Foundation Unit 2Culminating Task

Central Questions

1. What does it mean to live a life well-lived?

2. What compass might you carry as you undertake your journey in the world?

Task Questions

1. What have you discovered about living a life well-lived from the stories, metaphors, and potential compasses you have encountered in this unit?

2. How might you express your discoveries through personal writing?

Prompt

Write a personal response to the reading, thinking, and discussion you have done in this unit. Use elements such as storytelling and metaphor to express discoveries you have made about living a life well-lived. Identify the human experiences, qualities, or virtues that might guide you as you undertake your journey in the world.

Your personal response might take one of the following forms:

• Option 1: A reflective narrative in which you tell the story of how you have come to the discoveries you have made through the reading, thinking, and discussion you have done in the unit

• Option 2: A personal essay in which you focus on an important experience (e.g., family), quality (e.g., determination), or virtue (e.g., empathy), and use stories from your life and texts from the unit to illustrate your thinking

• Option 3: A personal narrative based on a meaningful story from your own life that communicates a message about living a life well-lived and that is connected to the stories and ideas from the unit texts

In your written response, be sure to do the following:

• Bring your ideas to life through a narrative voice, descriptive imagery, and figurative language.

• Organize your ideas in a coherent narrative structure.

• Express your ideas in a vivid and evocative way, paying attention to the verbs and descriptive words you use.

• Use correct and effective grammar and spelling to clearly communicate your ideas.