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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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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Very, very hard. Not suitable for my remedial 4th graders. I hope to use it later in the year.
Hi Kim! I hope that you will stick with it! I promise that it will get easier as time goes on. I also have a 3rd grade version (it doesn't say the grade level on the resource:-) that you might want to check out.
Haven't used these yet, but I can't wait!
Thank you!
Great product, but I would've liked more directions. Also, the second page doesn't print upside down. It took a little while to figure out how to put it together. Once figured out, it was a great foldable and the kids had fun with it!
I love this format, but this is more of a preview with instructions needed than a review. I started this day one of 6th grade and realized much of this had not been taught yet. It is a great review, but my goal for this was an independent transition. I will reserve judgement until further down the road. If you are teaching 6th grade at the beginning of the year, you will need to do some direct instruction with this.
Hi Debi! I use this a preview and a review. The first two weeks are completed whole group, with me modeling each item. After a few weeks the students can complete alone; I definitely don't expect them to know all the concepts at first and they know that some of it will be new information. The most important component is correcting and discussing the work whole group; that's where so much learning takes place. After 4-5 weeks your students will take off, I promise! They not only understand all of the concepts but they are familiar with the format as well.
Questions & Answers (17)
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I accidently purchased the depth and complexity literature instead of social studies. But now I cannot find that one. Can you help me?
Not to worry. Please contact TpT so they can troubleshoot this with you directly. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Contact
Do you have any posters in this style to go with the icons?
Hi Laura! You can download free posters here: https://teacherthrive.com/free-depth-and-complexity-icon-posters/
Hello,
Do you have a google version of this so that I could make edits?
Thanks for reaching out! No, I do not have an editable or digital version of this.
Do you have these for non fiction texts?
Hi Jordan! We 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/
Do you have any plans to update the product to fit the new depth and complexity icons? For consistency with students?
Thanks for reaching out! We do not use them because they are copyrighted content, and we chose to create ones that we felt were a better representation of the 11 elements.
Hi i am trying to purchase this via the app but cannot find any purchase button. Is this only available via website?
I don’t believe you can purchase from the app.
Hi, I purchased this a while ago. We have since moved to Chrome Books. Is there any way you could send me the Graphic Organizer that the students fill in digitally (individually) so I can put it on Google Classroom?
Thank you, I appreciate it!
Hello! The only version of the graphic organizer I have is a pdf version. Will that work? If so please email me at info@teacherthrive.com
Hello, I own and love your products. As a newer teacher, I struggle with asking the right questions to go along with certain standards. Is there a way to know which standards the questions fall under? I would want to know for the history task cards as well.
Hi Rebecca. Thanks for reaching out. Unfortunately, I do not have have a standards correlation chart for these.
The preview does not download properly. Screen keeps on flashing of and on
That’s strange. Please contact TpT if this problem continues. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Contact
I teach 12th grade english. Do you think these cards will provide an appropriate amount of rigor for my students?
Hi Kymberly! They should be appropriate since you’ll be using them with grade-appropriate text. Download the preview to see a few sample questions.
