Performance Task Chart
Literary Text
Locate/Recall
Integrate/Interpret
Critique/Evaluate
Learning Task
From the first page, where it
Learning Task
Students will be provided states, “the wind smells
Students will discuss the
the first eleven pages of
slow and sour when it blows
themes of the book, The
the book, The Lorax, by
and no birds ever sing
Lorax, and the article, A
Dr. Seuss. Students will
excepting old crows”, the
Day to Celebrate Earth.
identify explicit and
students will draw a visual
How are the themes
implicit information
of what the setting would
similar? What is the
provided in the text to
look like. (Students will not
purpose of both the book
make predictions and
see illustrations in book
and the article? What
inferences. An example of prior to this assignment.
underlying theme is present
explicit information would Students drawings should
in both?
be from the first page,
portray the part of town is
where it states, “the wind
desolate, depressing and
smells slow and sour when void of happiness because
it blows and no birds ever the Lorax is missing.
sing excepting old crows”.
Students should infer that
the part of town is
desolate, depressing and
void of happiness because
the Lorax is missing.
Assessment Task
Students will complete a
graphic organizer (cause
and effect chart) to show
the effects of each of the
Once-ler’s actions.
Students will make one
prediction and one
inference using examples
from the text.
Assessment Task
Assessment Task
The drawing will be
assessed for visuals of a
desolate and depressing
landscape or town. Students
should also describe the
portion of the text that gave
them visual clues they used
to portray the setting as
desolate.
Students will cite evidence
from both The Lorax, as
well as the Readworks
Article, A Day to Celebrate
Earth to identify the
common theme in both.
Locate/Recall
Learning Task
Is there a national day we
celebrate our Earth?
Students will use
information from the
article, “A Day to
Celebrate Earth” to locate
details to support their
claim.
Assessment Task
Students will create a Tchart showing the cause
and effect of human
actions and the effects.
Informational Text
Integrate/Interpret
Critique/Evaluate
Learning Task
Learning Task
Learning Task
What are some other ways
Students will select 2-3
we can celebrate our Earth?
ways that the theme of The
How can we protect Earth
Lorax can be compared to
so future generations can
the Readworks
continue to use Earth’s
informational article, A Day
valuable resources.
to Celebrate Earth,” which
is about protecting our
forests and endangered
species of our planet.
Assessment Task
Students will identify 3
facts provided in The Lorax
with factual information in
the Readworks article,
citing evidence from both
texts.
Assessment Task
Students will work in
groups to create posters to
showcase various ways we
can help celebrate Earth.
Performance Task Chart
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Literary Text
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