Common Lit
Using the Acronym RACE to respond to Common Lit Short Answer Questions
The video below is short and simple! It will help you write better short answer paragraphs:
"Anti-Social Networks? We're Just As Cliquey Online" by Laura Sydell (2011)
"Why It Matters That Teens Are Reading Less" by Jean Twenge (Informational Text)
"Perils of Indifference" by Elie Wiesel (Speech)
Elie Wiesel's "Perils of Indifference" Speech: Links to Assignment Attached by Class Period
1st period link: https://www.commonlit.org/en/students/student_lessons/4732169
3rd period link: https://www.commonlit.org/en/students/student_lessons/4732170
5th period link: https://www.commonlit.org/en/students/student_lessons/4732171
6th period link: https://www.commonlit.org/en/students/student_lessons/4732172
7th period link: https://www.commonlit.org/en/students/student_lessons/4732173
Short Answer Rubric
"The Life of Julius Caesar"
"Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allen Poe
"Dream Within a Dream" Quick Links to Assignment by Class Period
1st Period Link: https://www.commonlit.org/en/students/student_lessons/5070834
3rd Period Link: https://www.commonlit.org/en/students/student_lessons/5070835
5th Period Link: https://www.commonlit.org/en/students/student_lessons/5070836
6th Period Link: https://www.commonlit.org/en/students/student_lessons/5070837
7th Period Link: https://www.commonlit.org/en/students/student_lessons/5070838
