Activity+Two

=If "tasks predict performance," what performance do we desire of our students? Read page seven (7) of CCSS for ELA and Literacy. =

**Create Your Own TASK.**
 * What specific content will students learn (think of your content standards)?
 * What literacy skills and strategies will students practice (select specific CCSS literacy standard(s)).
 * What level of thinking (Bloom's verbs) will task require?


 * Share your task with us by commenting on this blog post. **
 * I've added my sample task as a comment.**

= Sample TASK: = Compare  the __points of view__ of Abraham Lincoln in "The Gettysburg Address" and George W. Bush in his bullhorn "Address to Workers at Ground Zero." Explain  the __historical context__ and __purpose__ of each speech and __how each president structures his speech__, attempting to unite a torn nation.

Standards:

 * EUS.3.AH.3 Arkansas U.S. History frameworks || Analyze the causes and effects of the Civil War:
 * political
 * social
 * economic
 * geographic ||
 * RL.11-12.1Common Core State Standards (CCSS) || Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole. ||
 * W.11-12.2(CCSS) || Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events... ||

**Sample Performance Tasks from Common Core State Standards**


 * from Appendix B
 * from CCSS Appendix B Samples for informational texts in PDF
 * from [|CCSS Appendix B]Samples for stories and poems in PDF
 * PARCC (They'll be updating this throughout as assessments develop.)

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