Knowledge:
What are the names of the characters in the book?
What facts did you learn from the story?
Find 5 new words. Look them up in the dictionary.
What problem does the character have?
Where did the story take place?
Comprehension:
What was the problem in the story and how was it solved?
How is the main character feeling? What evidence is there?
Describe the setting in your own words.
Retell the beginning of the story.
Retell the main events in the story in the correct order.
Application:
What would the main character be likely to do if they visited our class?
What lesson did you learn from the story?
If you were in this story, what would you have done?
Did this story remind you of anything that has happened to you? Why?
What questions would you ask the character?
Bloom’s Taxonomy
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Analysis:
Find a word in the story that describes the main character well. Give 3
reasons for your word choice.
Compare this story with the last story you read. What is the same? What is
different?
What is the main theme of the story? Are there any underlying messages.
Discuss the relationships between the different characters in the story.
What can you infer from…?
Evaluate:
If you could save one character from the story, who would it be and why?
What do you think was the most interesting part of the story? Why?
Which character in the book would you choose as a friend? Give reasons
why.
Who do you think the author intended to read this book? Justify your answer.
Do you agree with the way the character acted? Give reasons to support your
answer.
Synthesis/Create:
How would you change the ending of the story?
Now you have read about the main characters, predict what will happen to
them in the story?
Create and alternative title for the story.
How could you change the story to make it..?
What would happen if you changed the setting of the story to…?
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