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Enjoying and Appreciating TreesThese workbooks have been designed to be utilized for the Performance Tasks in
EL Education's Language Arts Curriculum. EL Education designed these tasks with research-based principles. Used under CC BY 4.0.
We encourage teachers to maintain the integrity of the content presented. However, remixing is permitted to adapt to the needs of your learners.
EL Education's Language Arts Curriculum. EL Education designed these tasks with research-based principles. Used under CC BY 4.0.
We encourage teachers to maintain the integrity of the content presented. However, remixing is permitted to adapt to the needs of your learners.
Key Criteria for Success
Below are key criteria students need to address when completing this task. Specific lessons during the module build in opportunities for students to understand the criteria.
Students’ performance task should include:
Students’ performance task should include:
- Completion of the following sentence stem with a specific reason: “Trees are nice because______.”
- Revisions to the completed sentence from the Unit 3 Assessment to include more details such as a specific tree part and edits for conventions
- Information from the Reasons to Plant a Tree anchor chart
- An accurate and neat pencil sketch, outlined in black ink, of a specific part of a tree that matches their writing
- Neutral watercolor background and accurate watercolor applied in layers to the pencil sketched tree part
Student Guide
Take a photo or record a video
Read
Record audio
Click or move
Type text
Work in a pair or group
Write or draw
Import file or image
Opinion Writing & Artwork
You will be writing an opinion statement about why trees are nice. Your statement should be revised from the Unit 3 assessment. You will then create a piece of artwork showcasing a specific part of a tree to match your writing.
Your book should include:
- A title/cover page for your book
- A statement & picture about why trees are nice