Activity Overview
Provide students with a question or prompt to answer with a storyboard using textual evidence. The example prompt is, "Alec is viewed as a kind, caring person. What actions demonstrate these character traits?" Possible answers to the prompt include:
- Alec feeds the horse sugar cubes and wouldn’t leave him locked away during the shipwreck.
- Alec was disappointed that he didn’t have enough money to repay the captain.
- Alec made the horse as comfortable as possible in Henry’s barn.
- Alec brought Napoleon along on the trip to Chicago.
Other prompts might include: “Did Alec change over the course of the story? Why or why not?” and “Explain how Alec’s decision to keep the Black greatly impacted others.”
Template and Class Instructions
(These instructions are completely customizable. After clicking "Copy Activity", update the instructions on the Edit Tab of the assignment.)
Student Instructions
Create a storyboard that answers the prompt using at least three examples from The Black Stallion. Click on "Add / Delete Cells" to change the number of examples.
- Type the question into the central black box.
- Think about examples from the text that support your answer.
- Type text evidence in the description boxes. Paraphrase or quote directly from the text.
- Illustrate each example using scenes, characters, items, etc.
Lesson Plan Reference
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
| Proficient | Emerging | Beginning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support from Text | Examples chosen fully support the answer to the question. | Some of the examples answer the question correctly, but not all. | Most of the examples do not support the answer to the question. |
| Quote / Text | Evidence provided from the text is properly quoted or paraphrased. | There are some minor mistakes in the quote / description from text. | Quote or paraphrase is incomplete or confusing. |
| Illustration of Examples | Ideas are well organized. Images clearly illustrate the examples from the text. | Ideas are organized. Most images help to show the examples from the text. | Ideas are not well organized. Images are difficult to understand. |
Activity Overview
Provide students with a question or prompt to answer with a storyboard using textual evidence. The example prompt is, "Alec is viewed as a kind, caring person. What actions demonstrate these character traits?" Possible answers to the prompt include:
- Alec feeds the horse sugar cubes and wouldn’t leave him locked away during the shipwreck.
- Alec was disappointed that he didn’t have enough money to repay the captain.
- Alec made the horse as comfortable as possible in Henry’s barn.
- Alec brought Napoleon along on the trip to Chicago.
Other prompts might include: “Did Alec change over the course of the story? Why or why not?” and “Explain how Alec’s decision to keep the Black greatly impacted others.”
Template and Class Instructions
(These instructions are completely customizable. After clicking "Copy Activity", update the instructions on the Edit Tab of the assignment.)
Student Instructions
Create a storyboard that answers the prompt using at least three examples from The Black Stallion. Click on "Add / Delete Cells" to change the number of examples.
- Type the question into the central black box.
- Think about examples from the text that support your answer.
- Type text evidence in the description boxes. Paraphrase or quote directly from the text.
- Illustrate each example using scenes, characters, items, etc.
Lesson Plan Reference
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
| Proficient | Emerging | Beginning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support from Text | Examples chosen fully support the answer to the question. | Some of the examples answer the question correctly, but not all. | Most of the examples do not support the answer to the question. |
| Quote / Text | Evidence provided from the text is properly quoted or paraphrased. | There are some minor mistakes in the quote / description from text. | Quote or paraphrase is incomplete or confusing. |
| Illustration of Examples | Ideas are well organized. Images clearly illustrate the examples from the text. | Ideas are organized. Most images help to show the examples from the text. | Ideas are not well organized. Images are difficult to understand. |
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