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.

When reading the story, notice possible relationships between positive and negative numbers. Examples are temperature above/below zero, elevation abov...

Read the entire chapter or brief. Determine the author�s purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment. Wri...

Read the entire chapter or brief. Determine the author�s purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment. Wri...

Read the entire chapter or brief. Determine the author�s purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment. Wri...

Read the information and then determine the central idea of the text. In a one page essay, show how the author developed the central idea. The essay m...

Write an opening, middle, and closing essay consisting of at least five sentences per section. Include text from the story to show the development of ...

One of the links takes you to a list of the character traits of heros. Do the pilots of the Red Tails show these traits? In your answer, identify word...

Read the entire chapter or brief. Write two paragraphs (3-5 sentences each) assessing if the reasoning and evidence in the text support the author�s c...

Read the entire chapter or brief and write two paragraphs (3-5 sentences each) assessing if the reasoning and evidence in the text support the author�...

Thomas Jefferson held the belief that equal rights apply to all men. Write/type a short essay (20 sentences) explaining JeffersonÂs actions that prov...

John Forbes Nash, Jr. is a Nobel prize winning American recognized for his genius in the field of mathematics. At 30 years of age, Nash got diagnosed ...

The Hunger Games book is set in the fictional country of Panem. Panem is run by a totalitarian government called The Capitol. Write/type a short essay...

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