American Literature period 4 Homework/Performance Task

Quiz on The Narrative of Frederick Douglass Chapters 6-8.
Select any one article from the following: 32 Million Adult Americans Can't Read: Why Literacy is The Key To Growth
What Does Research Say About African-American and Latino Males Reading? 

NAEP Reading Data Chart of 12th Grade Reading Achievement

Here is an image of the chart for the National Association of Education Progress reading data for African Americans; Latino-Americans; Asian Americans and White Americans.

Performance Task

Today, as promised, we will work to examine several sources to write a Performance Task, similar to what an educated person might write outside of school. Today's performance task has to do with literacy and reading education and teaching students to read.  We will have 30 minutes to read and make notes on the sources; take a bite to eat, and then write a performance task.