Unit 5: Short Fiction - A Study on Humanity and Genre Summative Assessment Task: On a Google Slideshow- 1. Analyze how the characters or plot within three texts respond to the essential questions:

Unit 5: Short Fiction - A Study on Humanity and Genre
Summative Assessment
Task: On a Google Slideshow-
1. Analyze how the characters or plot within three texts respond to the essential questions:
a. What does it mean to be human?
b. How does conflict accentuate our human qualities?
2. Afterward, provide one personal connection (Lext to self, text to world, text to text) for each text.
Requirements:
1. Utilize evidence to support your responses.
Ensure your powerpoint is easy to read and is visually appealing. No more than six slides, not
including the title page.
Texts
"The War Prayer" by Mark Twain (Prose poem)
"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Gothic Fiction)
"The Nose" by Nikolai Gogol (Satire)
"The Handsomest Drowned Man in The World" by Gabriel Garica Marquez (Magical Realism)
Tasks, Requirements and Texts May be Subject to Change
Adapted from Fish Tank Learning