CLASSIFYING HIGHER LEVEL QUESTIONS

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Directions: In order to determine what level of Bloom's Taxonomy is used in each question, refer to the Critical Thinking Page you reviewed before. After looking at the different levels of thinking, determine what level is used for each question. Your teacher will give you the answer sheet once you have finished to check for accuracy.

 

Determine if the questions below are knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, or evaluation based.

1. Name the hero of the story.  
2 .Justify Jack's use of violence to escape from the giant.  
3. Create a different ending to the story.  
4. Draw a diagram showing how "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "Little Red Riding Hood" are alike and different.  
5. Arrange the story's major events into the sequence (order) in which they happened.  
6. Explain why Jack was sent to sell the cow.  
7. Tell how Jack defeated the giant and escaped.  
8. Demonstrate how Jack kept the giant from catching him as he ran from the castle with the singing harp.  
9. Rewrite "Jack and the Beanstalk" as a newspaper story.  
10. Why did the giant steal the singing harp?  
11. Explain why the beanstalk was a serious threat to the environment.  
12. Who was the "bad guy" in the story?  
13. Tell in your own words, what does "Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum...I smell the blood of an Englishman" mean?  
14. Recite the giant's favorite "poem".  
15. Outline the story, "Jack and the Beanstalk."  
16. Compare and contrast Jack and the giant.  
17. Match the characters named below with their behaviors.  
18. Match the characters in "Jack and the Beanstalk" with those in "Little Red Riding Hood."  
19. Think of two other stories which are similar to "Jack and the Beanstalk."  
20. Classify the following examples of Jack's behaviors as "smart" and "stupid."  
21. Imitate (act out) how the giant behaved when he was searching for Jack.  
22. List the characters of the story.  
23. Categorize the following statements about "Jack and the Beanstalk" as a "fact" of "opinion."  
24. Label the following pictures of each story character.  
25. Summarize the story in one paragraph.  
26. What is the importance of the singing harp?  
27. Decide whether or not it was smart of Jack to trade his cow for the magic beans. Give at least three reasons for you decision.  
28. Design a drawing which would tell the story.  
29. How is the singing harp different from Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother?  
30. Was Jack right when he cut down the beanstalk? Why? Why not?  
31. Plan another way Jack could have tried to rescue the singing harp.  
32. Where would be the best place for you to live-Jack's cottage or the giant's castle? Defend your choice.  
33. Imagine that both Jack and the giant lived at the end of the story and were arrested by the police for their behavior. What crimes would they be charged with?  
34. Choose your favorite character and tell why you would want him/her for a friend.  
35. Use the plotline from "Jack and the Beanstalk" to write a rap song.