Bloom’s Taxonomy Stone Soup by Ann McGovern
Knowledge
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Can you name the characters in the story?
Make a time line of the events of the story.
Name the ingredients in the soup
Can you tell my why the young man was hungry?
Where did the old lady get the bones for in the soup?
What happened after the soup was made?
Comprehension
 Draw me a picture of the table fit for a king?
 What was the main idea of the story?
 Retell the story in your own word.
 Looking at the illustrations, where did the ingredients come from.
 Discuss how you think the young man got the old lady to help with the soup.
 Who were the main characters in the story?
 Who were the characters seen the illustrations but not mentioned in the text?
Application
 Could this story have happened in your community?
 What might have happened had the old lady said “Yes” to the young man?
 What ingredients would you put in your soup?
 If the women were to make soup again, how do think she would make it?
 Rereading the text and looking at the illustrations, how do you think the old lady felt when the man came to her
door?
 What do you think is the theme of this story?
Analysis
 Why do you think the old lady eventually helped the young man with the soup?
 Do you think the soup could have been made without the stone?
 What do you think the old lady learned by cooperating with the young man?
 What do you think the young man learned from the old lady?
 Based on the current health pyramid, do think they made a healthy soup?
 How does this story compare with another folk tale you have read?
 What was the motive behind the young man?
 List some adjectives that describe the old lady and the young man.
 Make a list of adjectives that describe how the old lady and the young man felt at the beginning, middle and end of
the story. Explain.
 How would you compare this story with Five Little Monkeys Jumping in a Bed?
Synthesis
 What meal might you make for someone who came to your house after a long trip?
 Add a new character to your story.
 Can you write a new recipe for a tasty and healthy soup?
 Can you create new repetitive phrases for the story line?
 Rewrite this story using another time period and country?
 Set the story to a music composition using a period piece.
 Plan and make a dinner of Stone Soup kindergarteners.
 Create a folk tale from an oral story from your early life.
Evaluation
 Do you think that the young man was right to trick the old lady?
 Will the young man trick another person?
 Do you think people should help other people who have no food and are hungry? Explain.
 If you were the old lady, would you have helped the young man?
 Compare this folk tale with 5 other folk tales form 5 different countries?
 How would you have handled the young man?
 Explain in what year and in what country you think this story took place