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Overview
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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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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 encouraged.
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Content
areas |
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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)
Reading
RD-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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