2. Write a Level 2: Interpretive/Through the Text question about "The Tortoise and The Hare":

Level 2 Questions are often the Meat & Potatoes of Social Studies, and require Level 1 information as support. They seek informed opinions. They are often the stuff we most wish our students could ask, ponder, or answer intelligently. Come to think of it, they’re the stuff we wish other adults could ask, ponder, or answer intelligently.

Explanation:

require “Processing” of Information—analyze, synthesize, evaluate, articulate

require making inferences from the text

seek understanding from someone who knows more or has larger perspective

challenge the author (why did you include this but not that, or why was this phrased a certain way?  

Examples:  Why did the North win the Civil War? Was Lincoln justified in suspending some rights during the war? To what extent was slavery the true cause of the war? How did the North’s war aims change over the course of the war and why?  

“asleep in his bed” is personified.