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WebQuest Assignment

Purpose. This WebQuest assignment asks students to explore the life and times of Harper Lee. It is an exploration into the life, career, and motivations of Harper Lee and the historical significance of the 1930's in terms of how we view her work. . Introduction . In our preparation to reading To Kil

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WebQuest Assignment

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    1. WebQuest Assignment By Mrs. Franklin

    2. Purpose This WebQuest assignment asks students to explore the life and times of Harper Lee. It is an exploration into the life, career, and motivations of Harper Lee and the historical significance of the 1930’s in terms of how we view her work.

    3. Introduction In our preparation to reading To Kill a Mockingbird, we need to develop background information to better understand the text. In developing the needed background information, several exploratory factors become valuable to our comprehension.

    4. Continuation of Introduction We will find answers to such questions like: What was life like when she was young What inspired her to write this novel?  What role did the depression and segregation play in the creation of this novel?  What did people do then?  As we journey through this venture, we use the web to accommodate our search into the life and times of Harper Lee as preparation to reading her Classical novel, To Kill A Mockingbird.

    5. Task You will be assigned to a group that will study various aspects of the history, cultures, life and works of Harper Lee, and the Great Depression.  You will be asked to work together to complete a creative presentation of that information.  Your final product will include an Interpretive Essay of a scene from one of Lee’s work or a poem related to or from 1930’s, a character analysis and biopsy of one of the characters that we will be introduced to in TKAM, a letter to Harper Lee using KWL, and a power point or a scrapbook to merge all your products.

    6. Process The following is a brief overview of the steps you will need to take to complete this WebQuest.  Look below more detailed instructions to help you get started. 1.  Assign roles to each person in the group and establish norms, goals, and expectations:  2.  Search the websites provided to complete the assignment of your assigned role.  3.  Teach your group about your researched section.

    7. Process 4.  As a group, decide the important aspects of each topic and merge the information to create the finished products: (1)  Interpretive Essay, (2) a character analysis and biopsy, (3) a letter to Harper Lee, and (4) a scrapbook or power point.

    8. Outcomes You will have 4 finished products: (1)  Interpretive Essay, (2) a character analysis and biopsy, (3) a letter to Harper Lee, and (4) a scrapbook or power point.

    9. Interpretive Essay Assignment Select a poem from the 1930’s that depicts life, culture, societal conditions, or Great Depression and write an interpretive essay. Identify and analyze the theme of the poem. What does the speaker of the poem convey? Demonstrate the speaker's meaning. What do you suppose the author is saying through this poem? What is the theme of the poem? Make sure to offer supportive evidence from the text of the poem. Cite the poem to support your interpretation. This is the section in which the argumentation takes place and should be the bulk of the essay. What specific claims are you making? Are these claims well argued? Be convincing and authoritative. Take a firm stance and argue your position.

    10. Interpretive Essay Rubric

    11. Character Description Assignment Review the character lists and summaries of the characters and select one to create a character description. Using the linked information, make inferences and generalizations about the character. Identify potential conflicting characteristics that may occur in the novel.

    12. Character Description Rubric

    13. Letter to Harper Lee Write a letter to Harper Lee, using a KWL chart to generate ideas. As you navigate the WebQuest web links, answer question you want to know and what you learned. Inform the author of what you knew and what you learned. Some of these questions may not be answered; these are questions you would want to ask the author.

    14. Author Letter Rubric

    15. PowerPoint and Scrapbook Rubric

    16. Web Links Each person in the group is responsible for finding background information to enhance the knowledge of the life of Harper Lee and the time era, using the links below. http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-lee-harper.asp http://www.neabigread.org/books/mockingbird/mockingbird04.php http://books.google.com/books?id=tlPqKASorjYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=harper+lee&source=bl&ots=1ElGPDozyr&sig=Zj9s370K6_wJv-PBk_YOnJPcsw8&hl=en&ei=t9O1TMzCOcGAlAf5mdjtBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=15&ved=0CF4Q6AEwDg#v=onepage&q&f=false http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1126 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jun/28/harper-lee-interview-mockingbird http://www.harperlee.com/ http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/great-depression.htm http://static.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/gems/hhiggins/GreatDepression.ppt http://www.madison.k12.ky.us/district/projects/Kill/SEG.htm http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/brown-segregation.html http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/mocking/characters.html

    17. Additional Web Links Links for poems http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma05/dulis/poetry/index.html http://www.poemhunter.com/poems/history/ http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/chronological/1930-1939

    18. Time To Get Started! This WebQuest is due December 2, 2010. You are expected to work at school and away. So, let’s weigh the scales of justice in your journey of a literary exploration.

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