H.O.T. Questions
Inquiring Minds Want to Know
Homophones
Parts of Speech
Introduction Paragraph
100
This is the level of questioning that requires us to show what information we can recall easily.
What is knowledge?
100
This is a synonym for construct or engineer.
What is synthesize?
100
One is something fragrant and beautiful that grows from soil. The other is a something we bake or cook with.
What are flower and flour?
100
These are people, places, things and ideas.
What are nouns?
100
My paragraph will need to begin with one of these.
What is an opening statement or a hook?
200
This is the level of questioning that allows you to show your understanding.
What is comprehension?
200
This process "drops" rocks, particles and elements in a new location.
What is deposition?
200
One word means what you did with a book, magazine or newspaper. The other word is a color.
What are read and red?
200
These words take the place of nouns.
What are pronouns?
200
This sentence will usually follow my opening sentence / hook.
What is a general information statement?
300
This is the level of questioning that forces you to "look more closely."
What is analysis?
300
This process carries rocks, particles and elements through wind and water.
What is erosion?
300
One word means the place where cars drive. The other word is the past tense of "ride."
What are road and rode?
300
These words show the "action" happening in a sentence.
What are verbs or predicates?
300
My thesis statement will usually begin with these words / phrases.
What is "In my opinion....." "I believe....." "I feel....."
400
This is the level of questioning that makes you look over something to give it a ranking or score.
What is evaluate?
400
This process breaks down rocks, particles and elements on earth.
What is weathering?
400
One word comes after "one" while the other means "also."
What two and too?
400
These words describe nouns.
What are adjectives?
400
My thesis statement will need to include these to tell me what my 2nd, 3rd and 4th paragraph will be about.
What are 3 strong reasons?
500
This is what H.O.T. stands for.
What is Higher Order Thinking?
500
Warm waters come from this continent to mix with the cool air of the East Coast when hurricanes form.
What is Africa?
500
One word means to put pencil to paper. One word is the opposite of left.
What are write and right?
500
These words modify verbs.
What are adverbs?
500
This will always be the last sentence in my paragraph.
What is the thesis statement?
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