Aligned to EL Education's ELA Curriculum, this template supports the Animal Defense Mechanism Performance Task.

Grade 4: Module 2

EL Education Performance Tasks

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Animal Defense Mechanisms

You are going to present the work you have done on animal defense mechanisms during the past few months. 

Your book should include:

An informative writing piece on the pufferfish and its defense mechanisms A choose-your-own-adventure narrative with two different variations of the plot

Check each item off as you work through your book.

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<a href="bookcreator://page/13Es-i12Q6GrqtNUWrl0JQ">Insert your defense choice #2. Link it to the correct page.</a>

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EL Education Performance Tasks - Teacher Guide

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What is another defense mechanism my animal uses?

How and when would my animal use this defense mechanism?

How do you think a predator would respond to this defense mechanism?

A narrative usually has:

be written in the second‐person point of view (“you”). have the reader take on the role of the adventurer. be interactive. present the protagonist (the reader) with a choice after a couple of pages, which leads to two or more paths and eventually two or more endings. be realistic fiction based on facts and research.

Characters Setting Plot Dialogue Descriptions Sensory details Transitional words

Take a photo or record a video

Click or move

Work in a pair or group

Write or draw

Import file or image

Introductory Paragraphs: character, situation, setting

Problem Paragraph(s): What problem arises? How does character respond?

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What is one defense mechanism my animal uses?

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