Grade 2 • Lesson 4: Composing Questions — Answer Key
Grade 2 • Module 4 • Question Inquiry
📖 Classical Pedagogy & Socratic Curiosity
Pedagogical Objective: Active inquiry training. Children transition from passive answerers to active questioners. The ability to formulate a clear question requires identifying unknown information, choosing an interrogative starter (Is, Can, Does, Will, What, Where), and mastering the syntax of inverted word order.
Socratic Classroom Sequence:
Bring an apple or a flower to class. Hold it up and tell pupils: 'Do not tell me what it is. Ask me three different questions about it.' (e.g. 'Is it sweet?' 'Where did it grow?' 'May I eat it?'). Praise varied interrogative sentence starters.
Exemplary Model Inquiries & Sentence Structures
● Item 1: Fruit / Flower
Model: Is the red apple sweet and ripe? / Do roses smell fragrant in June?
Teaching Guidance: Direct questions about sensory qualities.
● Item 2: Clouds / Weather
Model: Will the dark clouds bring a rain shower this afternoon?
Teaching Guidance: Inquiring about future occurrences using 'Will'.
● Item 3: Rain / Snow
Model: Does the soft snow cover the brown grass like a blanket?
Teaching Guidance: Poetic observation framed as an interrogative.
● Item 4: Cat
Model: Why does the little cat like to watch the rain from the window?
Teaching Guidance: Causal inquiry using 'Why'.
● Item 5: Dog
Model: Can our dog learn to fetch a wooden ball from the yard?
Teaching Guidance: Ability inquiry using 'Can'.
● Item 6: Ice / Water
Model: Does the cold ice melt when you hold it in your warm hand?
Teaching Guidance: Cause-and-effect inquiry.
● Item 7: Lesson
Model: Have we learned how to write every question correctly today?
Teaching Guidance: Self-reflective metacognitive question.
Common Errors to Address:
Check that children do not accidentally write statements ('The cat is sleeping.'). Remind them: 'It must ask something so that someone can give you an answer!'