MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES & BLOOM’S TAXONOMY

UNIT OF WORK

UNIT OF STUDY: Riddle of the Trumpelar J Bernard Waite YEAR LEVEL: Stage 2

Multiple Intelligences	Bloom’s Taxonomy: Six Thinking Levels
	Knowing	Understanding	Applying	Analysing	Creating	Evaluating
Verbal I enjoy reading, writing & speaking	List the main characters events and places as they occur	Write a report outlining the conservation issues raised in the book	Design a poster to encourage people to attend a protest meeting	Write to the editor of the paper protesting over the destruction of the trees in the park	Create a diary for Mary during her ordeal	Write a book Review for “The Riddle of the Trumpelar”
Mathematical I enjoy working with numbers & science	Prepare a list of convicts and supplies that arrived on the second fleet	Prepare a flow chart to illustrate the sequence of events	Construct a map of the park showing the trees and adjacent buildings	PMI for bringing convicts to Sydney	Predict the value of Mary’s estate in todays money. You may need to look at how the value of money has changed over the years	Australia could have done well without the convicts. Debate
Visual I enjoy painting drawing & visualising	Make a time line of events	Draw the Trumpelar after reading his description	Make a board game based on the twins’ adventures with Mary	Compare and contrast Sydney today and Sydney in Mary’s time	Illustrate one of the rooms in the Trumpelar’s world	Prepare and design a poster the rules for entering Trumperland
Kinaesthetic I enjoy doing hands-on activities	Mime the twins movements down the dark trumper tree passages	Act out soldiers and convicts on a chain gang		Design a fitness program for the convicts, remembering they have leg irons	Choose your favourite part of the book, write a short play and act out in small groups	Evaluate one of the board games
Musical I enjoy making & listening to music	Learn some songs about early settlement eg Bound for Botany Bay	Find out about the song and who might be singing it	Select some music you think the children may have heard in the land of the Trumpelar	Learn some folk dances of the time eg strip the willow	Write a jingle for an add to save the tree Write some descriptive poetry about trees	?
Interpersonal I enjoy working with others	Describe to your group, your life as a convict Or soldier Or free settler	Discuss the effects of reduced green areas in cities	In cooperation with your team, design a park for the city neighbourhood	Interview other students about how we could protect the environment	How would your life change if you lived in Mary’s time – report to the group	Interview Carl and Cassie after the pledge is found.
Intrapersonal I enjoy working by myself	How would you have felt if you were Eliza in the cave. Write a description.	What do you like least about life in Mary’s time?	Explain how you would feel being locked up like Cassie was after the soldiers caught her.	Construct a mind map to explain life in the colony	Predict what would happen if Carl and Cassie hadn’t returned and met Mary as an old lady	Carry out a swot analysis on the Trumpelar’s character