Heather D. Sanders * Pre-AP Language Arts * Brooks Wester Middle School

Questions for Inner/Outer Discussion
A. Facts or Conditions ( For example, “What happened to…?”)
1. _________________________________________
2. _________________________________________
3. ________________________________________
B. Clarification (For example, “What did it mean when…?”)
1. ________________________________________
2. ________________________________________
3. ________________________________________
C. Cause-Effect (For example, “Why did…do…?”)
1. _________________________________________
2. _________________________________________
3. ________________________________________
D. Multiple Causes (For example, “What else might have caused…?”)
1. _________________________________________
2. _________________________________________
3. ________________________________________
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Heather D. Sanders * Pre-AP Language Arts * Brooks Wester Middle School

E. Empathy and Transfer (For example, “What would you do in…’s place
when…?”)
1. _________________________________________
2. _________________________________________
3. ________________________________________
F. Alternatives (For example, “What could be done to change…?” or “What else
could …have done when…?”)
1. _________________________________________
2. _________________________________________
3. ________________________________________
G. Principles, Values, Attitudes, Transfer (For example, “How did you feel
when…?” or “What can be learned from…?”)
1. _________________________________________
2. _________________________________________
3. ________________________________________
H. Other: What other questions would you like to see answered that were not covered
in the areas above?

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Questions for Inner-Outer Circle Discussion

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    Heather D. Sanders* Pre-AP Language Arts * Brooks Wester Middle School Questions for Inner/Outer Discussion A. Facts or Conditions ( For example, “What happened to…?”) 1. _________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________ 3. ________________________________________ B. Clarification (For example, “What did it mean when…?”) 1. ________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________ 3. ________________________________________ C. Cause-Effect (For example, “Why did…do…?”) 1. _________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________ 3. ________________________________________ D. Multiple Causes (For example, “What else might have caused…?”) 1. _________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________ 3. ________________________________________ 1
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    Heather D. Sanders* Pre-AP Language Arts * Brooks Wester Middle School E. Empathy and Transfer (For example, “What would you do in…’s place when…?”) 1. _________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________ 3. ________________________________________ F. Alternatives (For example, “What could be done to change…?” or “What else could …have done when…?”) 1. _________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________ 3. ________________________________________ G. Principles, Values, Attitudes, Transfer (For example, “How did you feel when…?” or “What can be learned from…?”) 1. _________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________ 3. ________________________________________ H. Other: What other questions would you like to see answered that were not covered in the areas above? 2