Explain

1. Explain the process of mitosis.

2. Making omelets involves many steps. Explain your process for creating a
delicious omelet.
3. The author of _________ uses many techniques to engage the reader. Choose one
technique and explain how it affects your interest as a reader.
4. Explain the reasons behind the colonists’ decision to __________.
5. Solve _____________. Explain how you got your answer.
6. Explain how the character _____________ feels about _____________.
7. Explain why ______________.

Summarize

1. After reading _____________ (from informational text), summarize.

• Use who, what, when, where, why, how.
• Use your own words.
2. Photosynthesis is a complicated process. Summarize the process.
3. How would you summarize _____________?
4. After reading ____________ (literary text), summarize the story.
• Focus on main character, problem, solution.

Compare

1. Compare two characters in a story.

2. Compare the strategy you used to solve ___________ with your technique for
solving _______________.
3. Compare the geographic features of ___________ to _____________.

Contrast

1. Contrast two characters.

2. Contrast two countries.
3. Contrast two short stories.

Illustrate

1. Illustrate how the character shows her feelings.

2. Illustrate how physics concepts are used in everyday life.
3. Illustrate ways in which the British made life miserable for the colonists.

Discuss

1. Discuss how pollution affects all habitats.

2. Discuss how the author creates the mood in this story.
3. Discuss factors that led to the Civil War.
List

1. List the causes of pollution to the Chesapeake Bay.

2. List the order of operations.
3. List the events that lead up to the turning point in the story.

Justify

1. What is the tone in this story? Justify your answer.

2. Should the colonists have participated in the Boston Tea Party? Justify your
answer.
3. Are efforts to clean the Chesapeake Bay working? Justify your answer.

Apply

1. Apply your understanding of photosynthesis to explain why all the leaves on the
trees are now turning colors.
2. Apply physics concepts you’ve recently learned to explain the construction of a
house.
3. Apply your knowledge of how to be successful in school to show how you can be
successful as a professional football player.

Analyze

1. Analyze the process you used to solve the proof.

2. Analyze the character’s actions in the story.
3. Analyze the climate and geography of Brazil. How does the climate and
geography affect daily life in different regions?

Generalize

1. Now that you’ve read three selections by _____________ , make a generalization

about the themes important to the author.
2. Consider the health of the Chesapeake Bay in the last 50 years. Generalize about
the future of the Bay.

Predict

1. Predict what will happen next in the story.

2. Based on what you already know about chemical reactions, predict what will
happen in this experiment.

Support

1. Why does this character choose to ___________. Support your answer with
evidence from the text.
 2. Why did Benedict Arnold become a traitor? Support your answer with evidence
from the text.
3. Give reasons from the text to support your answer.

Conclude

1. After reading the text, conclude the reasons for ____________.

2. After reading the story, conclude why the character hates her mother.
3. Now that you’ve completed the experiment, conclude the reasons for your results.

Judge

1. Judge whether it was a good idea for ___________ to __________?

2. Judge the effectiveness of the ____________ on __________.

Describe

1. Describe the mood of the story.

2. Describe the climate in France.