Good work identifying questions based on Bloom's Taxonomy of questioning. Here are the thinking levels again for your reference:
Your homework for Wednesday is twofold:
When doing the second part, make sure your questions address major issues or themes in history, not minor details, and challenge you to use detailed evidence to support historical arguments.
Recall, for example, that "What are the key similarities and differences between the caravel and deep-draft ships?" is not a very important question. On the other hand, "To what extent was the Roman Catholic Church responsible for causing the Protestant Reformation?" is a much better question because it has far greater historical significance and requires you to marshal a significant amount of evidence on two sides of an issue and make a reasoned judgement.
On Wednesday, we will compare and contrast your questions, evaluate them, and I will choose which will be on the test on Thursday. We will also compare and critique writing samples to build a set of criteria by which to judge quality writing. We will practice writing essay theses as well.
As for the test format, you will be required to write two essays. You will know the test questions in advance. I will assign three questions, of which two will appear on the test. As this is your first test, you will be permitted to bring in an outline to help you write effective essays.
- Use the feedback on your argumentative blog posts to revise and improve them. The feedback is very detailed; be sure to use it carefully to enhance your writing. It can be found in rubrics on Google Drive.
- Create six questions--three at the analyzing level and three at the evaluating level--based on the content of your test on Thursday: the Dark Ages, the Renaissance, and the Reformation and Counter-Reformation. Use the Higher-Order Thinking Question Stems on Google Drive.
When doing the second part, make sure your questions address major issues or themes in history, not minor details, and challenge you to use detailed evidence to support historical arguments.
Recall, for example, that "What are the key similarities and differences between the caravel and deep-draft ships?" is not a very important question. On the other hand, "To what extent was the Roman Catholic Church responsible for causing the Protestant Reformation?" is a much better question because it has far greater historical significance and requires you to marshal a significant amount of evidence on two sides of an issue and make a reasoned judgement.
On Wednesday, we will compare and contrast your questions, evaluate them, and I will choose which will be on the test on Thursday. We will also compare and critique writing samples to build a set of criteria by which to judge quality writing. We will practice writing essay theses as well.
As for the test format, you will be required to write two essays. You will know the test questions in advance. I will assign three questions, of which two will appear on the test. As this is your first test, you will be permitted to bring in an outline to help you write effective essays.