Writing a full set of Bloom’s questions by hand can eat an hour you do not have. Claude can draft all six levels in one pass, and you spend your time editing instead of staring at a blank page. The five prompts below cover the whole ladder, from simple recall up to tasks where students build something new. Copy them, swap the brackets, and adjust to your class.
Inputs you will reuse
These prompts share a few inputs. Set them once and the whole set gets easier.
| Variable | What to fill in |
|---|---|
| [topic] | The subject the questions are about |
| [grade level] | The year or grade you teach |
| [source text] | A reading, video, or passage students just covered |
| [student level] | Where your class sits, such as beginner or advanced |
| [project type] | The format for a creation task, like a poster or a debate |
| [skill focus] | The one skill you most want to test |
The prompt set
1. Six-level question set on one topic
Write questions about [topic] for a [grade level] class, working through all six levels of Bloom's taxonomy: remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, and create. Give three questions per level and label them. Base them on [source text].What it does: Produces a complete leveled question bank from a single topic in one pass.
How to use: replace [topic], [grade level], and [source text]; keep the rest as is.
2. Apply and analyze questions with context
Write eight questions on [topic] that sit at the apply and analyze levels for a [student level] group. Each one should use a real-world context, not a definition. Tell me in one line what each question is really testing.What it does: Pushes questions past recall into the levels where students usually struggle.
How to use: replace [topic] and [student level]; keep the rest as is.
3. Evaluate and create tasks
Design three evaluate tasks and three create tasks on [topic] for a [grade level] class. The create tasks should end in a [project type]. For each task, write the instruction students would see and the success criteria you would use.What it does: Builds the top two levels into ready-to-hand-out tasks with clear criteria.
How to use: replace [topic], [grade level], and [project type]; keep the rest as is.
4. Question stems you can reuse
Give me reusable question stems for each Bloom's level in [topic], aimed at [skill focus]. Write them so I can drop in any content from the unit. Keep each stem to one line and group them by level.What it does: Gives you flexible stems you can reuse across the whole term.
How to use: replace [topic] and [skill focus]; keep the rest as is.
5. Rubric to score student answers
Build a simple rubric for grading student answers to [topic] questions in a [grade level] class. Score the levels you tell me matter most, and describe what an answer at each score band looks like. Keep it to one page.What it does: Turns your leveled questions into something you can grade consistently.
How to use: replace [topic] and [grade level], then name the levels to score; keep the rest as is.
Try one end to end
Take prompt 1 for a tenth-grade civics class reading a short article on local government:
Write questions about local government for a 10th grade class, working through all six levels of Bloom's taxonomy: remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, and create. Give three questions per level and label them. Base them on the article students read on city budgeting.Swap [topic], [grade level], and [source text] and the same prompt fits a science reading or a novel chapter. Read the create-level questions first; those are the ones worth rewriting in your own voice so they match your [project type].
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