Performance Task Planner
Subject
ELA
Grade/Course
Third Grade
Unit of Study
6
Engaging Scenario
Incorporate the five elements of effective scenarios: current situation; student challenge; student role; intended
audience; product or performance.
You are currently a best selling author on Amazon.com. Readers across the country are anxiously awaiting the release
of your next fairy tale. Your job, as an author, is to write and publish a fractured fairy tale in format of a digital
storybook.
TASKS
Before you begin, remember: All tasks should be related and build upon one another. The tasks enable students to
demonstrate they have really learned the “unwrapped” concepts and skills of the priority standards.
TASK 1 DETAILED:
Priority Standard Addressed:
RL3.2
You will read the traditional version of The 3 Little Pigs and complete a graphic
organizer, identifying the main characters, supporting characters, setting,
problem, and solution. You will then select an alternative version of The 3 Little Supporting Standard(s) Addressed:
RL3.10
Pigs to read from the list below. You will then complete another graphic
organizer, identifying the same elements from the alternative version.
Alternative Versions in the Library:
The 3 Little Gators
Walt Disney’s 3 Little Pigs
3 Little Pigs and the Fox: An Appalachian Tale
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
The 3 Pigs
Tell the Truth, B.B. Wolf
Alternative Versions in the Book Room:
The 3 Little Pigs Wise Up
TASK 2 DETAILED:
Recall the traditional story of the Three Little Pigs and the alternative version
you chose to read. Apply what you know about each of the stories to analyze
the two by comparing and contrasting them. You will use a Venn diagram to do
this.
Write two paragraphs (5 to 7 complete sentences per paragraph) comparing and
contrasting the two stories you have read. Be sure to discuss different
characters and their traits, points of view, settings, plots, problems, and
solutions. Use specific examples from the stories within your answer.
SCORING GUIDE FOR TASK 2:
Advanced (4): 15 - 16
Proficient (3): 12 - 14
Approaching (2): 10 - 11
Beginning (1): 9 and below
Priority Standard Addressed:
RL3.3, RL3.6, RL3.9
Supporting Standard(s) Addressed:
RL3.1
TASK 3 DETAILED:
Step 1:
Go to http://amandachadwick.edu.glogster.com/fairy-tales-4613/ and select
one fairy tale listed on the Glog. You may choose from: Snow White, Jack and
the Beanstalk, The Gingerbread Man, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood,
The Three Bears, Three Billy Goats Gruff, or Rumpelstiltskin. Click on the link
and read the story. As you read, check off the elements of a fairytale that are
present in the selection on the “Elements of a Fairytale Chart.” Complete the
original version column on the graphic organizer, describing the fairy tale you
read.
Step 2:
Using what you know about the seven elements of a fairytale, brainstorm ideas
to create a different version of the fairy tale you have just read. Complete
the “My Fractured Version” column of the graphic organizer to gather your
thoughts and begin your writing process.
Step 3:
Use the writing process to draft the fractured fairy tale. Publish your final
draft in Google Docs.
*Option: To share students’ fractured fairytales, upload it to KidBlog.
SCORING GUIDE FOR TASK 3:
Advanced (4): 29 - 32
Proficient (3): 23 - 28
Approaching (2): 20 - 22
Beginning (1): 19 and below
Priority Standard(s) Addressed:
RL3.3, RL3.6, RL3.9, W3.3,
W3.4, W3.5, W3.6
Supporting Standard(s) Addressed:
RL3.10
TASK 4 DETAILED:
Priority Standard(s) Addressed:
Your job is to turn the fractured fairytale you wrote in task 3 into a digital
project! Use the website littlebirdtales.com to create an illustrated, digital
storybook that will be made available for purchase on Amazon.com.
RL3.3, RL3.6, RL3.9, W3.6
*To see a tutorial on littlebirdtale.com go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEnhabCzrvo
* To see a digital storybook example, go to:
http://littlebirdtales.com/tales/view/story_id/9804/
SCORING GUIDE FOR TASK 4:
RL3.10
Supporting Standard(s) Addressed:
Advanced (4): 22 - 24
Proficient (3): 17 - 21
Approaching (2): 15 - 16
Beginning (1): 14 and below
TASK 5 DETAILED:
Priority Standard(s) Addressed:
Select a classmate’s fractured fairy tale to review. You will act as a book critic
by evaluating the story using the checklist “Is it A Fractured Fairy Tale?”
RL3.3, RL3.6, RL3.9
Supporting Standard(s) Addressed:
RL3.10