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.

Choose one of the words from the text that is unfamiliar. Use a Frayer model worksheet (http://www.worksheetworks.com/miscellanea/graphic-organizers/f...

Make a list of 5-10 words in the text that are unfamiliar to you. Reread the sentences before and after each of the words. Using context clues, write ...

Read the assigned story noting figurative, connoative, and technical words used. Describe the effect of these words on the meaning and tone of the sto...

Read the assigned story and write down all the similes, metaphors, personifications, onomatopoeias, alliterations, hyperboles, idioms, and irony found...

Design a visual dictionary- using words from the text that are unfamiliar, write a brief definition with an illustration or diagram. Use online and cl...

Using specific details from the story compare the term pandemic to other terms such as disease or illness. What factors of this event in history help ...

A primary source is a first-hand document, a recording, an artifact, or other source of information that was created during the event or the time peri...

A primary source is a first-hand document, a recording, an artifact, or other source of information that was created during the event or the time peri...

Summarize the text from beginning to end. Write 5-7 sentences.

Write a paragraph discussing the main ideas of this text. Include supporting details.

Read any selection and then write down the central idea or theme of the selection. Conference with a partner to make sure all have central idea or the...

Read any selection and then write down the two main central ideas or themes of the selection. Next, draw a T-Chart showing the development of the cent...

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