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Anonymous Authors

Anonymous Authors. Designed by: Mrs. Megan Yarbrough 7 th grade English. Home | Introduction | Task | Process | Resources | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Standards. Introduction .

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Anonymous Authors

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  1. Anonymous Authors Designed by: Mrs. Megan Yarbrough 7th grade English Home| Introduction | Task| Process|Resources| Evaluation| Conclusion| Credits|Standards

  2. Introduction • You have been asked to help solve a mystery that has been around since the 1700s. Archeologists have found remains of several books, plays, and poems that seem to have no authors. It is very important that you help this group of people find out from clues exactly who the author from each work is. Through research and investigation, you will solve the mystery! If solved, you will be rewarded a 100 test grade! Home| Introduction | Task| Process|Resources| Evaluation| Conclusion| Credits|Standards

  3. Task • You, the student, will be assigned a team of three group members. Each team will be assigned sets of questions that will lead to finding out the author to a play, book, and poem. Each of the group members will decide which questions to research on the internet. Through internet research, each question will determine who the author was of the work. Home| Introduction | Task| Process|Resources| Evaluation| Conclusion| Credits|Standards

  4. Process • 1. Get with group members assigned by Mrs. Yarbrough. • 2. Look at each question carefully. • 3. Assign each member to be head of finding the authors of either plays, books, or poems. • 4. Distribute to different computers. • 5. Through different search engines that we have learned about, research each question and decided on who the author is for the play, book, and poem. • 6. Do a little research on questions that you were not assigned just to make sure that you and your teammates are on the same page. Home| Introduction | Task| Process|Resources| Evaluation| Conclusion| Credits|Standards

  5. Process Continued • 7. Group back up with teammates to discuss who the author of each was. • 8. Write three paragraphs on your discovery. One paragraph will be on the author of the book, the other on the author of the play, and the last will be about the author of the poem. Tell about your research strategies for each. • 9. Since you are already at a computer, type your paragraph and research analysis of each literary work and author. Home| Introduction | Task| Process|Resources| Evaluation| Conclusion| Credits|Standards

  6. Resources Click on each of the sites below for information about each author. After learning more about the author, his or her type of work, and background, match the correct author to the work. Works: Authors: Rikki-tikki-taviRobert Frost "The Road Not Taken“William Shakespeare MacbethRudyard Kipling The Luckiest Time of AllLucille Clifton "Mother to Son“Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol“Langston Hughes Home| Introduction | Task| Process|Resources| Evaluation| Conclusion| Credits|Standards

  7. Evaluation • 1. Did you work well in your group? • 2. Did you correctly use the computer for research? • 3. Did you match the correct author to his or her book, play, or poem? • 4. Did you correctly write the paragraphs for your research analysis? • 5. Did you use correct grammar for the paragraphs? Home| Introduction | Task| Process|Resources| Evaluation| Conclusion| Credits|Standards

  8. Conclusion Hopefully you have enjoyed being a literature detective. Surely you learned something new about each author and the work he or she wrote throughout his or her lifetime. With your research and clues, you were hopefully able to earn the 100 test grade for the assignment! Home| Introduction | Task| Process|Resources| Evaluation| Conclusion| Credits|Standards

  9. Credits and references The pictures used during this PowerPoint were taken from the following websites: www.tejasdetectives.com/ chat-detectives.com/ http://guides.library.jhu.edu/content.php?pid=22748&sid=165198 http://www.eldridgestreet.org/calendar-newyork-events.html http://www.ssqq.com/information/tfwcomputers01.htm http://www.nipissingyou.ca/files/groupwork.gif http://lake.k12.fl.us/cms/lib/cms/school_supplies.jpg http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Get-Good-Grades Home| Introduction | Task| Process|Resources| Evaluation| Conclusion| Credits|Standards

  10. Content Area Curriculum Standards 7th Grade • AL.ELA. 3.) Distinguish among the major genres, including poetry, short stories, novels, plays, biographies, and autobiographies, and subgenres, such as folktales, myths, parables, fables, and science fiction, based on their characteristics. • AL.ELA. 13.) Apply steps in the research process to identify a problem or issue, locate resources and information, and present findings. • AL.ELA. 14.) Present findings from inquiry and research using a variety of resources. Home| Introduction | Task| Process|Resources| Evaluation| Conclusion| Credits|Standards

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