Well– it’s a framework for responding to a question, like a CER (claim, evidence, and reasoning statement) or SAR (short answer response). DBQ stands for Document Based Question. (Anytime I see a tweet or other social media post that incorporates real-time events and teaching I go a little happy crazy.)
When teachers request ideas for content, sometimes I get a little…something. The world is right there, right now–happening. In real time. We are this moment in time, in history, affecting outcomes and futures.
If you’d like to use DBQs, CERs, SARs, etc. fantastic! Looking for what to talk about is the easy part. Agreeing and objective…now that’s where the fun is!
Overview of Short Answer Responses and Funnel Paragraphs:
So, your students are fully versed in many close reading strategies, they’ve noticed, noted,whispered, and have mountains of texts and ideas. Now what? Well, the Short Answer Response and the Funnel/Hourglass analysis, that’s what! I have begged, borrowed, and outright pilfered these ideas from two great mentors, Kim McClung and Holly Stein, and provided some Google doc links, too.
