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Common Core Standards covered by this WebQuest:
ELACC9-10RL2: Determine a theme or central idea of text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
ELACC9-10RL 6: Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.
ELACC9-10RI6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.
ELACC9-10RL 6: Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.
ELACC9-10RI6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.
ISTE/Nets-S Standards covered by this WebQuest:
1. Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students:
a. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.
c. Use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues.
d. Identify trends and forecast possibilities.
2. Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students:
a. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.
b. Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
d. Contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.
3. Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students:
Plan strategies to guide inquiry.
a. Plan strategies to guide inquiry
b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
c. Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.
d. Process data and report results.
4. Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. Students:
a. Identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation.
b. Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.
c. Collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions.
d. Use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions.
a. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.
c. Use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues.
d. Identify trends and forecast possibilities.
2. Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students:
a. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.
b. Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
d. Contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.
3. Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students:
Plan strategies to guide inquiry.
a. Plan strategies to guide inquiry
b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
c. Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.
d. Process data and report results.
4. Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. Students:
a. Identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation.
b. Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.
c. Collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions.
d. Use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions.
Differentiation:
To differentiated this WebQuest to fit the needs of diverse learners, first download the Allegory Chart and adapt the measurements according to the students' needs and/or ability level. Next, revise the rubrics to measure the new objects or make the scale smaller.
To meet the needs of students with special needs, the audio for this website is already available. Use headphones to have the text read. The product can be orated to the teacher rather than written, or typed electronically. For students that are visually impaired, the videos have audio that can be listened to instead. For students that are hearing impaired, the website 60secondrecap has the transcripts for the videos available, as does YouTube.
To meet the needs of students with special needs, the audio for this website is already available. Use headphones to have the text read. The product can be orated to the teacher rather than written, or typed electronically. For students that are visually impaired, the videos have audio that can be listened to instead. For students that are hearing impaired, the website 60secondrecap has the transcripts for the videos available, as does YouTube.