This document contains a list of question prompts for inner or outer discussion organized under 8 categories: facts or conditions, clarification, cause-effect, multiple causes, empathy and transfer, alternatives, principles values attitudes and transfer, and other. The questions are meant to guide discussion on a given topic by exploring different perspectives. Heather D. Sanders is identified as teaching Pre-AP Language Arts at Brooks Wester Middle School.

1. Heather D. Sanders * Pre-AP Language Arts * Brooks Wester Middle School
Questions for Inner/Outer Discussion
A. Facts or Conditions ( For example, “What happened to…?”)
1. _________________________________________
2. _________________________________________
3. ________________________________________
B. Clarification (For example, “What did it mean when…?”)
1. ________________________________________
2. ________________________________________
3. ________________________________________
C. Cause-Effect (For example, “Why did…do…?”)
1. _________________________________________
2. _________________________________________
3. ________________________________________
D. Multiple Causes (For example, “What else might have caused…?”)
1. _________________________________________
2. _________________________________________
3. ________________________________________
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2. Heather D. Sanders * Pre-AP Language Arts * Brooks Wester Middle School
E. Empathy and Transfer (For example, “What would you do in…’s place
when…?”)
1. _________________________________________
2. _________________________________________
3. ________________________________________
F. Alternatives (For example, “What could be done to change…?” or “What else
could …have done when…?”)
1. _________________________________________
2. _________________________________________
3. ________________________________________
G. Principles, Values, Attitudes, Transfer (For example, “How did you feel
when…?” or “What can be learned from…?”)
1. _________________________________________
2. _________________________________________
3. ________________________________________
H. Other: What other questions would you like to see answered that were not covered
in the areas above?
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