ENGLISH 9

Performance Task #1: Making Connections Between Texts to Particular

Social Issues, Concerns, or Dispositions in Real Life
Name: SURNAME, FIRST NAME, MIDDLE
Date:
INITIAL
Grade/Section: Rating:

I. General Guidelines
1. Reread Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery.
2. Fill up the table in the worksheet by making connections to the text.
3. The explanation in the second column must be 10-15 sentences.
4. Font and size: Arial, 12
5. If your paper is plagiarized, you will automatically get zero for this performance task.
Remember that they make up 50% of your grade.

II. Grading
You will be graded using this rubric:
Criteria Points
Content 15
Organization 15
Creativity 10
Mechanics 10
Total 50

Delete all of the guidelines after reading.

Directions: As you reread Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery, make connections with it and fill up the
table below. In the second column, the explanation must be 10-15 sentences. On the other
 ENGLISH 9
Performance Task #1: Making Connections Between Texts to Particular
Social Issues, Concerns, or Dispositions in Real Life
Name: SURNAME, FIRST NAME, MIDDLE
Date:
INITIAL
Grade/Section: Rating:

hand, for the third column, the picture may either be your own drawing or be lifted on the
internet. Just be sure that you indicate the link where you have gotten the picture.

Type of Connection Description of Picture Representing

to the Text Connection the Connection

Text-to-Self
Connection

Text-to-Text
Connection

Text-to-World
Connection