Name: ______Three Types of PARCC Tasks: NARRATIVE, LITERARY ANALYSIS, RESEARCH SET 2

Literary Analysis / Research: Reword the part you underlined into questions that you In the intro: Highlight clues to help determine the type of task it is. will answer in your essay. Grade In the essay prompt: Underline the part that tells you what to write. Narrative: Simplify the prompt into your own words. (Does not HAVE to be a question b/c you won’t use R.A.C.E. in a story.) Intro: Today you will read the story “A Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience.” Pay close attention to the actions of the characters and the events in the story. Answer the Type of Task: ______questions to help you prepare to write a narrative story… Question(s): ESSAY PROMPT: This story tells about Derrick’s first camping trip. Write Derrick’s journal 3rd entry about this camping trip. Include information about how the characters responded to the events in the story as you write the journal entry. Intro Today you will read a story about a girl whose family is from India and a poem that expresses how the speaker faces frightening experiences. After you finish the Type of Task: ______task, you will write an essay about a theme in the story and the poem… Question(s): ESSAY PROMPT: Identify a theme in “Just Like Home” and a theme in “Life Doesn’t Frighten 4th Me.” Write an essay that explains how the theme of the story is shown through the characters and how the theme of the poem is shown through the speaker. Include specific details from the story and the poem to support your essay. Intro Today you will research how penguins are rescued after a large oil spill. You will read two articles, and then you will view a video. As you review these sources, you will Type of Task: ______gather information and answer questions about the rescue of penguins so you can Question(s): 5th write an essay… ESSAY PROMPT: Compare how the articles by Lauren Tarshis and Dyan deNapoli and the video describe penguin rescue efforts after oil spills. Support your essay with information from all three sources. Intro Today you will research how zoos impact animals. You will read one article titled “The Stripes Will Survive.” Then you will read one passage titled “The Zoos Go Wild” Type of Task: ______and view one video titled “Lions at the National Zoo.” As you review these sources, you will gather information and answer questions about how zoos impact animals so 6th you can write an essay… ESSAY PROMPT: You have read two texts and viewed one video that claim that the role of zoos is to protect animals. Write an essay that compares and contrasts the evidence each source uses to support this claim. Be sure to use evidence from all three sources to support your response.

Intro Today you will read a passage from The Count of Monte Cristo as well as a scene from the play Blessings. After you have read the selections and answered some questions, you will write an essay analyzing the themes presented in the two texts… ESSAY PROMPT: You have read a passage from The Count of Monte Cristo and a scene Type of Task: ______from Blessings. Think about the similarities and differences in how the two authors develop the themes in each text. Write an essay in which you identify a theme from each text and 7th analyze how each theme is developed. Be sure to include specific details from both selections. Intro Today you will read and answer questions on a story about a man seeking to complete an important mission. When you have finished reading and answering Type of Task: ______questions, you will write a narrative story using details from your reading… ESSAY PROMPT: Write a continuation of the story of Bahauddin Shah using details from the 8th passage. Describe what you think might happen after Bahauddin Shah climbs out of the Salt Caverns. What obstacles might he face, and what actions might he take to overcome them? Intro Today you will research the development and one-time use of the atomic bomb. First you will read a passage from a speech by Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the Type of Task: ______Manhattan Project, under which the bomb was developed in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Then you will read a letter from a group of eminent scientists to President Harry S. 9th Truman, asking him not to use the bomb. Finally you will read about President Truman and his decision to drop the bomb. As you review these sources, you will answer questions and gather information so that you can write an essay synthesizing what you have learned… ESSAY PROMPT: Write an essay that compares and contrasts a primary argument in each text that you have read regarding the decision to drop the atomic bomb. Your essay should explain how effectively you think each author supported that claim with reasoning and/or evidence. Be sure to use evidence from the three texts to support your ideas.