I asked my students to read a poem. Then they had to: Paraphrase each line of the poem. Write your version next to the original line So, I’m not going to get into the pointlessness of this task. I had a room of the most brilliant 6th graders in town and this is what we […]
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Upgrading “Put The Events In Order”
I often see this question on language arts and social studies worksheets: “Put these events in order.” Yes, it’s low-level, but the real problem is that it’s a one-off. Let’s make a sequence of questions about the order of events.
Updating Old Questions: Addition With Missing Pieces
How can I go beyond asking 20 variations of 622 + 77 = ___?
It *Looks* Like Analyze. But Is It?
A big ol’ table that looks like comparing, but it’s really more about remembering.
Going Beyond “Name That Genre!”
What can we do once students correctly identify a story’s genre?
Updating Old Questions: Identify Figurative Language
What do we do after a student can identify the type of figurative language?
Updating Old Questions: The Planets’ Order
Oops! I just asked my students to put the planets in order! Here’s what I could do differently…
Updating Old Questions: Volcano from Two Perspectives
Just because we have two perspectives doesn’t mean we have a great question!
Making Categories of Famous Structures
A task about famous structures that stops at the bottom of Bloom’s.
Updating Old Questions: Context Clues
Most context clue worksheets have incredibly low expectations.