Contemporary Voices of the Middle EastUsing Blooms Taxonomy List five or six short texts here.

Each gro p !ill "e responsi"le for reading one of the texts. #or s ggestions$ see !!!.ncte.!ee"ly.com
Level %& 'no!ledge Recall specific details, terms, information, and facts from the text. Example: An umbrella is a fabric shield used as protection from rain or sun. Do I remember the important details, facts, and ideas from the text? If you answer YES, move to Level 2 Level (& Understanding Use the specific details, information, and facts from the report to come up with the big ideas or large understandings of the text. How does the particular Middle Eastern voice help ou understand a larger, more universal theme! Example: Umbrellas are useful tools and can be utili"ed in several wa s. Do I understand what the author wants me to understand? If you answer YES, move to Level ! Level )& *pplication Appl the big understandings: #onnect the big ideas to help understanding something else be ond the text. Example: An umbrella can also be utili"ed on a larger scale to cover a large picnic area to protect people from rain or sun. Did I connect what the author is tryin" to tell me to understandin" somethin" else? If you answer YES, move to Level # Level +& *nalysis $ind similarities and differences between this contemporar piece and another wor% we have studied this semester. &ome choices include poems, novels, short stories, non'fiction articles, and song l rics. Example: Umbrellas are similar to boo%s in that ou can also use them to cover our head if it rains. (he are different, however, in that boo%s are primaril used for reading, umbrellas are not. Did I find similarities and differences between this piece and another wor$ I have studied this semester? If you answer YES, move to Level % Level ,& Eval ation Evaluate how well the text sheds light on a particular voice of contemporar Middle Eastern people. (o what extent is the perspective universal! (o what extent was it biased in scope and purpose! )as it successful in helping ou empathi"e and understand a different point of view! )h or wh not! Example: Umbrellas are useful when attempting to shield the rain or sun. Umbrellas, or protective shields li%e this, can be effective when tac%ling a *ourne in nature. Did I evaluate how the text presented this contemporary &iddle Eastern voice? If you answer YES, move to Level '

Level -& Creation #reate new %nowledge based on what ou+ve learned. #reate a visual representation of the contemporar Middle Eastern voice. #onnect this visual representation to a larger theme about the universalit of the human condition. Example: ,our visual interpretations ma represent the following idea-. Umbrellas can be used not onl to protect ourself from rain or the sun, it can be used as a metaphor for life. )e all have protective shields that %eep us awa from things that are harmful to us. &ometimes it is the protective shields in life that can %eep us overcoming struggles in life or allow us to embar% upon meaningful life *ourne s successfull . Congrat lations. /o ve hit all - levels of Blooms Taxonomy.

0o! do 1 go a"o t doing this2 ,ou will be assigned a group with a common text. ,ou must read the text carefull . focusing on the prompts listed above. )ith our group, ou will access a template for our /ower/oint presentation that will ta%e ou through the six levels of 0loom+s (axonom . Each group will compile information onto 12E /ower/oint presentation inserting the re3uired information into each slide. /ower/oint template available on E4M1415 Each group will present their /ower/oint in class demonstrating our *ourne through all levels of 0loom+s (axonom .