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Synthesis/

ACTIONS: Build, pretend, create, plan, invent, combine, develop, design, arrange, hypothesize, predict, compose

Creating

SENTENCE STARTERS: What would happen if __? Can you predict __? What would the __ be like if ___? Suppose __.

What do you think about ___? How many new ways can you __? What would happen if? What alternatives are there? What

if someone __? Imagine that __? Can you invent __? Can you predict the outcome of __? Can you construct a model that

Reorganize or

would change __? What changes would you make in order to solve__? Can you think of an original way for __? How would you

Design New

test __? What inference or conclusion can you draw based on evidence?

Evaluation/

ACTIONS: Debate, justify, rate, select, judge, score, evaluate, conclude, prove, estimate, recommend, criticize

Evaluating

SENTENCE STARTERS: What would you choose? Why was it better than _? In your opinion will it work? How? Select some

items and tell why you did or did not like them. How would you prioritize __? Why do you agree or disagree? If __ then __?

What is your opinion of __? What choice would you have made? How would you justify __? What would you select? Justify

Judge & Justify

your selection. What information would you use to support the view? How could you determine? What could be done to

minimize (maximize) __? How would you improve? Rate the following __.

Analysis/

ACTIONS: Group, separate, compare/contrast, interpret, question, discover, classify, categorize, organize,

Analyzing

SENTENCE STARTERS: Why do you think __? What are the parts of? What are the consequences of__? How? Why?

Compare __ with __. List all of the problems that occur when __. The best part __. Can these be arranged this way? What

evidence can you find __? Can you make a distinction between __ and __? How would you classify __? How would you

Divide or Classify

categorize __? What is the function of __?

Application/

ACTIONS: Solve, build, choose, plan, show, practise, use, make, teach, operate, simulate, construct

Applying

SENTENCE STARTERS: Show me how to do __. How would you use __? Demonstrate __. Make a __. If you were there _.

Why is __ significant? How is ___ an example of __? A way to __ is __. A connecting idea is __. Is what you are saying __?

Could you clarify that comment? What examples can you find? How would you solve ___ using what you’ve learned? Can you

Make or Do

make use of the facts to __? What approach would you use to __? What facts would you select to show __? What questions

would you ask in an interview with __?

Comprehension/

ACTIONS: Describe, express, restate, retell, locate, discuss, rephrase, summarize, organize

Understanding

SENTENCE STARTERS: Can you explain what is happening? What can you say about __? Locate the following… Describe the

way __. How would you restate the rest of the paragraph/sentence/page in your own words? What can you say about? State

Understand,

the main ideas __. Sequence the events __.

Describe

Knowledge/

ACTIONS: Know, collect, label, cite, tell, record, define, repeat, name, match, identify, specify

Remembering

SENTENCE STARTERS: What _? When _? Where _? List the three_ . Define__. Select __. Which one __? Can you recall

(Memory of material previously learned. Recall. Prior knowledge of facts, basic concepts, and information.)

Tell or Spell

__?

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