This video breaks down the skills within the ELA 1 competency so that you can understand how to rate appropriately in each one and why each skill is important to your long-term success.
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Here are some suggestions of topics that may be interesting to read more about:
Global Warming (what can we do about it, etc.)
Music (how does the music industry work, etc.)
Fishing (what are some of the best finish locations in Idaho, etc.)
The Olympics (what is the history of the modern Olympics, etc.)
Feel free to use this AI-powered Thesis Generator to help you figure out what kinds of things you could look up on whatever topic you are interested in.
If you'd like to read a good short story, instead, and react/respond to it, here are some I love:
The Phoenix, by Sylvia Townsend
I Stand Here Ironing, by Tillie Olsen
The Monkey's Paw, by W. W. Jacobs
Here's the Audiobook on YouTube.
All Gold Canyon, by Jack London
Here's the Audiobook on YouTube.
The Masque of the Red Death, by Edgar Allan Poe
Here's the Audiobook on YouTube.
The Cask of Amontillado, by Edgar Allan Poe
Here's the Audiobook on YouTube.
A Country Doctor, by Franz Kafka
A Fratricide, by Franz Kafka
Rapuccini's Daughter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
Here's the Audiobook on YouTube.
Here are some short story resources that might help you unpack what is going on in this story,
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Please continue to the Research page.
Choose ONE of the three options, below to demonstrate your reading. FYI: the Google Form is the easiest!
Submit your assignment (ELA 1 - Critical Reading → Example __) in Slate. (2pt)