A collection of QFT examples from ELA and literacy classroom across the country.
English/Literacy/Reading
High achievers, for the most part, long to answer questions. Answering questions is safe, comfortable, familiar. Asking questions? Not so safe.
This video shows a 12th-grade humanities teacher, Ling-Se Chesnakas, using the QFT with her class in Boston. Ling-Se used the QFT to prepare students for a Socratic seminar and help them with a writing assignment about the book "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," by Junot Diaz.
Teacher-librarian Jennifer Brickey shares 4 remixes of the QFT to best serve teachers and students.
How English teachers use the Question Formulation Technique to support students as they pursue deeper understanding of texts and develop their critical thinking.
Wendy DeGroat, librarian at Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School for Government and International Studies in Richmond, Virginia, discusses how nurturing…