This document discusses comprehension check questions (CCQs) and modeling. It defines CCQs as questions used to check student comprehension and identifies three types: yes/no, discrimination, and limited answers. The document advises that "Do you understand?" is not an effective CCQ. It also provides examples of bad CCQs and tips for creating and using CCQs. The document explains that modeling is important for teaching and provides tips for modeling instructions through role plays using varying levels of speech. Activities are included where participants practice creating and using CCQs and modeling instructions.

1. Maximizing Comprehension
Modeling & CCQs

2. Objectives
Objectives: To provide participants with:
1. Identify what CCQs are and types of CCQs
2. Discuss modeling in the classroom
3. Practice modeling and CCQs
4. Discuss our best practices.

3. CCQs
Why is the question, “Do you understand?” NOT
an effective way to check comprehension?

4. CCQs
1. What are CCQs and ICQs
Comprehension Check Questions?
Concept Check Questions?
Instruction Check Questions?
What are all 3 checking?
Comprehension!!!

5. CCQs
CCQs: Comprehension Check Questions
Are shears used in a house?
Which one are shears? Picture 1 or 2
Where do you find shears, inside or outside of
the house?
What do you cut with shears?

6. CCQs3 Types of CCQs
1) Yes/No
Are these shears?
2) Discrimination
Which one are the shears?
Which one is used outside?
3) Limited Answers
What can you cut with shears?

7. He is a brat

8. Is she a brat?

9. Which one is the brat?
A B

10. What does a brat do?

11. CCQs
What are bad CCQs?
-Do you understand? No evidence of understanding
-Are shears an implement or an tool? Confusable.
-Are shears using in the garden or are they an animal. D
emeaning/ condescending
- Are shears scary? Subjective

12. Create all three types of CCQs for:
introverted
Creating and Practicing CCQs
Pairwork-5 min
• Yes/No question
• Discrimination question
• Limited Answers question
Activity

13. Create all three types of CCQs for:
1. Make a 1-2 minute Halloween role play.
2. Must have 2 past tense verbs.
3. Must have 2 vocabulary words from Unit 2
4. Practice with your partner.
5. You have 10 minutes.
Creating and Practicing CCQs
Pairwork-5 min
• Yes/No question
• Discrimination question
• Limited Answers question
Activity

14. 1. Present your CCQ questions to another group.
2. Give and get feedback on them.
-What questions did they miss?
-What would you do differently?
Creating and Practicing CCQs
Pairwork-5 min
Activity

15. 1. Don’t over use them.
2.Students will ignore you.
3.Can become condescending.
4.Can create a lack of trust.
CCQs Abuse

16. Modeling
Why is modeling important?
What should you model?

17. Modeling
Tips for modeling
1. Make videos
2. Build it into your lesson
3. Be detailed/ become them
4. Minimal speaking
5. Use students for repetition/ practice

18. Activity
-Using your “Giving Instructions” activity,
model the instructions you created.
Lvl. Cool = Speak how ever much you want.
Lvl. Awesome = Use only 10 words
Lvl. Amazing = Use only 0 words
* you can ask 3 CCQ questions.

19. Activity
-Using your “Giving Instructions” activity,
model the instructions you created.
Lvl. Cool = Speak how ever much you want.
Lvl. Awesome = Use only 10 words
Lvl. Amazing = Use only 0 words

20. Activity
-Using your “Giving Instructions” activity,
model the instructions you created.
Lvl. Cool = Speak how ever much you want.
Lvl. Awesome = Use only 10 words
Lvl. Amazing = Use only 0 words

21. Activity
-Using your “Giving Instructions” activity,
model the instructions you created.
Lvl. Cool = Speak how ever much you want.
Lvl. Awesome = Use only 10 words
Lvl. Amazing = Use only 0 words

22. Activity
-Using your “Giving Instructions” activity,
model the instructions you created.
1. Present them to the class.
2. Could you understand the modeling?
3. What was good/ not good?
4. What would you change?

23. Closing and Questions
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