1. Levels of Thinking & Questioning

2. Costa’s Levels of Inquiry
Create an analogy: Levels of thinking are like a _________ because ________________.
Level Three – Application
Answers Go Well Beyond the Text
Apply, Evaluate, Hypothesize, Imagine, Judge, Predict, Speculate
Level Two – Put the Knowledge Into Action
Answers Can Be Inferred from the Text
Analyze, Compare, Contrast, Group, Infer, Sequence, Synthesize
Level One – Foundational Knowledge
Answers Can Be Found in the Text
Define, Describe, Identify, List, Name, Observe, Recite, Scan, Label

3. Costa’s Levels of Inquiry
Think-pair-share: Write a question for each level using Tangled, Amazing
Spiderman, or
Hunger Games.
Disney’s Frozen
Level Three - Application
Answers Go Well Beyond the Text
How might Ana and Elsa be heroes for young girls?
Apply, Evaluate, Hypothesize, Imagine, Judge, Predict, Speculate
Level Two – Put the Knowledge Into Action
Answers 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 One – Foundational Knowledge
Answers Can Be Found in the Text
What do Elsa and Ana look like?
Define, Describe, Identify, List, Name, Observe, Recite, Scan, Label

4. Exit Slip
Write a Level 2 question about Leuzinger High School.

5. 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?