1. Task Card Templates Choose one slide below each week to create a task card for a Tech Tub station. Make sure to fill in the “Notes” below the task card with your information. Follow the directions below to complete this station activity. This task uses: Common Core State Standards What’s the Meaning in the Text? Objective: Students will explain the meaning of a quote The Scarlet Ibis and provide evidence-based text to explain the meaning behind the quote. Pixntell SL8.5 Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest. 1.Open the app and select. 2.Add pictures by selecting on the upper right hand side of the screen. 3.Create annotations by selecting and adding any mark-ups you find necessary. 4.Select to move forward. 5.Record your explanation by pressing in the lower left hand side. You may pause as needed while recording. 6.Select the save button ( ) in the lower right hand side to move forward. 7.Your final presentation must be at least one and a half minutes in length. Email your final copy to me: kallie.wilson@tangischools.org

2. Task Card Templates Choose one slide below each week to create a task card for a Tech Tub station. Make sure to fill in the “Notes” below the task card with your information. Follow the directions below to complete this station activity. This task uses: Common Core State Standards What’s the Meaning in the Text? Objective: Students will justify their explanation of the meaning of multiple quotes in The Scarlet Ibis by annotating text. SL8.5 Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest. Pixntell 1.Open the app and select. 2.Answer the following question: Hurst begins the story by saying “…summer was dead, but autumn had not yet been born…” Consider Hurst’s word choices throughout the first paragraph; what tone does this establish for the reader? Support your response with specific textual evidence. 3.Add pictures of the text by selecting on the upper right hand side of the screen. 4.Create annotations by selecting and adding any mark-ups you find necessary. 5.Select to move forward. 6.Record your explanation by pressing in the lower left hand side. You may pause as needed while recording. 7.Select the save button ( ) in the lower right hand side to move forward. 8.Your final presentation must be at least two and a half minutes in length. Email your final copy to me: kallie.wilson@tangischools.org

3. Task Card Templates Choose one slide below each week to create a task card for a Tech Tub station. Make sure to fill in the “Notes” below the task card with your information. Follow the directions below to complete this station activity. This task uses: Common Core State Standards What’s the Meaning in the Text? Objective: Students will analyze tone and theme in The Scarlet Ibis through discussion and annotation of the text. SL8.5 Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest. Pixntell 1.Open the app and select. 2.Answer the following question: The author uses color descriptions all through the text, from the very first paragraph to the very last. How does this enhance the tone of the text? How might the tone further enhance the theme of the text? Provide at least 5 specific examples from the text. 3.Add pictures of the text by selecting on the upper right hand side of the screen. 4.Create annotations by selecting and adding any mark-ups you find necessary. 5.Select to move forward. 6.Record your explanation by pressing in the lower left hand side. You may pause as needed while recording. 7.Select the save button ( ) in the lower right hand side to move forward. 8.Your final presentation must be at least three and a half minutes in length. Email your final copy to me: kallie.wilson@tangischools.org