Answering questions about a text is an obvious way to assess a student’s comprehension.  Some of those questions will be more surface-level questions and hopefully, some will be deeper, more complex questions.  But another way to really see not only what a student comprehends from a text, but also how he/she can apply that knowledge and information to their own lives is to teach constructed response.  Also known as a written response, a constructed response is basically giving students a prompt that relates back to the text.  Students respond to the prompt by writing out a longer answer than a typical comprehension question.  Let’s dive into some tips and tricks on how to help teach this important concept! Constructed response questions are typically found in