|
Behind the
Book
These WebQuests
guide students to learn more about the setting and characters in
the book.
|
F.
Scott Fitzgerald and the 1920s |
Research
and present a plan for a 1920s party including music, food and guest
list. |
| Farewell
to Manzanar |
Deals
with issues surrounding Japanese-American internment during WWII |
| In
Search of Stellaluna's Family |
Learn
about bats and write a letter to Stellaluna. |
| Night |
Complete
five tasks that will increase your knowledge about the complex events
of W.W.II and the Holocaust. Builds on Weisel's book Night. |
| Roll
of Thunder: Hear My Cry |
Write
an entry that might be found in Cassie's journal that reflects your
understanding of the events and the impact they may have had on the
Logan family's life. |
| The
Real Johnny Tremain |
Read
Johnny Tremain and compare the events depicted in the book to actual
historical events. |
| The
Salem Sentinel |
Students,
prior to the study of The Crucible, use this to learn about Salem
pre-witch trials. |
| The
Watson's Go To Birmingham |
Document
life in the segrated South of 1963. |
| Their
Eyes Were Watching God |
Create
an oral history for a character in the novel. |
| Sarah,
Plain and Tall |
Align
yourself with one of the main characters in the story Sarah, Plain
and Tall and create a journal as one of the characters in the story. |
| Telling
the Samurai's Tale |
While
reading "The Samurai's Tale" students research Japanese
culture. |
|
Beyond the
Book
Use the book
as a starting point and go beyond it.
|
Give
Jonas a New Home |
Create
the details of a utopian community to extend the ending to the book
The Giver. |
| Odyssey
Theme Park |
Create
a new theme park based on the epic. |
| Rewriting
Romeo and Juliet |
Rewrite
a scene from Romeo and Juliet and create a Theatrical Porfolio. |
| Rewriting
Wuthering Heights |
Rewrite
Wuthering Heights in a new time period. |
| Updating
the Classics |
Write
and videotape an updated version of one of 5 short stories. Review
someone else's product. |
| You
Are Famous! |
You
are author Beverly Cleary. At your book signing in three days you
will need to present the idea of your next new book and answer questions
about the new and old characters it will include. |
| Genre
Analysis |
Magical
Fairytale Moments |
Analyze
fairy tales and write a new one. |
| Realm
of Fairy Tales |
Analyze
existing fairy tales and create a new one. Exemplary scaffolding! |
| Writing
Your Own Fantasy Story |
Write
a critical review of a fantasy story as preparation for creating one
yourself. |
| Literary
Analysis |
Evil
in Literature |
Directs
students to realize imagery that Shakespeare uses to portray Macbeth
as an evil chararacter. |
| Heart
of Darkness |
This
web quest introduces high school students to five schools of literary
criticism, and asks them to apply what they have learned to select
passages from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Students should
use this web quest after reading and studying Heart of Darkness is
a classroom environment. |
| Literary
Judgment |
Creating
an Anthology of Literature |
Select
an author and create an anthology of their work. Persuasive arguments
must accompany each selection. |
| Edgar
Allan Poe: Father of Horror |
Take
a creative look at Poe's troubled life and how it shaped his stories
of horror. |
| Great
Expectations for a Creative Textbook |
Design
a textbook - an anthology of British literature. Learn about textbook
selection as well. |
| Relating
Literature to Life |
Farenheit
451 |
Accomplish
three tasks that relate themes from the book to historical events. |
| Studying
the Background of Arthur Miller's The Crucible |
Study
various persecutions of people groups throughout history and develop
a solution to prevent such persecutions for happening in the future. |
| The
Crucible: Timeless Persecutions |
Research
persecutions in history and then write a play on the subject. |
|
Things
Fall Apart
|
Examine
the culture and history behind this African novel and relate it to
larger questions. |
| What's
the Worth of a Person? |
Explores
India's caste system, equality, and gender roles with Harper Lee's
<i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i> as background. |