Task 18

Go back to Task 13. Choose one of the sample texts and prepare some
activities to promote development of cognitive skills (LOTS and HOTS).

LOTS

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HOTS

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Task 19

Look at the following activities. Decide which demand lower order thinking skills
(LOTS) and which demand higher order thinking skills (HOTS).

1. Classify camping equipment into three sets. Which features do they have in
common?

2. Imagine you had no water. How would it affect your life?

3. Compare the river Amazon and the river Nile. Write down three similarities
and three differences.

4. Look at the following inventions. Sequence them on the timeline.

5. How would you change the experiment to make sure it was a fair test?
6. Read your groups report on recycling. Comment on how clearly it was
written.

7. Read the data about city crimes and decide which data goes on the X-axis
and which on the Y-axis.

8. Suggest two alternatives to the physics problem and explain how you worked
them out.

9. Look at the three photographs and tell your partner which settings are the
most dominant.