The toss of a die determines what questions your pupils will answer in this instructional activity. Learners respond to questions based on Bloom's taxonomy, discussing The Adventures of Tom Sawyer with classmates along the way. They finish by writing up short essays that expand on their responses to one or more of the higher-level questions.

Concepts

the adventures of tom sawyer, mark twain

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use this strategy, and the cubes you create, at other points in the novel as well
• Create your Bloom's cubes with cardstock for longer use

Classroom Considerations

• Assumes some prior knowledge of Bloom's Taxonomy or student ability to be able to answer higher-order questions
• It is a bit unclear if the dice-tossing activity is done as a whole class, in small groups, on in pairs; you will need to decide the exact procedure

Pros

• Includes a template for creating a Bloom's Taxonomy cube
• Comes with questions to go with each side of the cube and a worksheet for recording responses and ideas

Cons

• None