Webquests – In Search of…

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Here is a list of the different projects, click on the appropriate link to start your quest.

WEBQUEST SIGNUP SHEET

Topic Student Student
Up, Up and Away – Hot Air Balloons
http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=72656		 Marciano  Shane Amira
The Five Freedoms – What does freedom mean to you
http://www.gcsny.org/schools/cjh/Websites/Massaroni/English%207/nbttwebquest.htm#Task		 Deionicio  Ilayna
Gator Gazette – What should be done about the Everglade gators?
http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/education/webquests/teacher/gasp/Webquestnero.htm 		 Ardiel  DestinyR
Japanese Art Festival – Japanese art forms
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/webkabukiaz.html		 Logan DestinyD 
Endangered Species – what can be done to help animals in danger of becoming extinct
https://sites.google.com/site/jocelyncampbellswebquest/ 		 Clayton
Corean		 Rainbow
Amanda
Pet Detective – pets and their care
http://petcarewebquest.weebly.com/index.html
http://pet-webquest.angelfire.com/
https://sites.google.com/site/klbrammers2ndgradeclass/class-pet-webquest		 Emma Raylena
World of Biomes – exploring the different habitats of the world
http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/education/webquests/teacher/biomes/biomes.htm		 Merriah   
Are You Ready for Some Football? – learning about football or sports in general
http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=50753
https://sites.google.com/site/sportwebquest/introduction		 Tyran  Shayne
Dream Quest – Has Martin Luther King Jr’s dreams for America been achieved?
http://www.fayette.k12.il.us/techcurr/shayla/mlk.htm 		  Monica  Elena
Exploring Native Americans – history and culture of Native Americans
http://questgarden.com/62/46/1/100914065917/index.htm		 Parris
Aireona		 Damien
Karalee
Welcome to Hogwarts – create a portfolio for your entrance into Hogwarts
http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/education/webquests/teacher/harrypotter/harrypotter.htm		 Nia   

Feb 2-6

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Watch the Prezi presentation on student led conferences to get an overview on how to prepare. If you need to review, please click here to watch the examples.

Practice writing a block letter, then compose your own invitation letter to the family member who is attending your conference – Due 2/4. Your letter should address the strengths and assignments you want to focus your conference on. 

Compose a blog post answering the question: How is PBIS changing the school? Include a list of 4 positive changes on campus. Your post should have at least 3 full paragraphs, and remember to spell check before submitting for review. Refer to the seven essential elements of a good post!

About Me Page – Due 1/23

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You are to create a page about yourself, focusing on your goals, likes and dislikes, and how you can use them to achieve your goals. You are also to embed the avatar you created in the page.

How to create your about page:

1. On the getting started menu, click Add an About page

2. Add an appropriate title for the About page

3. Compose at least 2 paragraphs focusing on your goals, both short term and long term, and how you likes or dislikes play into your goals. To utilize spell and grammar check features, you may opt to type your paragraphs in Word and then copy and paste them into your About page.

4. Embed your avatar (you can either choose to insert your image at the before the text or afterward):

  • Clicking on the Add Media button,
  • Navigate to the image you saved to your folder,
  • Select the image size (either thumbnail or the medium sized image – not original size)
  • Click the insert button

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Composing your poem

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5 steps to writing a spoken word poem…

  1. Select a topic. In this case your topic is Resilience. Express your opinion and include at least 2 of the resiliency character traits.
  2. Think about your topic and write down the initial words you want to use. Pick your poetic/literary devices (at least 3 in this case) that fit with your words.
  3. Start writing your poem/rap. Remember, unless you choose rhyming as one of your devices, you can have a free verse. This is performance poetry, so standard poetry conventions do not apply.
  4. PROOF read you poem. You will have two rounds of peer review to fine tune your poem. Remember your poem needs to be at least 30 seconds.
  5. Practice performing your poem, you should have it memorized. Remember to maintain eye contact, speak loudly and clearly, and enunciate your words. Remember to animate your poem with facial expressions and gestures that match your theme.

Your poem needs to have the following elements:

  • Include 3 or more literary devices
  • Be between 30 seconds and 2 minutes long
  • have some sort of performance (tone, gestures, facial expressions, etc) element
  • Include reference to at least 2 resilience character traits for the point of view
  • Include reference to historical figure, community member, and yourself

Getting started with Spoken Word

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Essential Question: What can we learn from other people’s stories of resilience that we might be able to use in our own lives?

Objective: Using the definitions of the common literary devices you will use 3 or more elements to compose your original Spoken Word poem or rap about resilience.

Task: You are going to compose a Spoken Word poem/rap about resilience based on your research and interview.

  1. Complete the Getting started with Spoken Word packet
  2. Watch several Spoken Word performances to get the feel of how a poem is performed
  3. Compose your poem

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Your poem needs to have the following elements:

  • Include 3 or more literary devices
  • Be between 30 seconds and 2 minutes long
  • have some sort of performance (tone, gestures, facial expressions, etc) element
  • Include reference to at least 2 resilience character traits for the point of view
  • Include reference to historical figure, community member, and yourself

Reflection on Resilience

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Essential Question: What can we learn from other people’s stories of resilience that we might be able to use in our own lives?

Objective: Reflect on how you are connected to your historical figure and community member and what you have learned from the research and interview process and timeline creation.

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Compose a reflection blog post using your Connecting Yourself information . How did your research of the historical figure  and interview the resilient community member connect with you. What sites were the most helpful in finding information about your historical figure. How did you feel about and what did you learn from the interview process. You also need to include your impression of the process of researching, interview, and using your research to create the timeline using tiki-toki. Your post should include the essential elements of a great post and include:

  • Three paragraph (minimum) reflection on the research, interview, and timeline.
  • Catchy title
  • A critical question or thought about your findings
  • Links to the 2 most useful sites you found during our research
  • Image of the person you research
  • MLA citation of websites.
  • Spell and grammar check your document

Rubric:

Criteria

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Analysis of topic & question Initial blog post on topic and/or question is answered accurately and with much detail Initial blog post on topic lacks some accuracy or detail Initial blog post is limited in accuracy and/or detail Initial blog post lacks any accuracy and/or detail (did not address prompt) Initial blog post was not started or only a cursory attempt was made
Outside research cited Three or more outside sources including personal experience are used in support of blog post and add valuable evidence and are cited Two or more outside resources are used but do not support the post. Sources are cited. Two or more sources are provided but not cited One or two sources are provided but not cited No sources are provided
Critical thinking question or thought A critical thinking question or thought relevant to the topic and/or question is provided A critical thinking question or thought, not relevant to the topic and/or question is provided A question or thought is provided A question or thought is not provided No evidence of an attempt at critical thought
Mechanics Posting is mechanically and grammatically correct Posting contains 1-3 spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors Posting contains 4-6 spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors Posting contains more than 6 spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors Posting contains more than 6 errors that impede the readability
Timeliness Post is submitted on time Post is submitted by the next class period Post is submitted 1-2 days late Post is submitted 3-5 days late Post is not submitted for review at end of a week

Rubric adapted from:  http://www.goramblers.org/document.doc?id=1307

Connecting Yourself

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Essential Question: What can we learn from other people’s stories of resilience that we might be able to use in our own lives?

Connect yourself to your community member using your interview notes and to your historic figure using the research. Explain your reasoning on what traits you have in common:

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Use your packet or create a Google document to connect yourself to the historic figure you research and the community member you interviewed to do the following:

  • In a paragraph, describe a time in your life when you had to be resilient. Include the resiliency traits you demonstrated and explain why you selected the trait(s).
  • How do you connect with your resilient community member? What are the traits you share and explain why.
  • How do you connect with your chosen resilient historical figure? Include the traits you have in common and explain why.

Timeline of Events that Influence

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Essential Question: What can we learn from other people’s stories of resilience that we might be able to use in our own lives?

Task: Craft a timeline of the historical events or pervasive behaviors that may have impacted and/or influenced your historical figure. You will also need to include the major life events for your historical figure. Consider using one color for historical events and another for significant life events of the person you researched.

For this task I recommend using www.tiki-toki.com to create your timeline. You may opt to use another application such as Gliffy or Bubbl.us. 

Historical Facts

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Research your historical figure finding facts that support resilient characteristics. You will need to have at least 3 websites, only one can be Wikipedia. In your packet write down the URL for the sites you used. Write down as many facts as you can find, preferably that will connect with the resiliency traits of your community member. Be sure to include the URL for each fact.

Once you have these facts, you are going to start research what was going on in history surrounding this person’s life. Events such as wars, the Great Depression, or Civil Rights movement are examples of events to look for. You will use these events to create a timeline in the next assignment.

Community Member Report

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Your task is to write a one to two page paper using Google Docs about your chosen resilient community member. It is important that in the paper you include WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY, and HOW of your resilient person’s story. Include a reflection of what you learned from this person about resilience and how it will affect your decisions.

Requirements:

Formatting:

Font: Arial, Times New Romans, or Tahoma

Size: 12 pt

Line spacing: 1.5

Color: Black

Title: FL, Hr Community Member Report

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