Teaching Thinking Skills Using Non-Fiction Narratives 7th - 8th

Improve reading comprehension
Improve standardized test-taking skills
Learn how to identify what kinds of answers test questions are looking for
Identify questions at each level of Bloom’s Taxonomy

Readability grade levels have been calibrated for each selection. Non-fiction narratives include biographical sketches, scientific findings, life in times past, animal facts, and naturally occurring events in nature. Each of the selection’s follow-up questions is directly correlated to a level of Bloom’s Taxonomy.

Students review types of thinking that the question assessment section will require, explore new vocabulary, read the narrative, discuss the selection, answer Bloom-correlated questions, and analyze the levels of questions.

3^rd – 4^th grades emphasize Knowledge and Comprehension levels, but students are exposed to Bloom’s 4 higher levels. 5^th and 6^th grade students focus on Application and Analysis levels but continue to review the lower two levels as well as gain exposure to Synthesis and Evaluation. 7^th and 8^th emphasizes Synthesis and Evaluation and reviews the 4 previous levels. Enrichment activities and “Write Your Own” activities are included.

Sample Pages from the book. (In .pdf Form)
Sample Pages from the book. (In .pdf Form)
Sample Pages from the book. (In .pdf Form)
Sample Pages from the book. (In .pdf Form)
Sample Pages from the book. (In .pdf Form)

CLC0350
Grades 7-8
226p.
ISBN 1-931334-66-8
Readability 6.7-9.4