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HOTS skills for the Bagrut Literature (modules D, E
and F)A presentation by Ella Ben Emanuel
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Higher Order Thinking Skills
What are the HOTS?
Higher Order thinking skills are the skills we use when we think on a higher level (not just by memorizing or repeating something back like a robot).
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identify a problem/dilemma either identify its solution in the
text or suggest a possible solution
(taking into account the constraints and the options present in the text)
Hots Skill Number 1: Problem Solving
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Define the problem facing the protagonist. How should ___ decide what to do? What should ____ take / have taken into
account? What is the central conflict in this text and
how is it resolved? Explain. What dilemma does ___ face at this point in
the story?
Examples of questions where you would be required to use Problem Solving:
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identify the different perspectives within the text and/or among the readers of the text.
HOTS skill number 2: Distinguishing Different Perspectives
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• Identify how different characters respond to a central event in the story.
• How does your understanding of the characters’ actions/events in the story change as you read?
• Do you share the same perspective as the narrator? Explain.
• How does your understanding of the story/the character/the scene differ from other students in your class?
examples of questions where you would use Distinguishing Different Perspectives for your answer:
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HOTS no.3: Explaining Cause and Effect
* describe and explain the causal relationships between actions or events in a text.
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Sample questions where you could use ‘Explaining Cause and Effect’
What were the results of ___‘s action?
What caused ___ to think that ___?
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* find similarities (comparing) and differences (contrasting) and draw conclusions.
Hots No. 4: Comparing and Contrasting
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Cattanzara
Compare and contrast the conflicts/ problems/dilemmas in two stories or poems.
Compare and contrast the text and the film.
Compare and contrast characters in a text.
Sample questions where you could use ‘comparing and contrasting’
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HOTS no 5: Explaining Patterns
identify and explain different patterns in the text and explain their significance.
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Explain why certain lines/phrases/words are repeated.
What behavior does the character repeat?
Where is the rhyme scheme of the poem broken and why?
Sample questions where you could use ‘explaining patterns’
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explain how the parts function together within the whole text.
Hots Number 6: Identifying Parts and Whole
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How does one part of the story contribute your understanding to the whole text?
How does the title/ending relate to different parts of the story/poem/play?
What does the rhyme scheme of the poem contribute to the whole poem?
Sample questions where you could use ‘identifying parts and whole’
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infer implicit meaning from the text by being able to read-between-the-lines.
HOTS number 7: Inferring
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What do you think the character meant when s/he said, “___”? What does ___’s behavior suggest? What is the purpose or function of this information?
What different meanings can be inferred from this line in the poem?
Sample questions where you could use ‘inferring’
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predict the content or the outcome of the text, either before or during reading based on available information.
HOTS number 8: Predicting
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How do you think ___ will react? How do you think the story will
end?
Sample questions where you could use ‘predicting’
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There will be many instances where more than one HOTS is possible for answering a question – choose which HOTS you would prefer and answer accordingly.
Please note:
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Good Luck!