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Reading Analysing complex literature Home Practice Evaluating scientific and statistical claims Reading under test conditions Writing Analysis with genuine sophistication The synthesis essay
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Analysing complex literature LITERACY · 10TH GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Reading · 10th Grade 30 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Reads demanding texts and analyses structure, ambiguity and how meaning is constructed. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK "Give me two defensible readings of that ending. Which is better supported, and why?" A SOLID ANSWER Two genuine readings, with the evidence weighed rather than one dismissed. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 ARGUE BOTH READINGS You need: An ambiguous passage or ending, Paper Identify a moment in the text that could be read more than one way. Build the case for reading A with three pieces of evidence. Build the case for reading B just as seriously. Judge which is better supported and write the reason. Note what a reader would have to ignore to hold the weaker reading. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "Argue the reading you don't believe. If you can't, you haven't understood the text yet." One character's motive, two possible explanations. Bring in critical context — historical or biographical — and weigh whether it changes the reading. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-10 www.littleactivity.com 10th Grade · Literacy
Evaluating scientific and statistical claims LITERACY · 10TH GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Reading · 10th Grade 30 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Reads a study or a statistic and identifies sample, method, effect size and what wasn't measured. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK Show a health headline. "How many people? Compared to what? How big was the effect?" A SOLID ANSWER Asks for the sample, the control and the size of the difference before believing it. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 FIND THE STUDY BEHIND THE HEADLINE You need: A health or science news article, A device Read the headline and note what it implies. Find the actual study — usually linked, often not what the headline says. Note sample size, control group, duration and effect size. Compare relative and absolute risk. Headlines almost always use relative. Rewrite the headline honestly and see how much less exciting it is. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "A 50% increase in what? From what to what? Give me the actual numbers." Compare two headlines about the same study. Read the abstract and methods properly and identify one real limitation. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-10 www.littleactivity.com 10th Grade · Literacy
Reading under test conditions LITERACY · 10TH GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Reading · 10th Grade 35 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Works through timed reading passages efficiently, answering from the text rather than from memory. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK Set one timed section. Watch the pacing and where the time went. A SOLID ANSWER Finishes with a couple of minutes left, and can point to the line justifying each answer. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 LINE NUMBER JUSTIFICATION You need: A practice reading section, A timer Do one timed section under real conditions. For every answer, right or wrong, find the exact line that proves it. Any answer with no line reference was a guess — mark those separately. Review the wrong answers by category: misread question, missed evidence, time pressure. Redo the same passage untimed and compare the score to isolate what timing costs. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "Which line proves that? If you can't point at it, it's a guess — and guesses have a pattern worth finding." Two passages untimed with full justification. Full-length section under strict time, with a written review of the error pattern. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-10 www.littleactivity.com 10th Grade · Literacy
Analysis with genuine sophistication LITERACY · 10TH GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Writing · 10th Grade 30 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Writes analysis that handles complication and nuance rather than proving a simple point. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK "What's the best evidence against your thesis, and what do you do with it?" A SOLID ANSWER Names real counter-evidence and integrates it rather than ignoring it. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 THE HOWEVER PARAGRAPH You need: A draft essay, The text Find the strongest evidence in the text that complicates their thesis. Write a paragraph that presents it fairly. Then either refine the thesis to accommodate it, or explain why it doesn't overturn the argument. Check the essay is now more convincing, not less. Compare with a published critical paragraph and note how professionals handle it. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "What's the best argument against you? Deal with it in the essay — ignoring it is what a weak essay does." One sentence acknowledging the other side. Restructure the whole essay around the tension rather than around the simple claim. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-10 www.littleactivity.com 10th Grade · Literacy
The synthesis essay LITERACY · 10TH GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Writing · 10th Grade 35 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Builds an original argument using several sources as evidence rather than as subjects. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK Look at their outline. "Is each paragraph about a source, or about an idea?" A SOLID ANSWER Paragraphs organised by idea, with multiple sources in several of them. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 ORGANISE BY IDEA, NOT BY SOURCE You need: Four sources, Paper or a document Make a grid: sources down the side, sub-questions across the top. Fill in what each source says about each sub-question. Read down the columns, not across the rows — each column is a paragraph. Write each paragraph using at least two sources. Check the thesis is theirs, not borrowed from the strongest source. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "Read down the column, not across the row. Each column is a paragraph — that's the whole trick." Three sources, two sub-questions. Include a source that disagrees with your thesis and use it to strengthen the argument. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-10 www.littleactivity.com 10th Grade · Literacy
Actually using feedback LITERACY · 10TH GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Writing · 10th Grade 20 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Turns marked feedback into a specific change in the next piece of work. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK "What were the comments on your last essay, and what did you do about them?" A SOLID ANSWER Names the feedback and a specific change made since. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 THE PERSONAL RUBRIC You need: Three marked pieces of work, Paper Gather three marked pieces and list every comment. Group them — most students have three recurring issues, not fifteen. Turn each into a checkable instruction: "every paragraph ends with a link to the question". Check the next draft against that personal list before submitting. Retire an item once two consecutive pieces come back clean on it. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "Same comment three times. That's the one thing to fix — put it on the checklist." One piece of work, one recurring issue. Ask a teacher directly what one change would move the grade most, and act on it. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-10 www.littleactivity.com 10th Grade · Literacy
Turning points in modern history LITERACY · 10TH GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Social Studies · 10th Grade 35 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Explains why a major change happened, weighing multiple causes and judging their relative importance. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK "What was the most important cause of that event, and why does it beat the others?" A SOLID ANSWER A ranked judgement with a criterion for the ranking. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 RANK AND DEFEND You need: A topic they're studying, Sticky notes List every cause on a separate note. Rank them and, crucially, state the criterion — necessary, sufficient, or immediate trigger. Test the top one with the counterfactual: without it, does the event still happen? Find a historian who ranks them differently and read why. Write a paragraph defending the ranking against that alternative. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "Why does that one beat the others? Name the test you're using to rank them." Rank three given causes. Argue that the conventionally accepted main cause is overrated, with evidence. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-10 www.littleactivity.com 10th Grade · Literacy
Information, media and democratic decisions LITERACY · 10TH GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Social Studies · 10th Grade 30 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Analyses how information reaches people, how it's shaped, and what that means for collective decisions. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK "Why does your feed look different from a classmate's? Who decides what you see?" A SOLID ANSWER Understands algorithmic selection, engagement incentives, and the funding model behind them. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 AUDIT YOUR OWN FEED You need: Their phone, Paper Scroll fifty items and categorise each: news, opinion, advert, entertainment. Note how many sources are represented and how many viewpoints. Compare with someone else's feed on the same day. Find who funds two of the sources appearing most. Deliberately follow one credible source that disagrees with them, and review after a fortnight. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "Why did the algorithm pick that for you? What does it get if you keep scrolling?" Categorise twenty items. Trace one claim from a post back to its original source and document every distortion on the way. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-10 www.littleactivity.com 10th Grade · Literacy
Preparing for standardised tests properly LITERACY · 10TH GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Study & Life Skills · 10th Grade 45 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Uses timed practice and error analysis rather than passive review. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK "What kind of question do you get wrong most often?" A SOLID ANSWER A specific, named category — not "the hard ones". Not yet Getting there Solid 2 THE ERROR LOG You need: Practice tests, A notebook or spreadsheet Do one timed section under real conditions. For each wrong answer, log the topic and the reason: didn't know it, misread it, ran out of time, careless. Sort the log — the pattern is usually stark and often it's not knowledge at all. Spend the next week's study only on the top category. Retest and check whether that category actually shrank. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "The score doesn't tell you anything. The pattern in the mistakes does — what is it?" One section, log topics only. Full-length timed test with a complete written analysis. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-10 www.littleactivity.com 10th Grade · Literacy
Working out what comes next LITERACY · 10TH GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Study & Life Skills · 10th Grade 40 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Explores real paths — courses, careers, training — and understands what each requires and costs. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK "Name two paths that interest you and one thing each would require of you." A SOLID ANSWER Two real options with actual requirements attached. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 THREE PATHS, REAL NUMBERS You need: Research access, Paper Pick three genuinely different paths — including one that isn't a four-year degree. For each: entry requirements, subjects needed, cost, typical earnings, day-to-day reality. Find one person doing each and read or watch an honest account of the work. Check whether current subject choices keep each path open. Identify one thing to try this year — a course, a volunteering slot, a summer job. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "You don't have to decide. You do have to keep the doors open — which subjects do that?" Two paths, requirements only. Interview someone in a field of interest with prepared questions. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-10 www.littleactivity.com 10th Grade · Literacy
Running your own life LITERACY · 10TH GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Study & Life Skills · 10th Grade Ongoing WHAT THIS BUILDS Manages their own schedule, health, money and commitments with minimal prompting. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK "What's coming up in the next two weeks that you're responsible for?" A SOLID ANSWER A complete answer without checking with anyone. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 TAKE OVER ONE DOMAIN You need: A calendar, A bank account if they have one Pick one domain to hand over completely this term: appointments, laundry, a food budget, transport. They own it entirely, including the consequences of forgetting. Add a weekly five-minute review of everything upcoming. Once it's stable, hand over a second domain. Resist rescuing. One missed appointment teaches more than a year of reminders. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "That one's yours now. I'm not going to remind you — and I'm not going to be cross when you forget once." One narrow responsibility with a weekly check-in. A monthly budget they manage entirely, including the mistakes. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-10 www.littleactivity.com 10th Grade · Literacy
