To be successful at completing the culminating task you must have a complete understanding of the text.
Explanation:
Let's start by defining what a culminating task is. As their name indicates, they are a kind of final exam that the student must take at the end of a unit. This is of great help to evaluate the student and see if he has really understood the subject.
To be successful in a culminating task, it should have the following characteristics:
Help students develop a good understanding and understand the meaning of the text.
Give the student skills so that he can express what he has learned.
Have an appropriate level of complexity.
Be understandable to the student.
Request that the student make an analysis, quote parts of the text, synthesize and evaluate it.
Prepare the student for success at the end of the unit.