Bloom Level 1: Knowledge

Exhibits memory of previously

learned material by recalling
fundamental facts, terms,
basic concepts and answers about
the selection.
Keywords:
who, what, why, when, omit, where,
which, choose, find, how, define,
label, show, spell,
list, match, name, relate, tell, recall,

Questions:
1. Who is in the wanted poster?
2. When did the robbery happen?
3. Where did the robbery happen?
. List the main characteristics of one of
the main characters in a WANTED
poster.
. Arrange scrambled story pictures
and/or scrambled story sentences in
sequential order.

Bloom Level 2:
Comprehension
Demonstrate understanding of facts and
ideas by organizing, comparing,
translating,
interpreting, giving descriptors and stating
main ideas.
Keywords: compare, contrast,
demonstrate, interpret, explain,
extend, illustrate, infer,
outline, relate, rephrase, translate,
summarize, show, classify

Questions:
1. What is meant by scarified in paragraph
two?
2. Compare the characteristics of the two
robbers?
3. What is the main idea of the story?
. Explain selected ideas or parts from the
story in his or her own words.
. Construct a pictorial time-line that
summarizes what happens in the story.

Bloom Level 3: Application

Solve problems in new situations by
applying acquired knowledge, facts,
techniques and
rules in a different, or new way.
Keywords:
apply. build, choose, construct, develop,
interview, make use of, organize,
experiment
with, plan, select, solve, utilize, model,
identify

Questions:
1. How would you use the wanted poster?
2. What are the characteristics would you like
to add into the wanted poster?
3. What are the ways would you like to use
beside creating the wanted poster?
. Think of a situation that occurred to a
character in the story and write about how
he or she would have handled the situation
differently.

Bloom Level 4: Analysis

Examine and break information into parts by
identifying motives or causes.
Make inferences and find evidence to support
generalizations.
Keywords:
analyze, categorize, classify, compare, contrast,
discover, examine, simplify, survey, distinguish,
list
distinction, theme, relationships, function,
motive, inference, assumption, conclusion

Questions:
1. What is the theme of the story?
2. How is the story related to the real life?
3. What conclusion can you draw from the
incident?
. Select parts of the story that were the funniest,
saddest, happiest, and most unbelievable.
. Select an action of a main character that was
exactly the same as something the student
would have done.

Bloom Level 5: Synthesis

Compile information together in a different way
by combining elements in a new pattern or
proposing alternative solutions.

Keywords:
build, choose, combine, compile, compose,
construct, create, design, develop, estimate,
imagine, invent, plan, predict, propose, solve,
solution, suppose, discuss, modify, change,
improve, adapt, minimize, maximize, theorize,
elaborate, test, happen

Questions:
1. What changes would you make to solve
the problem?
2. How could you modify the plot of the
story?
. Create a poster to advertise the story so
people will want to read it.
. Use your imagination to draw a picture
about the story.

Bloom Level 6: Evaluation

Present and defend opinions by making
judgments about information, validity of ideas or
quality of work based on a set of criteria.

Keywords:
award, choose, conclude, criticize, decide,
defend, evaluate, judge, justify, compare,
recommend, select, agree,
opinion, interpret, explain, support importance,
prove, disprove, assess, influence, perceive,
value, estimate

Questions:
1. What is your opinion of the action taken by
the main character?
2. If you were the main character, what choice
would you have made?
. Judge whether or not a character should
have acted in a particular way and why.
. Decide if the story really could have
happened and justify reasons for the
decision.

Reference
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