Lesson Two: The Voyage Home

1. Focus and Review

• Journal Time based on yesterday's question of the day.
• Discussion of journals in class.
  

2. Objectives

• Standard Course of Study Goal English I:
  
• 2.04 Form and refine a question for investigation, using a topic of personal choice, and answer that question by using non print sources and using interactive technology.
• 3.02 Express an Informed opinion that states clearly a personal view. (Daily Journal Entry).
  
• Standard Course of Study Computer Competency Goal for 9th Grade students:
  
• 5.01  Respond to reading, listening, viewing experiences orally, artistically, dramatically, through various formats (web based)
• 5.06  Apply fair use copyright guidelines (Copyright Law, P.L. 94-553) in all projects.
• This lesson is an analysis lesson because we are looking and taking components from a web site to form a time line, and to determine what is and is not acceptable as far as copyright law.
• Materials:  Student journals, Rubric for web site, Computer lab 30 students, Handout with Link addresses, 30 Lunch Bags.
  

3. Teacher Input

• Discuss the topic of copyright and fair use.  The students will look at a web site and study the rules regarding fair use and copyright law at http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/copyright1.html .  Students need to read this web site and discuss rules of fair use and copyright.  There must be a statement on the final product that fair use was considered.  Students must cite there sources that they use in the construction of their web site.  Have students write down address.
  
• Go over project rubric with students, and discuss questions and concerns regarding web site project.
  

4. Guided Practice

• Have students explore and take notes as they read the web site http://www.mythweb.com/odyssey/background_s.html
  

5. Independent Practice

• Make a time line on a lunch bag using the web site in previous exercise of Odysseus journey.
  
• Go through the text and any of those places we will be reading draw a picture underneath the timeline marker to indicate it is in the text.

Bibliography:  This was a lesson plan idea, I read in a magazine of using lunch bags to make time lines, but this has been some time ago and I do not know what the source of this article is from.

6. Closure

• Go over objectives of the day. 
• Today we have begun the process of beginning our web site by exploring the rubric in creating our final product.
• Today we will have learned to use copyright guidelines and fair use guidelines. 
• Today we will have explored a non print source on the web.
• Today we will have begun to get a clearer understanding of the readings ahead by creating a timeline to guide us through our reading.
• Informal Question and Answer time with Students
  
• Question of the Day and your journal question for tomorrow is:
• What indicators on a web site help us to know it has valid information?