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Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
Katie Clarke
0
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English / Language Arts
6, 7, 8
Middle (6-8)

In this module, students will use the plot to analyze and describe how  multiple events in a story can influence the  hard choices that characters must make. Students will have the opportunity to discuss and write about the concept that decisions one has to make are not always easy and some may...

Tableau

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New Hampshire Task Bank
Kathleen Burnell
Julia Ryan
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English / Language Arts
Honors English Language Arts
9
High (9-12)

Students will analyze multiple pivotal scenes across the novel, film, and play To Kill a Mockingbird in order to gain a deeper understanding of character motivations, traits, symbols, and plot devices. Students will form groups and complete a planning activity. Students complete...

Stand Alone Task
Envision Schools
Ainate Yiaueki
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English / Language Arts
9
High (9-12)

In this task students are asked to think critically about the text Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and to write a textual analysis essay.

The prompts for the essay are based on the essential questions: 1) What is my responsibility to other people? and 2) What does it mean to be...

Curriculum Embedded Task
Center for Collaborative Education (CCE)
Aimee Gibbons
Jeanne Sturges
Adam Theriault
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English / Language Arts
World Literature
11
High (9-12)

This is an analytical essay that follows the reading of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. The assessment will answer the following essential question: What did it mean to “come of age” during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, and how does that compare to coming of age today?  ...

Complex Project
Providence Schools
Nilda Caraballo
Stephanie Morrison
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English / Language Arts
American Literature
11
High (9-12)

Students will create a photographic essay that argues for their view of the American Dream today. They will compare and/or contrast their view of the American Dream with F. Scott Fitzgerald’s portrayal of the American Dream in the novel The Great Gatsby. Students will also analyze a...

Curriculum Embedded Task
New Hampshire Task Bank
0
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English / Language Arts
9, 10
High (9-12)

Students use Sandra Cisneros' "The House on Mango Street" and Anne Frank’s "The Diary of a Young Girl" to write a literary essay that compares and contrasts the characters Esperanza and Anne Frank.

The paper should answer at least one of the following questions, and cite evidence from the...

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Summit Public Schools
0
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English / Language Arts
11, 12
High (9-12)

In this task, students will answer the following essential question: How do writers communicate ideas through literature?

Students will begin by reading an America novel and focusing on the elements of the text — characters, ideas, symbols, etc.— they find most interesting....

Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
Mary L. Huie
Kathy Dulis
Theresa Bennett
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English / Language Arts
History / Social Studies
Interdisciplinary
5
Elementary (K-5)

Students will read the novel "The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg" by Rodman Philbrick. After reading the novel and taking notes on historic events described in the novel, students will read informational articles on the Battle of Gettysburg and evaluate the historical accuracy of the...

Curriculum Embedded Task
Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC)
5
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English / Language Arts
9, 10
High (9-12)

In this task, students will read a fiction novel of their choice containing a modern social issue. Students will then conduct research on the social issue and write a research paper that analyzes and compares/contrasts the depiction of a social issue in the novel in relation to the reality of...

Curriculum Embedded Task
Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC)
0
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English / Language Arts
11, 12
High (9-12)

Students read the novel Wuthering Heights and analyze the major cultural issues that arise in the novel, including questions of race, class, and gender.

Additionally, students may want to compare the elements of the romance between the couples (Catherine and Heathcliff, Catherine...

Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
Ashley Gore
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English / Language Arts
11
High (9-12)

The Puritans centered their way of life and laws on the Bible. From that, Hester should be judged based on the Bibical passage of Proverbs 31.

Looking at the evidence, is Hester Prynne a virtuous woman or not? 

Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
0
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English / Language Arts
7, 8
Middle (6-8)

In this module middle school students analyze Daniel Keyes' short story, "Flowers for Algernon".

This module acts as a springboard into literary analysis by having students study how an author reveals a character's persona over the course of the text. Further, it provides an opportunity...