5. Performance Tasks
Narrative Performance Task
FINISH THE STORY
Follow these directions:
1. Read this entire story prompt assignment.
2. Read the 2 sources in the packet “Sources for Performance Task”,
•mark the text ( highlight or underline) for important 5 + details you could use in your story.
3.Write what happened next according to the prompt below
4. You must use a detail from each of the two sources in your story. These need to be paraphrased and bolded in your final.
5. Type on Google Docs, Font 14-16.
6. Finally, re-read your typed story – look to make improvements after re-checking the criteria below. Share with your teacher.
Story Prompt: You are assigned to write a story that is multiple paragraphs long (200-500 words). In your story: A person has just received a new robot. He/She is excited to turn it on and see how it works. Write a story about what happens next…
Criteria – what you need!
Use 3rd person He/she, NOT 1st person I/me/my
An Original Title
A simile or a metaphor (Figurative Language) – (at least one -underline this in your story).
For dialogue – indent, use quotation marks and capitalize.
Conventions: use punctuation correctly, and spell check.
You must also turn in: Highlighted Source packet with your name.
Informative Performance Task
Task 1: Complete all reading and response material for three sources (30 points).
Source 1 – Book with Reading Guide
Source 2 – Online Reading with Two-Column Notes
Source 3 – Article with Response Sheet
Task 2: The following 3 questions need to be answered in formal response (30 points).
When you answer, you need to cite 2 of the sources from Task 1 in each response. You do this by clearly stating which source you got the information from. For example; “In source 2, it states that…” or “In source 1, the author explains…”
Each answer needs a topic sentence and supporting details. Paragraphs should be at least 30 words in length.
Q1 – Explain the characteristics of cells, and give a specific example.
Q2 – Explain the role of bacteria and give a specific example.
Q3 – Explain how infectious diseases and germs can be transmitted and what can be done to avoid transmission.
Task 3: (EXTENSION) Research Paper – Choose an infectious disease from the list and use Wikipedia and one other site to learn about it – your focus can be either historic or current. (Extra Credit – 60 points)
Your paper should be titled “Cells, Germs, Bacteria, and (disease you researched)” It should include a paragraph on each of the following topics:
Where / Populations Affected
Transmission
Symptoms
Prognosis
Treatment and Prevention
Reflection on Information (Which sites you used, and what was your main takeaway from your research).
Topics:
Malaria
Whooping Cough
Tuberculosis
Cholera
Measles
Chicken Pox
Polio
Ebola
Dysentery
Small Pox
Influenza
West Nile Fever
Tetanus
Plague
Meningitis