Learning Tasks

Developed by master teachers, based on standards, tasks for students are provided for each story for quick engagement with the stories on a deeper, reflective, critical-thinking level.

Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficien...

Caddie Bagger Vance is a fictionalized version of the supreme Hindu god, Bhagavan, and golfer Rannulph Junah is a version of Arjuna. write a short ess...

The impact of the King James Bible, published 400 years ago, is still being felt in the way we speak and write. Write/type a short essay (at least 20 ...

Puritans left England to escape religious persecution, but people living in the Massachusetts Bay Colony never really attained the freedom they were s...

Read the Awesome Story titled St. Patrick of St. Patrick's Day and follow all the provided links within the story. This Awesome Story states "One thin...

Answer the following questions in writing: 1) What or who is the subject of the text? 2) What is the author's opinion of the subject? 3) What are 3 fa...

Write 3-5 paragraphs explaining the author's argument. Present your view to a partner. Ask questions about why your partner believes that their theory...

Draw your favorite scene from the storyand write a 3-5 sentence paragraph about it.

Describe the characters in a story (e.g., traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. Descri...

Complete a How and Why Characters Change Graphic Organizer: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson858/change.pdf Provide e...

Write three paragraphs explaining how the 1) characters, 2) events, and 3) ideas change in the text from beginning to end.

Marie Antoinette is married at age fifteen and becomes queen of her adoptive country before the age of twenty. Nobles gossip about Marie Antoinette an...

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