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Overview
of
WebQuest
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Introduction
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This WebQuest features (name
of your book goes here) Ian Falconer's Caldecott
honor book (2000), Olivia.
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The primary purpose of using
quality children's literature in the classroom is
to instill a love of reading. As with any
book, Olivia (name of your book
goes here) should be first read for
pleasure before embarking on activities based on
the book. Students should be allowed
opportunities to ask questions, make comments,
and simply enjoy this story.
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| The Tasks provided for
students in this WebQuest facilitate reading
comprehension skills. Students will be
asked to (begin here with describing
what it is students will be doing and why) interpret passages
from the story, to describe the characters, and
the problems and solutions of the story.
Students will be performing tasks that help them
link their real lives with Olivia's. Family
interactions in the story will be
discussed. Also, discussion of art and
music illusions in the book will be
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Content
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| This multidisciplinary
WebQuest includes the following content
areas: reading, art, music, social
studies. It is directed toward early
elementary. First and possibly second grade
students will require extra assistance performing
the tasks in this WebQuest. (adapt as needed to fit your
book) |
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Objectives (Kentucky
Curriculum Standards): (adapt as needed to fit your
book)
ReadingRD-E-1.0.6
Explain the meaning of a passage taken from texts
appropriate for elementary school students.
RD-E-1.0.8
Describe characters, plot, setting, and
problem/solution of a passage.
RD-E-1.0.9
Explain a character’s actions based on a
passage.
RD-E-1.0.10
Connect literature to students’ lives and
real world issues.
Art
AH-E-4.2.35 Recognize that artists choose
to express themselves in different styles and
subject matters.(2.23, 2.24, 2.25, 2.26)
AH-E-4.2.36 Styles: realistic,
abstract, non-objective
Music
AH-E-1.2.32 Identify and discuss various
styles of music (blues, spirituals, popular,
rock, rap, country, game songs, folk songs, work
songs, lullabies, marches, patriotic, bluegrass).
(2.24, 2.25, 2.26)
Social
Studies
SS-E-2.3.1
Various human needs are met through interaction
in and among social groups (e.g., family,
schools, teams, and clubs).
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Implementation Overview
(adapt as needed to fit
your book) Students will work in groups
of 3 or 4 (dependent upon computer access and
physical classroom structure). Students will
decide on their own how to divide the various
tasks required to complete the project, although
teachers may find it better to assign tasks based
on each child's needs to be successful. Students
will need time to collect data from web sites,
respond to the data response formats, and to
prepare presentations for their
classmates. This unit can be extended by
examining other topics of interest to students
using Olivia as a springboard.
Young
students (grades 1, 2) will need extra support in
doing this WebQuest. Teachers will need to
prepare students for following the format of a
WebQuest and for working together cooperatively.
A nice modeling technique might be to take one of
the options on the student page and do it together
as a whole group activity.
Many of the lessons
include activity pages that need to be
printed out. I would recommend printing these
out ahead of time, and making enough copies
for your students. You will find a list of
the pages in the student evaluation section.
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Special Resources
Needed:(adapt
as needed to fit your book) |
- Computers
with Internet access
- Multiple
copies of Olivia (preferred - one copy per
group)
- Presentation
Software (PowerPoint, etc)
- On-Line
Teacher Resources
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Entry Level
Skills and Knowledge (adapt as needed to fit your
book)
Students
will need to be able to read and write, however
there are alternative materials built into this
WebQuest that allow for ability levels. For
very young students, an adult will need to be
assigned to each group to facilitate reading and
writing.
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Evaluation (adapt as needed to fit your
book)
A RUBRIC will be used to
allow students to self-assess and for the teacher
assessment. Teachers may also want to use
the Scoring Guide specifically
designed to evaluate student performance in group
work associated with doing a WebQuest. The
final product of this WebQuest is group
presentation sharing information found by each
group on the selected topic. Individual
student scores will be based on participation in
the group project and on independent writing
samples.
Student Handouts for each
Task: (if these
are all included on one webpage you will not have
these links to make - you only list the pages
here IF you developed each task on a separate
page)
Task 1: Venn Diagram
Task 2: Graphics
Task 3: Art Contest
Task 4: Good Idea/Bad Idea
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Conclusion (adapt as needed to fit your
book) This unit is an
interdisciplinary (reading, art, music, social
studies) constructionist approach to learning.
Students participate in group work, experience
navigating the web, learn to read critically and
synthesize information, create presentations, and
write to communicate. This WebQuest could easily
be adjusted for older students, and teachers can
adapt the activities to students' individual
needs.
Credits (adapt as needed to fit your
book - must give credit for every image, every
background, every professional resource used -
including our texts)
Many
thanks to the following resources:
Detroit Institute of
Arts Visual Resources Art
Image Database
[http://www.diamondial.org/home.html]:
famous artwork used in Task 3.
The
Artchive (click on the Mona Lisa to
view art and read about artists)
[http://www.artchive.com/]
Falconer Photo
(smiling): http://www.sfopera.com/bios/bios_a-f/ifalconer.htm
Falconer Photo:
Book jacket. Falconer, I.(2000). Olivia.
New York: Atheneum.
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Author Information
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