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Performance-Based
Assessment
Independent
Learning
Performance
Ta sk
Apostrophe to
the Ocean; The
World Is Too
Much With Us;
London, 1802 The Madeleine
The Most Forgetful Man in
the World; When Memories
Never Fade, the Past Can
from Mrs. Dalloway Poison the Present
Introduce
Independent Learning
Introduce
Small-Group
Learning
Suggested Trade Books
Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer
Lexile: 1270
Christopher McCandless went into the
Alaskan wilderness on a voyage of self-
discovery, and never came back.
Connection to
Essential Question
There can be conflict between
understanding oneself and fitting in.
Among the most moving parts of the
book is the moment when Krakauer
discusses the parallels between himself
in his youth and McCandless. Both
went on deeply risky voyages to learn
about themselves. Krakauer survived.
McCandless didn’t. This sense of danger
and the possibility of total loss grants
insight into the Essential Question: What
makes a self, and what does it mean to
find it—or lose it?
1984
George Orwell
Lexile: 1090
In a thoroughly totalitarian society, a man
becomes discontent and tries to find a
way out.
Connection to
Essential Question
Curiosity and love feed Winston’s
rebelliousness. Terror and self-imposed
ignorance return him to the state’s
control. This deeply pessimistic story
describes one deeply uncomfortable
answer to the Essential Question: What
makes a self, and what does it mean to
find it—or lose it?
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
Lexile: 870
A few people try to break from the
confines of their emotionally shallow,
hedonistic society.
Connection to
Essential Question
Characters define themselves largely
by the ways they do not fit in. But in a
society that makes deep thought and
genuine human connection difficult, it
is difficult to stay unique. In this book,
the discovery of the self can be deeply
destructive, providing an unexpected
angle on the Essential Question: What
makes a self, and what does it mean to
find it—or lose it?
TRADE BOOKS
Into the Wild: Chapters 11–16
1984: Part 2
Brave New World: Chapters 11–16
TRADE BOOKS
Into the Wild: Chapters 17–18
1984: Part 3
Brave New World: Chapters 17–18
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