How to Read… WebQuest

1. How to Read…WebQuest Arwen Newman and Lysa Nabours RTI English/High School

2. Introduction • Imagine you are already a college student or out in the workforce, and are expected to know how to do something. Or maybe you weren’t listening closely in class. • You have been asked to read and create a response to something, but you don’t know the process you should use. • What do you do? • Explore some websites.

3. Task • This is a two part WebQuest. You will be completing the two parts during this unit when directed by teacher. • For the first part, you will be reading about “How to Read a Short Story.” For the second, you will be reading about “How to Read a Poem.”

4. Task Product • Once you have explored all of the websites, synthesize your learning by creating instructions in the form of a narrative, an outline, or a thinking map to describe the process to a peer. • You will be applying this process in class! (Or to your hypothetical situation.)

5. Process One – How to Read a Short Story • Visit the following sites in order to complete the task: • http://www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDocs/howtoreadastory.pdf • http://www.distancelearningassociates.org/eng2327/HowRead.htm • http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072491566/student_view0/exercise_in_literary_analysis.html#1 (Reading from “Three Dirges” and beyond is optional)

6. Process Two – How to Read a Poem • Visit the following sites in order to complete the task: • http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/ReadingPoetry.html • http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/p180-howtoread.html • http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19882

7. Evaluation

8. Conclusion • At the beginning of this WebQuest, you imagined you were in a situation where you didn’t know how to do something. • The Quest allowed you to examine the process at your own pace instead of having to sit through direct instruction. • You are also learning how to complete a task on your own since your teacher may not always be there to guide you.

9. Teacher Page • This WebQuest is a part of the larger Emotion in Literature Unit. These two days are alternatives to direct classroom instruction. • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.3 Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.