HOTS
How to answer
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EXAM
1. Lots and Hots questions that deal with understanding and
analyzing the literary text.
2. 1 Extended HOTS question with two parts:
a. Name the HOT you are going to use to answer.
b. showing evidence of the appropriate use to answer
(HOTS) = 15 points
3. 1 Bridging text and context question (80-100 -F/60-80 –
D): relating a given quote dealing with historical, social,
cultural or biographical details to the text you studied. You
should give relevant examples from the text to support
your point.
=20 points for module F / 15 Points for module D
Literacy Terms
Setting
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Setting
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Extended HOTS question
a.
In your answer to this question name ONE of the thinking skills
from the Appendix )‫ (נספח‬on page 00. You can use any HOTS from the
list you have learnt.
Thinking skill I chose:
..............................................................................
b. Answer the question showing appropriate evidence of the use of the
chosen thinking skill:
....................................................................................................................
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Point allocation:
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10 points for acceptable content
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5 points for correct integration of the chosen HOTS
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HOTS QUESTIONS
You must include examples
from the poem/story in your
answers.
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Grading Extended HOTS question
Module F
Content of answer: 8/8 (Correct answer with accurate supporting details)
Language: 2/2 (No language mistakes)
Use of HOTS: 5/5 (Skill is appropriate and there is clear-cut evidence of its use in the
answer)
Total = 15 points
Grading Extended HOTS question
Module D
Content of answer: 9/9 (Correct answer with accurate supporting details)
Language: 1/1 (No language mistakes)
Use of HOTS: 5/5 (Skill is appropriate and there is clear-cut evidence of its use in the
answer)
Total = 15 points
What is a good answer?
The information is relevant, sufficient, well
organized and accurate.
The answer includes examples/ supporting
details from the text.
The message is clear.
There is correct use of grammar, vocabulary,
spelling and punctuation.
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Example 1
Question :
How do you think Mr. Cattanzara sees George?
Support your answer with information from the
story.
Answer
Thinking skill: Inferring
I think Mr. Cattanzara sees George as someone
who reminds him of himself. I infer this from
Mr. Cattanzara’s words: “Don’t do what I did”
which means that once Mr. Cattanzara was in
the same situation as George and he doesn’t
want George to repeat his mistakes.
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Example 2
Question :
How does what we learn about George’s family
and / or his neighborhood help explain his
situation at the beginning of the story?
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Answer
Thinking skill: Explaining cause and effect
George’s family is poor and uneducated. The
fact that he had no educated role model at
home caused George to misunderstand the
importance of education and also caused him to
do nothing to improve his life.
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Useful Language for
Justifying and Explaining
HOTS
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Inference
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Vocabulary
infer
deduce
conclude
read between the lines
assume
what are the consequences of this statement?
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Different Perspectives
"When you starts measuring somebody,
measure him right, child, measure him right.
Make sure you done taken into account what
hills and valleys he come through before he got
to wherever he is.....“
Lorraine Hansberry
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Vocabulary
perspective, point of view, attitude, differences,
outside, inside, looking from above, looking
from the side, however, on the one hand, on the
other hand, opinion, reader, narrator outlook,
standpoint, perception, side, angle
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"History is written by the victors“
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Compare and Contrast
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Vocabulary
like, similar, also, similarly, in the same way,
likewise, again, unlike, compared to, in contrast
with, different than, (comparative adjectives) on
the contrary, however, although, yet, even
though, still, nevertheless, regardless, despite,
while, on the one hand…on the other hand
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Problem Solving
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Vocabulary
find out, solve, answer, explain, difficulty,
resolve, decipher, predicament, trouble, crisis
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Cause and Effect
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Vocabulary
cause, effect, result, consequence, end,
outcome, if....then, and in order to, implication,
due to, because, thanks to, as a result (of),
provoke, spark, incite, induce, encourage,
persuade, development, explanation
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Explaining Patterns
The patterns of behavior of
the characters in the story /
play.
The rhymes and the rhyme
scheme in the poem.
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Vocabulary
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repeat
repetition
significance
similar
recur
arrangement
rule
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