Levels of Thinking & Questioning

Level One – Foundational Knowledge

Answers Can Be Found in the Text

Define, Describe, Identify, List, Name, Observe, Recite, Scan, Label

Level Two – Put the Knowledge Into Action

Answers Can Be Inferred from the Text

Analyze, Compare, Contrast, Group, Infer, Sequence, Synthesize

Level Three – ApplicationAnswers Go Well Beyond the Text

Apply, Evaluate, Hypothesize, Imagine, Judge, Predict, Speculate

Costa’s Levels of Inquiry Create an analogy: Levels of thinking are like a _________ because ________________.

Level One – Foundational Knowledge

Answers Can Be Found in the TextWhat do Elsa and Ana look like?

Define, Describe, Identify, List, Name, Observe, Recite, Scan, Label

Level Two – Put the Knowledge Into ActionAnswers Can Be Inferred from the Text

How does Ana’s understanding of love change throughout the movie?Analyze, Compare, Contrast, Group, Infer, Sequence, Synthesize

Level Three - ApplicationAnswers Go Well Beyond the Text

How might Ana and Elsa be heroes for young girls?Apply, Evaluate, Hypothesize, Imagine, Judge, Predict,

Speculate

Costa’s Levels of Inquiry

Disney’s Frozen

Think-pair-share: Write a question for each level using Tangled, Amazing Spiderman, or Hunger Games.

Exit Slip

• Write a Level 2 question about Leuzinger High School.

Levels of Questioning: Review

Level 1: Who are the people hiding with Anne Frank?

Level 2: Compare how each character resolves their internal conflicts.

Level 3: How would you feel and what would you do if you were in Anne Frank’s position?