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Bloom's Taxonomy Stems
Last updated Tuesday, March 19, 2002
The following should help you develop ideas for questions to ask
during the read-aloud session to students in advanced grade levels.
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Knowledge |
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Who? |
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What? |
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When? |
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Where? |
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How? |
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List the facts in order. |
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Comprehension |
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What is meant by... ? |
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Can you describe... ? |
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What is the difference... ? |
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What is the main idea... ? |
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Why did... ? |
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Explain why... ? |
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Application |
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Who would you choose...? |
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What would happen if...? |
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How would you...? |
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Do you know someone like...? |
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Would you do the same thing in the same situation...? |
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If you had to...what would you do? |
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Analysis |
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What part of the reading was funniest? |
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What part was the most exciting? |
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What part was the saddest? |
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Tell some things that could not have happened in real life. |
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Which things were fact, and which were opinions? |
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What could you do that was just like what the person in the
story did? |
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Find five words in the story which begin with the same sound. |
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List five compound words from the story. |
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What was the purpose of...? |
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Synthesis |
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Retell one event from an animal's point of view. |
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How could we/you...? |
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Make up another ending to the story that still fits the details. |
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Rewrite a sentence from the reading but change one thing in it. |
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Write a new title for this story. |
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Write a two-line poem about the reading. |
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Evaluation |
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Was the main character in this reading good or bad? Why? |
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Which is better...? |
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Would you agree that...? |
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What is your opinion of...? |
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Were they right to do...? Why? Or why not? |
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Compare two characters in the reading. Tell which one you think is
better and why. |
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