Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature
5.0 (1,439 reviews)Add depth and complexity to your instruction with these Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature! These tasks cards allow students to deeply analyze any fiction reading material through 11 topics of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics,…
- Grade
- Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
- Pages
- 25
- Answer key
- N/A
- Teaching duration
- Yearlong Resource
- Digital download
Description
Add depth and complexity to your instruction with these Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature! These tasks cards allow students to deeply analyze any fiction reading material through 11 topics of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives. You will appreciate the versatility of these task cards; they can be used with almost any text (novels, picture books, anthology stories, etc.). This resource is applicable to many grade levels (4-10+) and can be easily adapted for the learners you work with.
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Included in this resource:
•Eight color task cards for each of the eleven topics of critical thinking (88 unique task cards total)
•Eight black-and-white task cards for each of eleven topics of critical thinking (88 unique task cards total)
•A graphic organizer for students to record their responses
•A student recording sheet, where students can track which cards they have already completed
•Tips and suggestions on how to use these task cards in your class.
Two versions–with and without icons–are now included!!
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★CLICK HERE for the task cards BUNDLE. This contains all 3 sets: Literature, History, and Science★
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This resource was created based on the Depth and Complexity framework, which was developed by Dr. Sandra Kaplan under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Research and Improvement: 1996
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Reviews
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Great resource!
This was a great resource for my classroom! Thank you!
Great Product
Very helpful product as I build our enrichment to include Depth and Complexity icons. Thank you!
great open-ended resource
I love that these cards can be used with any text. These work well with D&C graphic organizers.
Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature
Great resource! Thank you very much for creating this.
Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature
These cards are an excellent and flexible resource for differentiation. A teacher can assign a prompt to a student/group of students, or provide students with a choice prompts to answer.
Questions & Answers (17)
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UPDATE: (....5 minutes later) Woo! I figured out that if I selected "print as image" in the advanced printer mode, it will print! And as far as I can tell, it looks to be the same beautiful quality as it was created in! Thank you!
Hello! I just bought these and can't wait to use them tomorrow! For some reason, I am unable to print them though. I already checked to ensure I have the latest version of adobe, I also tried to copy/export the file into a new, smaller PDF document. I tried to print from Google Chrome instead. I've tried a few different printers. When I try to print from Mac's PDF viewer, "Preview," it looks like it sends it to the printer, but then only "spools" for up to 20 minutes. When I try to print from the most recent version of Adobe, I get the rainbow wheel telling me the application isn't responding. I've asked my school's technology director, and he can't seem to find the problem either. I will definitely reach out to TPT since I know this is a technical issue and not a product issue, I just wanted to check and see if you have noticed this or heard of this recently? (I thought maybe a newer version of Adobe is slowing things down?) I'm not sure! Just wanted to touch base. Thank you for a beautiful product and any info you might be able to offer :)
Oh, I am so glad you got it to print. So sorry for the troubles it caused you.
I love your products!! Random question, but what font do you use for names of the Critical Thinking prompts?
Thanks Brynn. The font is called bohemian:-)
Hello
I am wondering do you have questions like this for informational text?
Hi Chrissy! I do have them for social studies and science here:
https://teacherthrive.com/product/depth-and-complexity-task-cards-for-history-social-studies/
https://teacherthrive.com/product/depth-and-complexity-task-cards-for-science/
Would you be willing to sell a version of an editable template of these? So I could use them as my standards/objectives??
Hi Emma! I make all of my resources in Adobe Illustrator and am unable to offer an editable version.
I love these task cards & can't wait to use them with my students this year! Do you mind sharing where you purchased the watercolor graphics?
Hi Katie! Thanks for the kind words. I made the graphics myself in Adobe Illustrator:-)
I cannot get the document to download and when I do it is just blank!!
Hi Melissa, Please make sure you are opening the file with the latest version of Adobe Reader. This should solve any viewing problems you might be having.
I can't seem to download the 2 products I purchased today. When it shows they've been downloaded, I open them and it's blank or just a few fonts at the top of the page? Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Very strange. Please make sure you are opening the file with the latest version of Adobe Reader. If that doesn't work, please contact TpT customer support. They will get it figured out for sure.
