LDC Informational/Explanatory Rubric

Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
Chris Crouch
Justin R. Bailey
Rachel McCormick
Susan Weston
0
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History / Social Studies
Government
U.S. History
11, 12
High (9-12)

As President Reagan’s second term in office drew to a close, he delivered this speech to a group of university students at Moscow State University. What he did not know was that the Cold War was also to end in just a few years. This speech was an attempt to bridge the gap between the two...

Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
Justin R. Bailey
Rachel McCormick
Chris Crouch
Susan Weston
0
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History / Social Studies
Geography
U.S. History
9, 10
High (9-12)

Students take on the 1,400 words of the Homestead Act of 1862, figure out its main requirements by reading closely, and test their understanding against Charles Ingalls’ successful homestead claim, using history-oriented websites to fill in needed background. (Yes, the primary documents come...

Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
Cosby Hunt
Jenna Fournel
3
Average: 3 (2 votes)
History / Social Studies
Geography
World History
6
Middle (6-8)

In this module students will learn the basics of three major world religions - Islam, Judaism, and Christianity - and connect them to geography by seeing how each religion places significance on one particular geographic location.

While this has the potential for being a sensitive subject...

Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
Kelly Clifford
Amy Klein
Audrey L. Harper
Doris Beverly
Ellen F. Sears
0
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Science
Environmental Science
10, 11, 12
High (9-12)

Human exploitation of the ocean's resources and destruction of marine habitats are driving species extinction, destroying fisheries, generating pollution, and creating ecological imbalances throughout the world. The ocean, once thought to be a limitless and resilient reservoir, is showing signs...

Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
0
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English / Language Arts
2
Elementary (K-5)

Second grade students will learn to compare characters in a story by reading text and examining illustrations to determine how each character responds to events in the story. Students will also suggest reasons for the differences in each character's response based on what they have learned about...

Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
Susan Weston
Gary McCormick
3
Average: 3 (1 vote)
History / Social Studies
U.S. History
7, 8, 9, 10
Middle (6-8)
High (9-12)

Students reconstruct the colonial argument for dissolving ties to Great Britain. Main steps of the learning process include:

  • Close reading of the first two paragraphs of the Declaration, with primary attention to the claim about when revolution is justified.
  • Task engagement
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Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
Sherri McPherson
0
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English / Language Arts
10
High (9-12)

Students will conduct research on the existentialist movement in literature. Students will read Franz Kafka’s "The Metamorphosis" and determine if Kafka’s work reflects existential ideas. 

Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
Beverly Higgins
0
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English / Language Arts
10, 11
High (9-12)

The purpose of this module is to prepare Pre-AP English students for AP Language and Composition by teaching them the basics of analyzing the elements of rhetoric that authors use to make their writing more effective.

Students will become familiar with basic rhetorical devices. They will...

Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
0
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English / Language Arts
7, 8
Middle (6-8)

According to Edgar Allan Poe, stories should be read in one sitting and be packed with details. However, his stories are also full of literary devices used to enhance the story by creating meaning and tone.

After reading a self-selected story written by Poe, the students will write an...

Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
Jody Pittock
Cathy Feldman
0
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English / Language Arts
5
Elementary (K-5)

During this module, students will determine the theme of a poem using details in the text, including how characters respond to challenges and how the narrator reflects upon a topic. It should be noted that prior to this module, students will have had several instructional opportunities to learn...

Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
Beth Ann Sahd
Lindsay Sigman
5
Average: 5 (1 vote)
English / Language Arts
American Literature
10, 11
High (9-12)

Authors of both nonfiction and fiction have defined the American Dream and offered varying viewpoints on the extent to which America fulfills the ideas implicit in this dream.

In this module, students will examine multiple texts and then frame an analysis as to whether or not, or to what...

Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
Kimba Rael
0
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English / Language Arts
11, 12
High (9-12)

This module draws from a National Endowment for the Humanities unit plan for Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" and blends this focus with additional study of three of Chopin's short stories: "The Story of an Hour," "Desiree's Child,"and "The Storm."

Through the study of one author, students...

Rethinking Ophelia

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Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
Kimba Rael
0
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English / Language Arts
11, 12
High (9-12)

The purpose of the module is to examine the role of Ophelia in Hamlet based upon the social perceptions found in the readings. The unit is taught during the second quarter following work on multiple perspectives. 

This unit begins with a reading of Hamlet through the...

Retelling Corduroy

Certified
Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
Merry Pannia
Cathy Feldman
5
Average: 5 (2 votes)
English / Language Arts
K
Elementary (K-5)

In this module, students will learn how to retell key events of a story in chronological order. This module could be implemented in the middle of the fall semester following instruction on identifying characters, setting, and events in a story.

This module targets and explicitly teaches...

Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
0
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English / Language Arts
7, 8
Middle (6-8)

In this module middle school students analyze Daniel Keyes' short story, "Flowers for Algernon".

This module acts as a springboard into literary analysis by having students study how an author reveals a character's persona over the course of the text. Further, it provides an opportunity...

Savage Harvest

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Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
0
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English / Language Arts
6
Middle (6-8)

In this module, students will focus their reading and research on contemporary international child labor practices that benefit the American consumer. They will prepare an article for publication in a children’s magazine that defines child labor and focuses on the facts about this continuing...

Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
Laura Billings
0
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English / Language Arts
6, 7, 8
Middle (6-8)

This language arts module addresses the effects of language structures in non-fiction and poetry. This module involves critical analysis of genre structure, grammar, and literary devices.

The Lottery

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Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
0
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English / Language Arts
6
Middle (6-8)

In this module middle school students analyze the classic short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson.

After multiple readings of the text, students apply their understanding of literary elements to analyze Jackson’s story in a Paideia seminar.

Then students write an analysis of...

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