Grade 5 CCGC: Cornerstone Task Lesson Activity Task (SF)

Grade 5 CC/GC Lesson Activity - Task

The Task

Your team is on a ship in the Caribbean that is sinking.  There is a lifeboat that will fit everyone on your team. You have 10 minutes to collect 10 items from the ship.  These items will help you survive for a few days adrift in the Caribbean.

From the opening of the items list, your team has 10 minutes to pick 10 items.  When the timer stops, you must stop. If you do not have 10 items, you will not be able to use extra time to pick more.  If you have more than 10 items, the teacher will randomly select items to remove from your collection.

Sinking Ship Assignment

After your team has chosen the 10 items to use on the lifeboat, you will create a rationale explaining why you chose the specific items.

Your team may present the rationale using any platform we have access to.  This includes; Wixie, Comic Life, GSuite, Scratch, iMovie… If the platform you wish to use isn’t in this list, discuss it with your teacher to see if it’s okay to use.

There will be no templates for this project.  You will start from scratch. Your must work together to create one rationale for your team.  The rationale must include:

• A title and your group members listed
• The Sinking Ship Scenario
• The name of each item you chose and why your team chose it.  Use complete sentences.
• Customize the project with colors, fonts, sizes, images.  
• Check and check again for spelling and grammar errors.
• The customizations should not distract from the text.

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