Being that my GAME plan includes an all time favorite novel that I had read in seventh grade, The Outsiders, I was able to quickly find many WebQuests that were created for the novel. My focus though is to give my students some background knowledge for the time era of the novel. After previewing many WebQuests I found one that will work perfectly for what I want my students to learn, http://slms.leesummit.k12.mo.us/egriffin/Outsiders.htm. This WebQuest covers above and beyond what I was looking for. Now that I have found the site my next goal is to create a handout and rubirc that will help my students utilize the site and be able to benefit from it. I realize that this site can be a little intimidating, especially for my special ed. and ELA students so I will definitely modify their handouts. My biggest goal is that all my students walk away with a clear idea of what the late sixties was like. My students do not comprehend "back in the day" comments. Their little lives are so consumed with the now. I really believe this activity will help them understand the novel better and enjoy who each character is because of the time era that the novel was based around.
The WebQuest that I chose taught me some new and interesting facts about the late sixties, I also found it to be seventh grade friendly, and fun to browse through.
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Joy,
ReplyDeleteAfter learning about your plan, I became interested in having my students read The Outsiders. It is listed as a trade book in our language arts adoption, and I've seen some class sets in our district. I will be interested to see how your lesson turns out. It is great to see that you are integrating technology into the lesson, and thanks for the link to the webquest site.
Allan
Halftank
Allan the novel is a very high interest novel, and my students love reading it every year. I also show the movie as a reward once they finish the novel. I highly recommend teaching the novel to your students, and I am glad you can use the WebQuest.
ReplyDeleteJoy,
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of sharing a book you loved in school with your current students.
As teachers, we want to share all of our knowledge and experiences with out students. since we got so much out of it as students we hope our current students will get as much out of it as well.
I often have to check my enthusiasm when teaching a topic I loved so much as a kid as I don't want to prejudice my students or spoil their learning experience.
Also, since I teach high school level alternative special education - behavior disorders, if I show that I like a lesson or topic too much my students might choose to NOT like it and do poorly on something I care about in an effort to "get back" at me for some reason.
Take care
Rob Zingg