1. Bloom’s taxonomy is a classification system used to define and distinguish different levels of human cognition—i.e., thinking, learning, and understanding. Educators have typically used Bloom’s taxonomy to inform or guide the development of assessments (tests and other evaluations of student learning), curriculum (units, lessons, projects, and other learning activities), and instructional methods such as questioning strategies. assessments curriculum

2. The Great Gatsby Final Test  Part I: Remember/Recall  10 quotes—identifying speaker  10 points total (1 point each)  Quotes should be pretty obvious, given our intense work with the novel.  Will be of major characters only: Gatsby, Daisy, Nick, Jordan, Tom, Myrtle, George, Wolfsheim

3.  Part II: Understand  You will analyze a quote from the novel and explain it’s meaning.  15 points for your response (short answer—two sentences should suffice)  Example: What does Daisy mean when she says she wishes her daughter becomes a “beautiful little fool”?  Part III: Apply  Choose two events from the novel and explain how they work together to reveal something relevant to our society/lives.  20 points (4-5 sentences)

4.  Part IV: Evaluate (compare/contrast) of characters  Given two characters, use information on their personality, background, and/or circumstances to prove how they are similar and different.  25 points (one paragraph with paraphrased textual evidence)  Part V: Create (position on a statement and defend with paraphrased textual evidence)  30 points (two well developed paragraphs)  VOCABULARY: You will include a total of 5 of the 15 vocabulary words in your responses for Parts II-V. You use 5 total, NOT 5 per part. You must underline the words to get credit. (25 points)  The test is out of 125 total points.

5. Let’s practice:  Read the following statement about Daisy. Agree or disagree with the statement. Cite textual evidence to support your opinion and then explain why you feel that way.  “She feels like she’s living in a movie of her own life. She’s constantly on show, performing all the time … She’s in her own TV show. She’s like a Kardashian.” --Carey Mulligan (actress who plays Daisy in The Great Gatsby)

6. Chs. 7-9 Voc.  1. magnanimous (adj)—generous  2. portentous (adj)—ominously significant  3. expostulation (noun)—a sincere protest  4. truculent (adj)—fierce, cruel  5. dilatory (adj)—procrastinate, delay  6. oblivion (noun)—being completely forgotten or unknown  7. tumultuous (adj)—disturbance and uproar, agitated  8. precipitately (adv)—rushing rapidly onward  9. boisterously (adv)—rough and noisy  10. redolent (adj)—having a pleasant odor  11. vicariously (adv)—felt and enjoyed by the experience of others  12. surmise (v)—to think or infer  13. grotesque (adj)—odd or unnatural  14. superfluous (adj)—more than sufficient, unnecessary  15. commensurate (adj)—having the same measure, proportionate