Directions: Address the following questions in short answer format. As with any research activity, use the sources provided below to support the claim(s) you make in your response. Be specific when referring to sources in your response. You will have 45 minutes to address all three questions.
Essential Question #1:
What is the relationship between place and literature? Focus on Sources A and B for your response. Use details from these and any of the other sources to support your answer.
Essential Question #2:
In Source D, Ken Burns provides a formula for writing a good story: 1+1=3, or "the whole is greater than the sum of the parts." Focusing on this source, explain how the metaphor "1+1=3" is true in storytelling. Use details from Source D and at least one of the other sources to support your answer.
Essential Question #3:
Conflict is one of the essential elements of any story. How do Sources C and E support this claim? Use details from these and any of the other sources to support your answer.
Source A: Makai Malo's The Rooster
Source B: Winter Road Picture
Source C: James Gardner's Flight of Passage
Source D: Ken Burns' 1+1=3
Essential Question #1:
What is the relationship between place and literature? Focus on Sources A and B for your response. Use details from these and any of the other sources to support your answer.
Essential Question #2:
In Source D, Ken Burns provides a formula for writing a good story: 1+1=3, or "the whole is greater than the sum of the parts." Focusing on this source, explain how the metaphor "1+1=3" is true in storytelling. Use details from Source D and at least one of the other sources to support your answer.
Essential Question #3:
Conflict is one of the essential elements of any story. How do Sources C and E support this claim? Use details from these and any of the other sources to support your answer.
Grading Rubric
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(EQ #1)
Analyze/Integrate Information
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The response gives sufficient evidence of the ability to gather, analyze and integrate information within and among multiple sources.
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The response gives limited evidence of the ability to gather, analyze and integrate information within and among multiple sources of information.
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No evidence of the ability to gather, analyze and integrate information within and among multiple sources of information.
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(EQ #2)
Evaluate Information
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The response gives sufficient evidence of the ability to evaluate the credibility, completeness, relevancy and/or accuracy of the information and source.
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The response gives limited evidence of the ability to evaluate the credibility, completeness, relevancy and /or accuracy of the information and sources.
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No evidence of the ability to evaluate the credibility, completeness, relevancy and/or accuracy of the information and sources.
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(EQ #3)
Use of Evidence
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The response gives sufficient evidence of the ability to cite evidence to support arguments and/or ideas.
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The response gives limited evidence of the ability to cite evidence to support arguments and/or ideas.
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No evidence of the ability to cite evidence to support arguments and/or ideas.
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