Submitted By: eacahoon@hotmail.com

Affiliate Group: Greater Concord NH, 2006/2007

School District: Alton, NH

Grade Level: All

Intended Audience: Students

Curricular Connection:
This assignment is used to have students assess what they determine to be the most important part of a selection of reading; it can be used for nearly all reading assignments across curriculum.

Objectives:
The objective of this assignment is to have students analyze what they think is an essential part of a reading selection. It can be used for a piece of literature, a textbook, an article, virtually any selection of reading.

Context:
I have borrowed this assignment from another English teacher I met while I was in the summer session of The Plymouth Writing Project. She borrowed this assignment from a science teacher at her school. The assignment allows students to assess what they think is important from what they read.

Vocabulary:
The word "pith" means the important or essential part, which is how the name of the assignment came to be.

Teaching Suggestions:
As a high-school English teacher, I introduce this assignment to my classes at the beginning of each semester. Students know the expectations of the assignment right away and know what to do each time we finish a reading selection.

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