Levels of Thinking
Plot
Characterization
Theme
Personal Narrative
100

What is one Level 1 question about apples?

What is an apple?

Are apples red?

Can you eat apples?

100

What is plot?

The sequence of events in a story.

100

What is indirect characterization?

100

What is the theme of this picture?

Don't be addicted to phones because you will ruin relationships.
100

Who is the antagonist of "The Day My World Changed"?

Taliban: Man vs. Society

200

What is one Level 2 question about the ocean?

Why is the ocean important for humans?

What is the difference between the ocean and land?

200
Who is an example of a protagonist in a Disney movie?
Mulan, Rapunzel, Elsa, Hercules
200

What is character development?

How a character changes throughout a text

200

What is the theme of this picture?


Be a good parent because you will affect your children.

200

What did Rano and Luis have to do in order to get into South Gate?

Climb over garbage.

300

What is one Level 3 question about Disney?

What will happen when Disney takes over the world?

How does Disney affect society?

300

What is an example of man vs. nature conflict?

An avalanche, a hurricane, being lost, winter

300

What type of characterization is this: "I had been given as an award for campaigning for peace in our valley"

Characterization by what a character does

300

What is the theme of this picture?

We need to support others because that is how the impossible happens.

300

What did Gary originally ask for in "The Jacket"?

A black, leather jacket. Biker gear.

400

What is one Level 3 question about cars?

What will happen when all cars become electric?

How do cars affect pollution?

400

Who is an antagonist in a Disney movie?

Ursula, Hans, Malificent 

400

What type of characterization is this: "Maybe I’d take off my shoes and hit him, but then I’d think if I did that there would be no difference between me and a terrorist."

Characterization by what a character thinks.

400

What is the theme of this poem?


Keep your dreams because they will make you succeed. 

You can overcome obstacles because anything is possible.

400

What detail about the man who shot Malala changed the meaning of the event?

The fact that his hand was shaking when he shot her.

500

What is one Level 2 question about Frozen?

Why did Elsa feel lonely?

Why is Olaf important to the plot?

How is Anna similar to Elsa?

500

What do we call the beginning of the plot diagram?

500

What type of characterization is this: “Don’t worry,” [Malala told Moniba]. “The Taliban have never come for a small girl.”

Characterization by what a character says.

500

What is the theme of this picture?


Check in on people because you never know if they are unwell.

500

Why did Malala Yousafzai spend so much time describing the dyna?

To show the how motivated the girls were to go to school. To show the conditions they had to travel with.