Level 1 Costas Levels of Questions The answer

Level 1: Costa’s Levels of Questions -The answer can be found in the text (either directly or indirectly) -Very concrete and pertains only to the text. -Asks for facts about what has been heard or read -Information is recalled in the exact manner/form it was heard Examples: defining -What is the definition of "lunar eclipse"? (definition) describing -How can we express the equation 2 x(4 -5 y) + 3 y = 26 listing in 3 ways? (list) identifying naming observing scanning -Which states seceded from the Union to form the reciting Confederacy? (identification) -How does "The Road Not Taken" (Frost) begin? (reciting)

Level 2: Costa’s Levels of Questions - The answer can be inferred from the text. - Although more abstract than a Level One question, deals only with the text - Information can be broken down into parts - Involves examining in detail, analyzing motives or causes, making inferences, finding information to support generalizations or decision making - Questions combine information in a new way Examples: analyzing -In "Native Son, " how does Bigger Thomas' violence comparing against his gang members reveal a deeply-rooted contrasting insecurity & fear of people? (analysis) grouping comparing -In "The Bet" (Chekov) how do the lawyer & the sequencing banker differ in their attitudes toward capital synthesizing contrasting punishment? (contrast) inferring -How does the term "manifest destiny" capture the essence of Western expansion in the United States? (synthesis) sequencing -If the moon is full August 17, July 18, and June 19, when will it be full in April? (inference) synthesizing

Costa’s Levels of Questions Level 3: -The answer goes beyond the text. - Is abstract and does not pertain to the text - Ask that judgements be made from information - Gives opinions about issues, judges the validity of ideas or other products and justifies opinions and ideas Examples: applying a principle evaluating hypothesizing imagining judging predicting speculating -Using the principle of communicative property, how a principle can we find out the number of apple trees in an evaluating orchard having 15 rows, 5 trees in each row? hypothesizing (application of a principle) - Which of the characters in "Great Expectations" predicting suffered the most? (judgement) -In "The Catcher in the Rye, " how might Phoebe, years later, describe Holden to her children? (speculation)

Fact (Beginning) -Here you should give a brief description of the beginning of the text. (characters, problem, etc) -This information is directly from the text (factual) – not from you. Inference (Characters) -This box will be used to introduce the characters and give a brief description of them. Fact (Middle) -Here you should give a brief description of the middle of the text. (How is the problem being handled/solved, what’s happening, etc) -This information is directly from the text (factual) – not from you. Inference (Setting) -This box will be used to identify the setting (time/place). -You may elaborate about how it is…scary/happy, etc. Fact (End) -Here you should give a brief description of the end of the text. (Think about it like a curtain closing on the stage at the end of show…how did it all end…final scene? ) -This information is directly from the text (factual) – not from you. Inference (Your Choice) - This box will be used to make inferences about the text in any way that you want. - “read between the lines” -You may elaborate about how the characters feel and think…scary/happy, etc. Drawing Conclusions - Here you will discuss a life lesson that readers should learn from this book. - Nothing should be mentioned in this box about the characters themselves or the book in general. (Ex: We should treat others how we want to be treated, Don’t judge a book by it’s cover) (theme/ life - lesson)