaphors are used in the title?
- What is the connection/relationship between the setting and the plot?
- Was the audiobook consistent with what you know about the time period the audiobook took place?
- What are the internal and external conflicts?
- Did the author use any non-English words? Why do you think they did that?
- How has the author used satire or irony? Why was it included?
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS – NON-FICTION
- What knowledge do you have already of the topic?
- What predictions can you make after listening to the beginning of the audiobook?
- As you listen to the audiobook, how have your predictions changed?
- What is the point of view?
- What qualifications does the author have to write an informational book?
- What conclusions have you drawn? What evidence supports your argument?
- Are the social issues and cultural groups accurately represented in the audiobook?
- What is the author’s purpose for writing the text?
- What is the mood of the audiobook?
- Are there any contradictions with the information presented?
- Can you make connections to your life?
- Have any of your ideas about the topic changed after listening to this audiobook?
- Is the author bias in any way?
ACTIVITIES
- Write a review (like in the sleeve of a book) about the audiobook
- Pretend you are a character in the audiobook…write 2 diary entries about your life
- Design costumes for 5 characters (draw or actually create)
- Organize the title into 3 sections and create your own subtitles for them.
- Create a game with questions about the audiobook to share with others who read or listened to the same title
- Write a poem about the audiobook
- Write a short story using the same characters but with a different plot, setting and time period
- Write a 10-question interview and make up answers for one of the characters
- Summarize the audiobook concisely
- Compare and contrast this audiobook to other texts about the same topic
