1. Brer Possum’s Dilemma: déjà vu?
Students will identify and list parallel episodes in the folktale, “Brer Possum’s Dilemma.”
Follow the directions below to complete the activity.
After reading “Brer Possum’s Dilemma,” return to the text and find the parallel episodes.
Open the Popplet app and create first a centerpiece for your graphic organizer and make this bubble a unique color.
As you add bubble extensions which represent and describe the parallel episodes represented in the story, choose one reoccurring color for the extension bubbles that is different from your center bubble.
Be sure all parts of your organizer can be clearly seen on the page.
Take a screen shot.
Retrieve screen shot from photos and raise your hand so that your teacher may come check it.
A student writer will list different episodes on the board as the teacher finds potential new ones.
We will discuss results as a whole class.
This task uses:
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Common Core/NG Standard(s):
RL.8.1: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly.
RI.8.5: Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text relate to each other and the whole.
TEACHER NOTES:
Teacher’s name/ Mary
School: JI Watson Middle
Grade Level/Subject: 8th grade/ ELA
Task Card Level: 1
Special Directions/Considerations: Each student may complete this on an iPad; this can be done in pairs with one researcher and one graphic organizing person; this can also be done in small groups of 4, where one students creates structure of organizer, one student will each enter a parallel episode into the organizer.
Activity Evaluation: Teacher checks completed graphic organizer.
Prerequisites for students: Reading “Brer Possum’s Dilemma,” folktale knowledge: what is it? Text being used: Holt Literature text