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Nightjohn: Bloom's Taxonomy Questions Lesson PlanNightjohn: Bloom's Taxonomy Questions Lesson Plan
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6th - 8th
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English Language Arts
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Nightjohn: Bloom's Taxonomy Questions

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After completing Nightjohn, Gary Paulsen's young adult novel about slavery set shortly before the Civil War, readers respond to a series of questions crafted to reflect Bloom's taxonomy.

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Concepts

slavery, reading comprehension, gary paulsen

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Have groups develop their own questions using the Bloom's taxonomy format

Classroom Considerations

  • The fourth in a series of nine resources designed for Nightjohn

Pros

  • The resource includes a rationale for the strategy, sample questions with answers, and assessment suggestions

Cons

  • Beware the typos in the model questions

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