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11R Blank's Model & PLAI Books-And-Blan Questions

Blank's Questions are a list of question types that help children develop reading and language skills by getting them to observe their surroundings, classify objects, think about why events happen, solve problems, and make inferences. The questions are organized into four levels of difficulty: Level 1 involves direct observation, Level 2 requires selecting relevant details, Level 3 involves reordering information, and Level 4 requires reasoning beyond direct experiences and justifying decisions. The questions help children strengthen important skills like predicting, problem-solving, explaining causes and effects, and drawing logical conclusions.

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11R Blank's Model & PLAI Books-And-Blan Questions

Blank's Questions are a list of question types that help children develop reading and language skills by getting them to observe their surroundings, classify objects, think about why events happen, solve problems, and make inferences. The questions are organized into four levels of difficulty: Level 1 involves direct observation, Level 2 requires selecting relevant details, Level 3 involves reordering information, and Level 4 requires reasoning beyond direct experiences and justifying decisions. The questions help children strengthen important skills like predicting, problem-solving, explaining causes and effects, and drawing logical conclusions.

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Books and Blank’s Questions

to Develop Reading and Language Skills

What are Blank’s Questions?


Blank’s questions are a list of different types of questions, from easy to more difficult,
which help children’s learning by encouraging them to
 Observe and discuss objects and events that go on in the world around them more
sharply.
 Classify and categorise objects or events (eg banana/apple/pear =fruit)
 Think about and talk about why certain events happened
 Problem solve difficult situations and possible solutions
 Make deductions or inferences (ie read between the lines in a situation, story etc).

Level 1
The child applies language to what he/she sees in the everyday world. The information
needed is directly in front of them or recently removed. Responses are short or
nonverbal (e.g. pointing)
Level 1 Example Question
Scanning for a matching object Find one like this
Identifying an object by sound Show me what you heard
Identifying an object by touch Show me what you touched
Naming an object heard What did you hear?
Naming an object touched What did you touch?
Naming an object seen What is this?
Imitating a simple sentence Say this…
Remembering pictured objects What did you see?
Remembering incidental information What did you see?

Level 2
The information is supplied, but it is not directly apparent. The child has to select what
to attend to (e.g. size, colour, function of an object).
Level 2 Example Question
Scanning for an object defined by its function Find one that can…
Describing a scene What is happening?
Recalling items named in a statement What things…?
Recalling information from a statement Who? What? Where?
Completing a sentence Finish this…
Concepts: Naming characteristics and functions of Tell me its…
objects Find one that is … and …
Concepts: Attending to two characteristics How are these different?
Concepts: Identifying differences Name something that is a…
Concepts: Citing an example within a category Name something that is a…
Level 3
The language does not relate directly to what they see or hear but instead the child must
think and reorder the information given. Certain basic facts must be considered and
evaluated before responding.
Level 3 Example Question
Scanning for an object by integrating verbal and Find one to use with this
visual information
Describing events subsequent to a scene What will happen next?
Assuming the role of another person What could he say?
Following a set of directions Do this, then this
Arranging pictures in a sequence Make these into
Formulating a set of directions Tell me how to…
Formulating a generalisation about a set of events What happened to all of these?
Formulating a statement to unify a sequence of Tell this story
pictures
Concepts: Identifying similarities How are these the same?
Concepts: Selecting an object by exclusion Find the ones that are not…
Concepts: Selecting a set of objects by exclusion Find things that are not…
Concepts: Citing an example by excluding a specific Name something that can…but
object is not a
Concepts: Citing an example by excluding a class of Name something that is not a…
objects
Concepts: Defining words What is a…?
Unusual imitations Say this…

Level 4
The child has to reason beyond what is seen, heard or said. He/she needs to draw on past
experiences, make parallels, examine causes and likely effects as well as justify the
decision made.
Level 4 Example Question
Predicting: Changes in position Where will…?
Predicting: Changes in structure What will happen if…?
Justifying a prediction Why will…?
Justifying a decision: Essential characteristics Why wouldn’t it…?
Justifying a decision: Non-essential characteristics Why would it…?
Identifying the causes of an event What made it happen?
Formulating a solution What could you do?
Formulating a solution from another’s perspective What could she do?
Selecting the means to a goal What could we use?
Explaining the means to a goal Why should we use that?
Explaining the construction of objects Why is… made of that?
Explaining an inference drawn from an observation How can we tell?
Explaining the logic of compound words Why is this called…?
Explaining the obstacles to an action Why can’t we…?

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