Level One Questions (Text Explicit) Level 1 statement

Readers can point to one correct answer right in the text. Words found in • Define irony. (English)
these questions include: • Identify the starting date of the American Revolution. (History)
• defining • Define tangent. (Math)
• observing • Define photosynthesis. (Science)
• describing
• naming
• identifying
• reciting
• noting
• listing
Level Two Questions (Text Implicit) Level 2 Statement
Readers infer answers from what the text implicitly states, finding answers • Compare and contrast Mr. Frank and Mr. Van Daan in Anne
in several places in the text. Words found in these questions include: Frank: Diary of a Young Girl. (English)
• analyzing • Analyze the causes of the American Revolution. (History)
• grouping • Compare the square root of 49 to the square root of 64. Which is
• synthesizing greater? (Math)
• comparing/contrasting • Diagram and order the stages of photosynthesis. (Science)
• inferring
• sequencing
Level Three Questions (Experience Based) Level 3 Statement
Readers think beyond what the text states. Answers are based on • Predict how Charlie Gordon will change after his operation in
reader’s prior knowledge/experience and will vary. Words found in these Flowers for Algernon. (English)
questions include: • Imagine you were a soldier fighting in the Civil War. How would
• evaluating you feel? (History)
• judging • Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to the find the measurement of
• applying a principle this triangle. (Math)
• speculating • Diagram the stages of photosynthesis and predict how long each
• imagining takes. (Science)
• predicting
• hypothesizing