All About Blooms

As we commence this new Unit of Inquiry it is important that you have an understanding of Blooms Taxonomy. Simply put Blooms Taxonomy is a way for the sorting and grouping of different levels of learning. All learning starts at the lower levels of knowledge and understanding. We then progress to higher order thinking skills such as comparing and contrasting, making graphs etc to show how we can apply our understanding of new knowledge. To help with your understanding of Blooms I have created the activity below based on the book “The Outsiders”. Please complete this activity and post in your blog.

Activities using Blooms Taxonomy

1. Knowledge- select one character from the novel “The Outsiders” who has the qualities of a heroine/hero. List the qualities and tell why you think they are heroic.

2. Comprehension- CONSTRUCT a time line that. summarises what happens in the story “The Outsiders”.

3. Application- THINK of a situation that occurred to a character in the story “The Outsiders” and write about how you would have handled the situation differently.

4. Analysis- IDENTIFY general characteristics (stated and/or implied) of one of the main characters and complete the table below.


Characters Name


Physical characteristics



Personality





Major challenges/problems




5. Synthesis- WRITE three new titles for the story that would give a good idea what it is about.

OR

CREATE an original character and tell how the character would fit in the story.

6. Evaluation- DECIDE which character in the selection you would most like to spend a day with and describe why.

OR

JUDGE whether or not a character should have acted in a particular way and
why.