1. Fat Question Starters
• How could that . . .
• What is your opinion on . . .
• How did you react when . . .
• Why do you think . . .
• Why is this . . .
• How do you feel about . . .
• What reasons would you give for . . .
• How does _____ relate to your own experiences?
• Explain . . .
• Give me some examples of . . .
• Why do you think _____ did that?
• What does _______ make you think about?
May be photocopied for classroom use. Texts and Lessons for Content-Area Reading by Harvey “Smokey” Daniels and Nancy Steineke, © 2011 (Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann).