Activity Overview
In this activity, students will be provided a question or prompt to answer using textual evidence. The prompt here is, “At the beginning of the novel Claudia feels like she is being taken for granted. How does she handle this situation?"
The three examples provided include:
- "...she intended to return home after everyone had learned a lesson in Claudia appreciation..."
- “Besides, once she made up her mind to go, she enjoyed the planning almost as much as she enjoyed spending money.”
- "I've decided to run away from home, and I've chosen you to accompany me."
Template and Class Instructions
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Student Instructions
Create a storyboard that answers the prompt using at least three examples from From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Click on "Add / Delete Cells" to change the number of examples.
- Type the question into the central black box.
- Think about examples from the text that support your answer.
- Type text evidence in the description boxes. Paraphrase or quote directly from the text.
- Illustrate each example using scenes, characters, items, etc.
Lesson Plan Reference
- [ELA-Literacy/RL/5/1] Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
| Proficient | Emerging | Beginning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support from Text | Examples chosen fully support the answer to the question. | Some of the examples answer the question correctly, but not all. | Most of the examples do not support the answer to the question. |
| Quote / Text | Evidence provided from the text is properly quoted or paraphrased. | There are some minor mistakes in the quote / description from text. | Quote or paraphrase is incomplete or confusing. |
| Illustration of Examples | Ideas are well organized. Images clearly illustrate the examples from the text. | Ideas are organized. Most images help to show the examples from the text. | Ideas are not well organized. Images are difficult to understand. |
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