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Introduction
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This webquest lesson has been designed for use in freshman or sophomore English courses. It involves both persuasive and creative writing. Students will need to know how to use the internet for research purposes. |
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Illinois Standards |
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Reading |
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1.B.4b Analyze, interpret and compare a variety of texts for purpose, structure, content, detail and effect.
1.C.4b Explain and justify an interpretation of a text.
1.C.4d Summarize and make generalizations from content adn relate them to the purpose of the material. |
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Writing |
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3.B.4a Produce documents that exhibit a range of writing techniques appropriate to purpose and audience, with clarity of focus, logic of organization, appropriate elaboration and overall coherence.
3.B.4b Produce, edit, revise and format work for submission and/or publication (eg., manuscript form, appropriate citiation of sources) using contemporary technology. |
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Listening and Speaking |
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4.B.4b Use group discussion skills to assume leadership and participant roles within an assigned project or to reach a group goal. |
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Research |
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5.B.4a Choose and evaluate primary and secondary sources (print and nonprint) for a variety of purposes.
5.C.4b Produce oral presentations and written documents using supportive research and incorporating contemporary technology.
5.C.4c Prepare for and participate in formal debates. |
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Implementation |
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This webquest is organized around research, team collaboration and persuasive writing skills. It involves multiple disciplines such as writing, social studies and history. Students will use the internet and Lexis-Nexis to research their topics and find photographs. They will then write persuasive editorial articles on their First Amendment topics to create the classroom newspaper. Once the newspaper is completed, the students will read each other's work and then participate in a class debate arguing the issues they have examined. |
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Necessary Resources |
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Access to the Internet
Access to Lexis-Nexis
Microsoft Office or some other word processing program
Student email accounts
A student "wiki" site for collaborative research |
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All other website resources and links are available on the |
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Process page. |
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Skills and Prior Knowledge |
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Students will need to know how to use the internet for research purposes. They will also need to be introduced to Nexis-Lexis if they haven't been already, so that they will be able to use it efficiently. Students will also need to know how to use a word processing program such as Microsoft Word in order to type and compose their article. |
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