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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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