Webquests

Treasure Island

Introduction
Task
Process
Resources
Evaluation
Conclusion

 

Introduction

 

The abridged book that you have read is not a good one. It is too short and a bit confusing. Perhaps if you make a quest about the writer and the story your opinion about Treasure Island will change for good.

 

 

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Task

 

The students have to make groups of 3-5 people in order to carry out the webquest. They will use internet, get information from it and will eventually hand in and END-PRODUCT on cardboard, videotape or any material chosen by the group.

All the members of a group will have different tasks (linguistic and non-linguistic) in order to finish and present the end-product in front of the rest of classmates.

This end-product and all the process from beginning to end will be evaluated and assessed.

English will be the only language used during the process.

All the web sites visited must be written in English and must be listed in the end-product when it is handed in.

 

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Process

 

The Webquest will be finished when the groups retrieve from the internet the following information and fulfill all these steps:

1. Write a short summary of the story/novel.

2. Write a short biography of Robert L. Stevenson.

3. List all the books written by Stevenson and catalogue them into novels. essays and poetry.

4 Choose a poem by Stevenson and and include it in the end-product.

5. Name at least three real pirates and say a few things about their lives.

6. Draw a map of the Treasure Island.

 

 

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Resources

 

As mentioned above, all the information has to be retrieved from the internet. The students have to search and find information on the WWW.

As a start-out, the students can check the web sites below:

1. http://www.google.com

2. http://www.infoplease.com

3. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/treasure

4. http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/46/88/frameset.html

 

Of course, you can also count on the teacher's help if the sites above are not enough.

 

 

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Evaluation

 

The following aspects will be taken into account before the project is graded:

End-product 25%

Presentation 25%

Contents 50%

The rubric presented below will be used to assess the webquest:

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INCOMPLETE
FAIR
GOOD
EXCELLENT
GRADE
END-PRODUCT
It means that you have not finished it.
You have finished your project but it is very poor. The frame is not well designed.
The project is good but there are a few elements missing.
Your end-product is nearly perfect. It means that you have chosen a good frame and that it is finished beautifully. The tasks have been distributed fairly among the members of the group.
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PRESENTATION
You are unable to be understood and the information that you give to the class is not relevant.
the talk has been given but it has not been distributed equally among the members of the group.
Not bad, you have made your points clear but the distribution of the tasks is unbalanced.
You have given a detailed information to your school mates, you have distributed the tasks equally among them and you have made a great effort to speak in English and be understood.
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CONTENTS
Some parts are missing, or the information that you supply is not enough.
The information is not enough. You have searched the internet but the information that you supply has not been processed adequately.
The amount of information is complete but there are a few pieces of information missing.
The information included in the project is complete and detailed. You have given a good account of all the parts of the projects and it is very well explained.
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Conclusion

 

After handing in the webquest, the students will know a few more things about the novel Treasure Island and its author Robert L. Stevenson as well as about some of his other literary works and the life of some real pirates.