Higher-Order Thinking applied in Reading Comprehension Activitie

What if ...

Open Ended

What if you hit your head and could suddenly speak any language?

Open Ended

If you could be a character from a movie, who would you be and why ?

Open Ended

What if you woke up being the main character of the last book you read? Who would you be?

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Lower-order instruction     

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Higher-order instruction

READING SKILL​

Analyze the instruction and select the HIGHER ORDER INSTRUCTION​

Multiple Choice

Select the higher-order instruction

• How did the main character feel at the beginning of the story?

• Pretend you are the main character. What might you write in your diary about this day?

Multiple Choice

Select the higher-order instruction

• Organize the story into parts - what would be good titles for each of the part

• If you met the main character in the story on the street, what would you talk about?

Multiple Choice

Select the higher-order instruction

• Which character in the story would you most like to spend the day with? Why?

• How would you describe the setting using facts you read in the story?

Multiple Choice

Select the higher-order instruction

• ·     From what you read in the story, how would you describe what the main character looks like?

• If you had the opportunity to go where this story takes place, would you want to go? Why/why not?

Open Ended

Making connections