“It’s boring.” “I hate reading.” Ever heard someone say those words or worse yet…said them yourself? Then this tutorial is for you! One of the biggest roadblocks to comprehension is a disengaged mind. The Three Big Questions is a strategy to help you and others understand and comprehend informational texts. This tutorial is part 1 and focuses on the first question: “What surprised me?” You’ll go through one of the biggest misconceptions of reading informational texts as well of a scenario that demonstrates how surprising things make us want to talk and discuss them.

Timestamps
0:00 Is Nonfiction Boring?
0:45 Big Misconception
1:27 Big Question 1
1:54 A Surprising Example
3:47 Categories of Surprise

Music
“All the Fixings” YouTube Sound Library

“Mariachi Snooze” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
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“Merry Go Silent Film Light” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
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“Tuba Waddle” by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
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Sound Effects
Mixkit: Air Whoosh, Basketball Buzzer, Funny Clown Horn, Party Sad Horn, Unlock Game Notification,
Sad Trombone by Joe Lamb via SoundBible

Research
“Reading Nonfiction: Notice & Note” by Kylene Beers and Robert E. Probst
https://www.bbc.com/news/ukenglandn...
https://thetab.com/uk/trent/2015/01/2...