📖 Part 1: Finding Key Details

Instructions: Read the short story your teacher gives you. Look for important details about characters, setting, and events.

1. Who are the main characters in the story?

2. Where does the story take place? (Setting)

3. What is the main event or problem in the story?

4. Circle the types of details you should look for when reading:

Characters (who)

Setting (where and when)

Events (what happens)

Your favorite color

❓ Part 2: Creating Questions with Evidence

Question Words: Who, What, When, Where, Why, How

5. Write a WHO question about the story:

Who _________________________________________________?

6. Find evidence from the story to answer your WHO question:

According to the story, ________________________________

7. Write a HOW question about the story:

How _________________________________________________?

8. Find evidence from the story to answer your HOW question:

The story says that ___________________________________

9. When you answer a question about a story, you should:

Make up your own answer

Look back at the story for proof

Ask a friend what they think

10. Complete this sentence starter when giving evidence:

"According to the story, ______________________________"

11. Write one more question (WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY, or HOW) and answer it with evidence from the story:

My Question: ____________________________________

My Answer with Evidence: