Objective:
    Students will create a cyberguide for a literature resource

Activity:
    Visit the following websites to see fabulous Cyberguides that already exist.  California Technology Assistance Program website has hundreds of Cyberguides, created by teachers at various levels.  These are just a few.  If you would like to see more Cybergudies, go to additional resources below.

Examples of Cyberguides
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/badant/badanttg.html

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/fris/fristg.htm

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/maya/mayatg.html

Five Sections of a Cyberguide:
Introduction:
The introduction should state the name of the book the Cyberguide is created for.  It should also contain questions the students will be able to answer at the completion of the assignment.  Finally, the introduction could contain objectives the students will learn from completing the Cyberguide.

State/County Language Arts Standards:
State the standard -based objectives that your students will be meeting by completing the assignment. (You might want to cut and paste them from your state or county website to save time)

Overview:
The overview should include the length of time the students will need to complete the assignments.  Include how long each task will take.

Description of Materials and Activities:
List what materials the students will need to complete the tasks.  List all books, activity, pages, pencils, scissors, etc.  Also list the resources students will require.  The activities should be listed separately.  State the activity by name and the assignment the students will complete.  Under each activity list the website the students will use as a resource.  You should have three to four activities.

Culminating Activity:
This activity doesn't have to require the Internet.  The students should be able to use their new knowledge about the literature resource they have studied in length.  It should be fun, yet academic.  They should apply their knowledge or synthesis is in some form.
 
 

Additional Resources:
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html   Collection of Cyberguides

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/templates/fulltchr.html  Template for constructing a Cyberguide

Rubric:
 

1 ~Includes less than three sections in the Cyberguide ~Introduction doesn't contain objectives or questions ~State and county standards aren't listed ~ The overview includes the length of time students will need to complete one task ~ Not all materials are listed ~ One activity is developed in which the students use technology or the Internet ~ No culminating activity

2 ~Incorporates 3 to 4 sections of the Cyberguide ~Introduction contains few questions and objectives  ~State and county standards are listed ~ The overview includes the length of time students will need to complete the tasks ~Materials are listed ~ Two activities are developed in which the students use technology or the Internet ~Culminating activity wraps up the assignment by allowing students time to process what they have learned

3 ~Incorporates all five sections of the Cyberguide ~ The introduction contains several questions and objectives students will be able to answer ~State and county standards are listed ~ The overview includes the length of time students will need to complete the tasks ~Materials are listed ~Three to Four activities are developed in which the students use technology or the Internet ~Culminating activity wraps up the assignment by allowing students time to process what they have learned