Write an essay that explains how Old Mother West Wind’s and the Sandwitch’s words and actions are important to the plots of the stories. Use what you learned about the characters to support your essay

Identify a theme in “Just Like Home” and a theme in “Life Doesn’t Frighten 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.

You have read the passage from Boy’s Life and “Emancipation: A Life Fable.” Write an essay that identifies a similar theme in each text and compares and contrasts the approaches each text uses to develop this theme. Be sure to support your response with evidence from both texts.

You read the articles “A Howling Success” and “The Missing Lynx.” Think about the key details in each article that show how people can help animals.

Write an essay comparing and contrasting the key details presented in the two articles about how endangered animals can be helped. Use specific details and examples from both articles to support your ideas.

Imagine that you, like the girl in the story, find a pair of wacky shoes that won't come off. Write a story about how you find the pair of wacky shoes and what happens to you when you are wearing them. Use what you have learned about the wacky shoes when writing your story.

Your class has been studying the survival of the ponies on Assateague Island. Using information from the article, and the video, write a report describing the role that both the horses and humans play in the horses’ survival. Be sure to include evidence from the article, and the video to support your answer.

You have read two texts and viewed one video that claims 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.

Old Mother West Wind and the Sandwitch both try to teach important lessons to characters in the stories.

Write an essay that explains how Old Mother West Wind’s and the Sandwitch’s words and actions are important to the plots of the stories. Use what you learned about the characters to support your essay

Write an essay comparing 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.

This story tells about Derrick’s first camping trip.

Write Derrick’s journal entry about this camping trip. Include information about how the characters responded to the events in the story as you write the journal entry.

The passages from Ida B and Moon Over Manifest both include events that did not happen exactly how the narrators expected them to happen. Write an essay describing how each narrator's point of view influences how these events are described. Be sure to use details from both stories.

You have read a passage from “The Growin’ of Paul Bunyan.” Think about how the story would be different if it were told from Johnny’s point of view. Write the story from the point of view of Johnny.

Write an essay comparing 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.

How long does a NARRATIVE TASK need to be?

How long does a LITERARY ANALYSIS need to be?

How long does a RESEARCH SIMULATION TASK need to be where they are asking for text support from all sources?

How long does a RESEARCH SIMULATION TASK need to be where you need to include text support from only 2 sources?