Circling Questions for Stories Level 3

CHAPTER 1

MINI STORY Scary Time

P.Q.A.: Ask the following questions for students to answer in unison or individually. Are you scared when there is thunder and lightning? What do you do when the lights go out?

Do you use a flashlight or do you light candles? Which one is safer the candle or the flashlight?

Circling Questions

1. There is a group of children alone in a house.

Is there a group of children alone in a house?

Is there a group of people alone in a house?

Is there a group of people or chil- dren alone in a house?

Who is in the house?

Where are the children?

2.The house is dark inside.

Is the house dark outside?

Is the house lighted inside?

Is the house dark inside?

Is the house lighted or dark inside?

What is dark inside?

How is the house?

3. The rain is falling.

Is the rain falling?

Is the snow falling?

Is the sun shining?

Is the sun shining or the rain falling?

What is falling?

4. There is lightning and thunder.

Is there lightning and thunder? Have you seen lightning? Have you heard the thunder? When have you heard a thunder? When have you seen lightning? What comes after thunder and lightning?

5. The children are scared. Are the children happy? Are the children sick? Are the children scared? Are the children happy or scared? Does the thunder make you happy or scared?

Does lightning make you sad or scared?

What makes you scared?

6. They can’t see anything.

Can they see anything? Can they see their friends? Can you see?

What things can you see in the classroom?

What things do you see in your house?

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7. The children need to find a flashlight.

Do the children need to find a candle?

Do the children need to find a flashlight?

What do the children need to find? Why do they need a flashlight?

8. They go to the bedroom.

Do they go to the closet?

Do they go to the bedroom? Where do they go?

Why do they go to the bedroom?

9. They search up and down, but they do not find a flashlight.

Do they search everywhere?

Do they search up and down? Where do they search?

What do they do there?

Do they find a flashlight?

10. Next, they go to the kitchen.

Do they go to the kitchen next? Where do they go next?

11. There, they search the shelves.

What do they do there?

Do they search the closets or the shelves?

12. The children go to the laundry room.

Do they go to the laundry room? Do they go to the living room?

Do they go to the laundry room or the living room? Where do they go?

13.They look on the washing machine and the flashlight is there.

Where do they look? Do they look on the washing machine? What do they find there? Is the flashlight there? What places do you look when you lose something in the classroom? What places do you look when you lose something in your house?

14. The children are happy because now they can see.

Are the children happy or sad? Why are they happy? Can they see?

The Short Windows Cleaner

P.Q.A.: Ask the following questions for students to answer in unison or individually.

Do you have a window cleaner at home? What are window cleaners used for?

Have you used a window cleaner?

Circling Questions

1. Helen is cleaning the win- dows in her house.

Is Mary or Helen cleaning the window in her house?

Who is cleaning the windows in her house?

What is Helen doing?

Where are the windows?

Do you clean the windows in your house?

Who cleans the windows in your house?

2. The window cleaner stick is too short.

Is the window cleaner stick too long or too short?

How is the window cleaner stick? What is too short?

3. Helen doesn’t have a long window cleaner stick.

Does Helen have a long or short window cleaner stick?

What kind of stick does Helen have?

Does Helen have a problem?

Does Helen or Mary have a problem?

Who has a problem?

What is the problem?

4. She cannot clean the high windows.

Can she clean the high windows? Can she clean the low windows? Why is it a problem for her?

5. Helen needs to add an extension on the window cleaning stick.

What does she need? Who needs an extension? Does Helen need an extension for the window cleaning stick? Why is the extension the solution to Helen’s problem?

6. Helen goes to a hardware store.

Does Helen go to a supermarket? Does Helen go to a hardware store?

Does Helen go to a supermarket or to a hardware store?

What is the name of a supermarket in Panama?

What is the name of a hardware store in Panama?

7. At Dusters, Helen asks the owner for a stick extender.

Does Helen ask for a stick extender at Duster?

Does Helen ask for a stick shortener at Duster?

What does Helen ask for?

Who does Helen ask for a stick extension?

Does the owner say: “I have a stick extension?”

Does the owner say: I don’t have any stick extension?”

What does the owner say?

Who says: I don’t have a stick extender?”

8. Helen goes to another store named Long Stick.

Does Helen go to another store named Short Stick?

Does Helen go to another store named Long Stick?

Where does Helen go to?

9. Helen asks the owner for a stick extender.

Does she ask the owner for a stick shortener?

Does she ask for a stick extender?

What does she ask for?

Who does she ask?

What do you ask for when you go to Do It Center?

10. Finally, Helen goes to a carpenter shop named Make it All. Helen asks the carpenter to make a stick extender for her. The carpenter says: “Yes, I can make one.”

Where does Helen go?

What is the name of the shop?

Is Make it All a hardware store or a carpenter shop?

Does Helen ask the carpenter to make a stick extension for her?

Does the carpenter make one?

What does he say?

Have you used a stick extension?

Do you clean the windows in your house?

What do you use?

Fried Chicken from the Moon

P.Q.A.: Ask the following questions for students to answer in unison or individually. Do you like fried chicken? Where do you buy fried chicken? Which is your favorite fried chicken?

Circling Questions

1.There is a boy. His name is Ralph. Ralph likes fried chicken.

Does Ralph like or doesn’t like fried chicken? Does Ralph like fried fish? Does Ralph like fried chicken or fried fish?

What does Ralph like?

Who likes fried chicken? Do you like fried chicken? Where do you buy fried chicken?

2. But he wants to eat fried chicken from the moon.

Does Ralph want fried chicken from the moon?

Does Ralph want fried chicken from the sea?

Does Ralph want fried chicken from the moon or from the sea? Does Ralph want fried potatoes or fried chicken?

What kind of chicken does Ralph like?

What kind of fried chicken do you like?

What do you like to eat your fried chicken with? French fries or mashed potatoes?

3. So, he goes to a restaurant named Chicken Ville.

Does he go to a restaurant or to a hotel?

Does he go to a restaurant named Fish Ville or Chicken Ville? What is the name of the restaurant?

4. The cook says they don’t have any.

What does the cook say?

Does the cook say she has plenty or she doesn’t have any?

Does the cook have fried chicken from the moon?

5. He goes to another restaurant named Quick Fried Chicken.

Does he go to another restaurant? Is the name of the second restaurant Slow or Quick Fried Chicken?

Where does he go?

6. The chef says they don’t have any.

What does the chef say?

Does the chef say he has plenty or he doesn’t have any?

Does the chef have fried chicken from the moon?

7. Ralph goes to another restaurant named Moon Chicken.

Does Ralph go to a third restaurant?

Is the name of the third restaurant Mars Chicken or Moon Chicken?

What is the name of the third restaurant?

8. He asks the chef for fried chicken from the moon.

Does he ask the chef for fried chicken from Mars?

Does he ask the chef for fried chicken from Jupiter? What does he ask the chef for? Who wants fried chicken from the moon?

9. The chef has a lot of fried chicken from the moon.

Does the chef at Moon Chicken have a little bit or a lot of fried chicken from the moon?

Does Ralph get enough fried chicken from the moon?

Do you want a little bit or a lot of fried chicken?

10. Ralph is very happy.

Is Ralph very happy?

Is Ralph very sad?

What emotion does Ralph feel?

Circling Questions

1. There is a boy. His name is James.

Is there a boy or a girl? What is the boy’s name?

2. James has two bicycles, and he is going to give one bicycle away.

How many bicycles does James have?

How many bikes is he going to give away?

Why is he going to give a bike away?

3. He has to choose one of his three friends.

Does he have to choose one of his two friends?

Does he have to choose one of his three friends?

Does he have to choose one of his two or three friends?

Who does he have to choose?

How many people does he have to choose?

Why does he have to choose one and not two of his friends?

4. He goes to the house of his friend Jeremy.

Does he go to James’ or Jeremy’s house?

Why does James go to Jeremy’s house?

5. Jeremy has two bicycles too, so he doesn’t need a bicycle. Does Jeremy have two or three bikes too?

How many bikes does Jeremy have? Why doesn’t James give Jeremy a bike?

Does Jeremy need a bike?

6. Then, he goes to the house of his friend Tom.

Does he go to Tom’s house? Does he go to Tom’s or Jeremy’s house next?

Whose house then does he go to?

7. Tom’s brother has two bicycles.

How many bikes does Tom’s brother have?

Does Tom need a bike?

Why doesn’t Tom need a bicycle?

Can Tom use his brother’s or his sister’s bike? Whose bike can Tom use?

8. Finally, he goes to the house of his friend Alan.

Does he go to Alan’s house? Does he go to Alan’s house second or third?

9. Alan doesn’t have a bicycle. Does Alan have one or two bikes? How many bikes does Alan have?

10. James decides to give the bicycle to Alan. What does James decide?

Who does James give the bicycle to?

Why does he give the bicycle to Alan?

11. Alan is very happy. Now, he can go bicycle riding. Is Alan very happy or very sad?

Why is Alan happy?

Can Alan go boat riding or bicycle riding?

Do you like bicycle riding?

Where do you ride your bicycle?

Do you feel happy when you ride your bike?

Blackie the Crow

P.Q.A.: Ask the following questions for students to answer in unison or individually.

Can you whistle?

Do you like to whistle?

Have you heard a bird whistling?

What birds have you heard whistling?

Circling Questions

1. Crows are birds that like to whistle.

Are crows birds that like to whistle?

Are crows birds that like to sing?

Are crows birds that like to whistle or to sing?

Who likes to whistle?

What are crows?

What do crows like to do?

2. There is a crow.

Is there a crow?

Is there a parrot?

Is there a crow or a parrot?

What is there?

3. His name is Blackie.

Is his name Blackie?

Is his name Benny?

Is his name Benny or Blackie?

What is his name?

4. Blackie is whistling in a tree and a nut drops into his beak. Is Blackie whistling in a tree and a nut drops on his beak or into his beak?

Is Blackie sitting on a chair when the nut drops into his beak?

Is Blackie whistling or sitting in a tree?

Who is whistling in a tree?

What is Blackie doing?

Where is Blackie whistling?

What drops into Blackie’s beak? What happens to the nut? Where does the nut drop?

5. The nut sticks in his throat, so he cannot whistle.

Does the nut stick in his throat so he cannot whistle?

Does the nut stick in his ears so he cannot hear?

Does the nut stick in his throat or his ears?

Does the nut or the apple stick in his throat?

What sticks in Blackie’s throat?

Where does the nut stick?

Can a nut stick in your throat and choke you?

Is it dangerous?

What do you do if a nut sticks in your brother’s throat?

6. Blackie needs to get the nut out of his throat.

Does Blackie need to get the nut out of his throat?

Does Blackie need to get the worm out of his throat?

Does Blackie need to get the nut or the worm out of his throat?

Who needs to get the nut out of his throat?

What does Blackie need to get out of his throat?

Where is the nut?

Who has a nut in his throat?

7. A little bird flies to his tree limb and asks him why he is not whistling.

Does a little bird fly to his tree limb and ask him why is he not whistling?

Does a big parrot fly to his tree limb and ask him why is he not whistling?

Does a little bird or a big parrot fly to his tree limb and ask him why is he not whistling?

Who flies to Blackie’s tree limb and asks him why is he not whistling?

What does the little bird do?

Where does the little bird fly to?

What does the little bird do at the tree limb?

What does the little bird ask Blackie?

8. Blackie shakes his head, but he cannot whistle.

Does Blackie shake his head but cannot whistle?

Does Blackie shake his wings but cannot fly?

Does Blackie shake his head or his wings?

Does Tom shake his head but cannot whistle?

Who shakes his head but cannot whistle?

What does Blackie do? Why does he shake his head?

9. A big bluebird flies to his tree limb, and asks him why he is not whistling.

Does a big bluebird fly to his tree limb and asks him why is he not whistling?

Does a big yellow bird fly to his tree limb and asks him why is he not whistling?

Does a big bluebird or a big parrot fly to his tree limb and asks him why is he not whistling?

Who flies to Blackie’s tree limb and asks him why is he not whistling?

What does the big bluebird do?

Where does the big bluebird fly to?

What does the big bluebird do at the tree limb?

What does the big bluebird ask Blackie?

10. Then, a squirrel runs up the tree, and pushes the crow off of the tree limb.

Does a squirrel run up the tree?

Does a monkey run up the tree?

Does a squirrel or a monkey run up the tree?

Does a squirrel run up the tree or up the hill?

Who runs up the tree?

What does the squirrel do?

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Where does the squirrel run?

Does the squirrel push the crow off the tree limb?

Does the bird push the crow off the tree limb?

Does the squirrel or the bird push the crow off the tree limb?

Does the squirrel push the crow off the roof or the tree limb?

Who pushes the crow off the tree limb?

What does the squirrel do? Where does the squirrel push the crow?

11. Blackie falls to the ground under the tree.

Does Blackie fall to the ground un- der the tree?

Does Blackie sit on the ground un- der the tree?

Does Barney fall to the ground un- der the tree?

Does Blackie fall or sit on the ground under the tree?

Who falls on the ground under the tree?

What does Blackie do?

Where does Blackie fall?

12. The nut comes out of his throat.

Does the nut come out of his throat?

Does the ball come out of his throat?

Does the nut or the ball come out of his throat?

What comes out of his throat?

What happens to the nut?

Where does the nut come out of?

13. Blackie can whistle again.

Can Blackie whistle again?

Can Blackie fly again?

Can Blackie whistle or fly again?

Who can whistle again?

What can Blackie do once more?

Do you whistle?

14. He is very happy. Is he very happy? Is he very sad?

Is he very happy or very sad?

Who is very happy? How is he?

Bobby The Boy Scout

P.Q.A: Ask the following questions for students to answer in unison or individually. Have you gone to camp?

Do you have your own sleeping bag? Is your sleeping bag thick enough for cold weather?

Circling Questions

1. There is an explorer. His name is Bobby.

Is there an explorer?

Is there a mountain climber?

Is there an explorer or a mountain climber?

What is his name?

Is his name Bobby or Ronny?

2. Bobby is a boy scout, and his group is going on a camp- ing trip to the Chiriquí mountains.

Is Bobby a boy scout?

Is Bobby a mountain climber?

Is Bobby a boy scout or a mountain climber?

Who is a boy scout?

What is Bobby?

Where is he and his group going?

3. The commander says that every explorer needs to have a special sleeping bag, warm enough for cold weather and a tent.

Does the commander say that every explorer needs to have a special sleeping bag, warm enough for cold weather and a tent?

Does the teacher say that every explorer needs to have a special blanket, warm enough for cold weather and a tent?

Does the commander say that every explorer needs to have a special sleeping bag or a blanket? Who says that every explorer needs a special sleeping bag? What does the commander say? What does every explorer need to have?

Why must it be a special sleeping bag?

4. Bobby has a tent, but he does not have a thick sleeping bag.

Does Bobby have a tent but not a sleeping bag?

Does Bobby have a coat but not a jacket?

Does Bobby have a tent or a sleeping bag?

Who has a tent but not a sleeping bag?

What does Bobby have?

What does not Bobby have?

Does he lack a tent?

Does he lack a sleeping bag? What does he lack?

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5. Bobby goes to a friend’s house in Carrasquilla, and asks his friend Tony to lend him a special sleeping bag for cold weather.

Does Bobby go to a friend’s house in Carrasquilla?

Does Bobby go to his cousin’s house in Juan Díaz?

Does Bobby or Ronny go to a friend’s house in Carrasquilla?

Does Bobby go to a friend’s house or to the park?

Who goes to a friend’s house in Carrasquilla?

What does Bobby do?

Where does Bobby go?

Where is the friend’s house?

Does he ask his friend Tony to lend him a special sleeping bag for cold weather?

Does he ask his friend Tony to lend him a special blanket for cold weather?

Does he ask his friend Tony to lend him a special sleeping bag or a blanket?

Who does he ask to lend him a special sleeping bag?

What does he do?

What does he want his friend to lend him?

6. Tony says that he only has one sleeping bag so he cannot lend it to him, because he is going on the camping trip too.

Does Tony say that he only has one sleeping bag?

Does Tony say that he only has two blankets?

Does Tony say that he only has one sleeping bag or two blankets?

Who says that he only has one sleeping bag?

What does Tony say?

What does Tony have?

How many sleeping bags does Tony have?

Can he lend him his sleeping bag?

Who cannot lend his sleeping bag?

What can’t he do?

What can’t he lend?

Why can’t he lend him his sleeping bag?

What happens if he lends his sleeping bag to Bobby?

Where is Tony going to?

7. Bobby goes to another friend’s house in Villa Lucre.

Does Bobby go to another friend’s house in Villa Lucre?

Does Bobby go to another store in Villa Lucre?

Does Bobby go to another friend’s house or store in Villa Lucre?

Who goes to another friend’s house in Villa Lucre?

What does Bobby do?

Where does Bobby go?

Where is the friend’s house?

8. He asks René to lend him a sleeping bag for cold weather.

Does he ask René to lend him a sleeping bag for cold weather?

Does he ask René to lend him a warm jacket for cold weather?

Does he ask René to lend him a sleeping bag or a warm jacket for cold weather?

Who does he ask to lend him a sleeping bag for cold weather?

What does he do?

What does he ask René to lend him?

What kind of sleeping bag does he need?

9. René says that he does not have a sleeping bag for cold weather.

Does René say that he does not have a sleeping bag for cold weather?

Does René say that he does not have a tent for cold weather?

Does Rene say that he does not have a sleeping bag or a tent for cold weather?

Who says that he does not have a sleeping bag for cold weather?

10. Finally, he takes a bus to go to the house of his cousin Mario in La Chorrera.

Does he finally take a bus to go to the house of his cousin in La Chorrera?

Does he finally take a taxi to go to the house of his cousin in La Chorrera?

Does he finally take a bus or a taxi to go to the house of his cousin Mario in la Chorrera?

Who finally takes a bus to go to the house of his cousin Mario in La Chorrera?

What does he do?

Where does he go?

Where does his cousin Mario live?

Do you live in Chorrera?

Have you been to Chorrera?

Do you take a bus to Chorrera? Where do you take the bus to Chorrera?

11. He asks his cousin to lend him a special sleeping bag for cold weather.

Does he ask his cousin to lend him a special sleeping bag for cold weather?

Does he ask his cousin to sell him a special sleeping bag for cold weather?

Does he ask his cousin to lend him or to sell him a special sleeping bag for cold weather? Who does he ask to lend him a special sleeping bag for cold weather?

What does he do?

What does he ask his cousin to lend him?

12. His cousin says that he has two sleeping bags thick enough for cold weather and he can lend him one.

Does his cousin say that he has two sleeping bags thick enough for cold weather, and he can lend him one?

Does his cousin say that he has three blankets thick enough for cold weather and he can lend him one?

Does his cousin say that he has two sleeping bags or three blan- kets?

Who says that he has two sleeping bags?

What does his cousin have?

What kind of sleeping bags does he have?

How many sleeping bags does Bobby need?

13. Bobby is very happy that he can go on his camping trip to the Chiriquí mountains.

Is Bobby very happy because he can go on his camping trip to the Chi- riquí mountains?

Is Bobby very sad because he can’t go on his camping trip to the Chi- riquí mountains?

Is Bobby very happy or very sad because he can go on his camping trip to the Chiriquí mountains?

Is Bobby very happy because he can go on his camping trip to the Chi- riquí mountains or to El Valle de Antón?

Who is very happy because he can go on his trip to the Chiriquí mountains?

What is Bobby going to do?

Where is Bobby going?

How does Bobby feel?

14. At the camp, Bobby sleeps inside his tent in the sleeping bag; and he also participates in a campfire, which is very exciting.

Does Bobby sleep in his tent?

Does Bobby sleep out of his tent?

Does Bobby sleep in or out of his tent?

Where does Bobby sleep?

Who sleeps in his tent?

Does he also participate in a campfire?

Does he also participate in a campfire or directs a team?

Where does he participates?

Who also participates in a campfire?

What does Bobby do?

How is the campfire?

Do you like camping?

Do you like campfires?

Do you want to sleep in a sleeping bag inside a tent?

Hannah

s Computer

P.Q.A.: Ask the following questions for students to answer in unison or individually.

Do you have a computer?

How many computers do you have?

Where do you buy computers?

How much does a computer cost? ?

Circling Questions

1. There is a girl. Her name is Hannah.

Is there a girl named Hannah?

Is there a boy named Elmer?

Is there a girl named Hannah or a boy named Elmer?

Who is Hannah?

What is the girl’s name?

2. Hannah likes to do her homework and play on the computer.

Does Hannah like to do her homework and play on the computer?

Does Hannah like to read and play in her room?

Does Hannah like to do her homework and play on the computer or read and play in her room?

Who likes to do her homework and play on the computer?

What does Hannah like?

Where does Hannah play?

3. Her computer is damaged and cannot be fixed.

Is her computer damaged and cannot be fixed?

Is her computer new and working?

Is her computer damaged and cannot be fixed or is it new and working?

Whose computer is damaged?

What is damaged and cannot be fixed?

What happened to her computer? Can the computer be fixed?

4. Hannah goes to her mother’s room, and she asks her mom to buy her a new computer.

Does Hannah go to her mother’s room and asks her to buy her a new computer?

Does Hannah go to her brother’s room and asks him to buy her a new DS game?

Does Hannah go to her mother’s room and asks her for a new computer or to her brother’s room and asks him for a new DS game?

Does Hannah want a new or an old computer?

Who goes to her mother’s room?

What does Hannah do?

Where does she go?

What does she ask her mom for?