Karen Roof
July 8, 2003
|
Course Module Assignment |
This page involves a lesson module designed to improve your students' searching skills in regard to various websites; students are asked to log onto particular sites and to search for specific information.
Objectives:
1. Students will complete a Scavenger Hunt using specific
literature-related websites, in order to answer questions on poets/authors.
2. Students will search specified websites to locate specific information, in order to improve their online searching skills.
3. Students will browse and navigate between numerous websites in order to increase their familiarity with the functioning of URLs and links.
Introduction:
In our booming world of technology it is vital that students
understand and become familiar with the web and the many resources it offers.
To get comfortable navigating amongst various websites, we'll be going on a
short Scavenger Hunt, in search of some important information on a variety of
significant literary figures. Hold onto your hats, and we'll begin our
venture!
Activity:
Our journey will commence at Ketzle.com
where we will learn about America's poet, Robert Frost. We will navigate
then to LiteratureOnline, where
we will find many significant literary figures, including Charles Dickens,
George Orwell and James Joyce. It is here that we will meet the famous
Stephen Crane. From this location, we will travel to
AmericanPoems.com. Here we will
find the homes of a number of significant poets, ranging from T.S. Eliot and
Ralph Waldo Emerson to Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath.
At each of the sites on which we land, it is important to take the time to browse and to explore all of the information available, as this will aid in our quest to complete the Scavenger Hunt! The more familiar we are with the various sites, and the more comfortable we become traveling to and from each location, the more quickly we will be able to complete our search.
| Assignment: The following questions contain the information for which we will search during our Scavenger Hunt. After familiarizing yourself with the websites described above, return to each of them and answer the following questions: |
 |
Ketzle.com
1. When is Robert Frost's birthday (month, day and year)?
2. From which poem is the quote "All poetry is a reproduction of the tones
of actual speech?"
3. Complete the phrase "O hushed October morning _________.
| Literature Online 1. Locate Stephan Crane on the above website (Hint: Search for authors). 2. At what 2 colleges/universities did Crane study? 3. Was Crane a romantic or a naturalist author? 4. What is the last sentence in Chapter 2 of The Red Badge of Courage? |
 |
AmericanPoems.com
1. What was the title of the poem of the day on July 4, 2002?
2. How many of the poets featured on this site are women?
3. Who wrote the poem "Little Tree?"
After locating all of the required information for your Scavenger Hunt, select a topic in which you are interested from one of the above websites. Using further information from that website, or your own internet search, write a one-page report on the topic of your choice.
Be sure to include the URLs of any websites from which you obtain information about your topic.
Rubric
| All information successfully located (i.e.
questions answered correctly and completely.
|
50pts. |
| Well-developed and informative one-page report, with the inclusion of a catchy introduction, at least three detailed topic paragraphs and a well-stated conclusion. Be sure to proofread for spelling/grammar errors. | 50pts. |
| Report typed. | 5 extra credit pts. |
| Inclusion of graphics. | 5 extra credit pts. |
Resources for Further Learning:
RobertFrost.org -
http://www.robertfrost.org/indexgood.html
PoemHunter - http://poemhunter.com
PoetryConnection -
http://forum.poetryconnection.net