A webquest created by Melissa Randolph

 

                                                                                                

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LITERACY WEEK WILL BE CELEBRATED THE FIRST WEEK OF NEXT MONTH .  MRS.  RAMONA READER AND HER VERY ACTIVE STUDENT COUNCIL WILL BE INVITING SEVERAL AUTHORS TO MAKE A GUEST APPEARANCE TO PROMOTE THE IMPORTANCE OF LITERACY. 

 

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YOU ARE A MEMBER OF MRS. RAMONA READER'S STUDENT COUNCIL AND YOU HAVE BEEN ASKED TO MAKE A POSTER TO CREATE INTEREST IN LITERACY WEEK.  YOU HAVE ALSO BEEN ASKED TO INTRODUCE AN AUTHOR THAT WILL BE MAKING A GUEST APPEARANCE TO YOUR SCHOOL.   RESEARCH YOUR ASSIGNED AUTHOR SO YOU CAN INCLUDE IMPORTANT INFORMATION IN THE INTRODUCTION TO THE OTHER STUDENTS.  MAKE YOURSELF FAMILIAR WITH THE AUTHOR BY READING A BOOK BY HIM/HER AND REPORTING ON IT. 

 

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YOU WILL BEGIN WITH THE TEACHER ASSIGNING YOU AN AUTHOR.  YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO:

1. RESEARCH THE AUTHOR YOU HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED.           
   THIS SHOULD INCLUDE:
          A.  WHEN AND WHERE HE/SHE WAS BORN 
          B.  EDUCATION AND TRAINING
          C.  FACTS ABOUT PERSONAL LIFE  (EX.  GROW-
               ING UP, MARRIED, CHILDREN)
          D.  WORKS WRITTEN
          E.   INTERESTING FACTS  (EX.  AWARDS 
                            EARNED, INFLUENCES, ETC.)

2.  CREATE A POSTER TO PROMOTE LITERACY WEEK
     INCLUDE:
          A.  A CATCHY SLOGAN
          B.  ONE OR MORE ILLUSTRATIONS
          C.  FACTS ABOUT LITERACY AND THE
               IMPORTANCE OF READING

3.   REPORT ON A BOOK WRITTEN BY YOUR ASSIGNED  
      AUTHOR.  YOU MAY CHOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING 
      IDEAS FOR YOUR REPORT.
          A.  DESCRIBE THE MOST EXCITING         
               PART OF THE STORY.  INCLUDE
               VIVID DESCRIPTIONS.
          B.  WRITE A LETTER TO THE AUTHOR AND
               GIVE YOUR OPINION OF THE BOOK.
               TELL IN DETAIL WHY YOU LIKED OR 
                DISLIKED THE BOOK.
          C.   WRITE A SHORT SEQUEL TO THE 
                STORY.  INCLUDE SETTING, CHARAC-
                TERS AND PLOT.
          D.  DESIGN A BOOKMARK FOR THE BOOK.
               INCLUDE AN ILLUSTRATION ON ONE   
               SIDE AND A SHORT SUMMARY ON THE
               OTHER SIDE.
           E.  CREATE A COMIC STRIP SUMMARIZING
                THE STORY.
           F.   COMPOSE A POEM ABOUT THE MAIN 
                 CHARACTER OF THE STORY.


RESOURCES

Internet resources that will be helpful are:
                            
Authors
Authors'  Biographies
Authors for Children
Authors & Illustrators
The Author Page
Children's Authors
Literary Menagerie
Women and Literature

 

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  BEGINNING
          1-6		 DEVELOPING
          7-12

ACCOMPLISHED 13-17

 EXEMPLARY  
          18-20

SCORE
RESEARCH

NO RESEARCH PRODUCED

 INFORMATION WAS INCOMPLETE OR CONTAINED ERRORS INFORMATION WAS COMPLETE AND ACCURATE. ADDRESSED ALL 5 REQUIRED AREAS RESEARCH WAS GIVEN IN DETAIL AND WAS UNDERSTANDABLE
POSTER NO POSTER PRODUCED POSTER WAS LAID OUT IN A CONFUSING AND MESSY MANNER.  THE THREE REQUIREMENTS WERE NOT MET POSTER WAS LAID OUT IN A NEAT MANNER. COLORS AND PICTURES WERE NEATLY DISPLAYED. ALL REQUIREMENTS WERE MET POSTER WAS VERY NEAT AND WELL ORGANIZED. COLORS, INFORMATION, AND SLOGAN WERE ALL PLEASING TO THE EYE AND MET ALL REQUIREMENTS
BOOK REPORT NO BOOK REPORT PRODUCED BOOK REPORT WAS MESSY
DID NOT INCLUDE ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CHOSEN FORMAT		 WRITING AND OR ILLUSTRATIONS WERE CLEAR AND NEATLY DONE.  ONLY A MODERATE AMOUNT OF ERRORS. MET REQUIREMENTS FOR CHOSEN FORMAT WRITING AND/OR ILLUSTRATIONS WERE EASILY UNDERSTANDABLE WITH FEW OR NO ERRORS.  WAS NEATLY WRITTEN AND/OR DRAWN.  CONTAINED FEW OR NO ERRORS
50-60=A

40-49=B

30-39=C

BELOW 29=FAILING

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From this project you should have become familiar with some new authors and books.  You also now know new and interesting ways to present book reports.  Are there some authors that you would like to read now that you know more about them and share them with your classmates?

 

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