TASKS

A few weeks ago, I came across a brief article (https://www.audubon.org/news/did-crows-actually-make-these-gifts-human-who-feeds-them) that really got me thinking deeply. This tweet pretty much sums it up: As …

Context For those who are cat-owners, the above image will resonate. Yes, our kitties – like my friend Janie’s beloved Gingypoo pictured here – just love to …

Context On January 20, 1993, Maya Angelou spoke this stanza as part of her inaugural poem, “On the Pulse of the Morning”:  Lift up your …

For a printable version of this lesson, see: Trump Address 06.01.20 – Close Reading as Action & Resistance Context / Framing: This lesson is designed to …

The Importance and Implications of Our Language Use In Describing Racial Violence and Response  For a printable version of this lesson, see: Close Reading Headlines: Language Use …

Context It’s hard not to be thinking about the spread of Coronavirus. This is a very real, scary, and important topic. Today’s task invites us …

Context When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many people began to stockpile toilet paper. For me, this raised some questions, both mathematical and ethical… Task A: HOW …

Context This three part task ask you to interrogate and to make sense of SOCIAL DISTANCING. We’ve been hearing a lot about social distancing – …