TOPIC: Fairytales Webquest
Preservice Teacher: Sandy Ball, Catey Makoul, Jackie Ngo and Kelsey Ruch
Grade Level/Subject: 5th Grade/Fairytale Unit
SECTION ONE: Identifying all standards and objectives--
PA Standards
R5.A.1.3.1: Make inferences and/or draw conclusions based on information from text.
1.4.5.A: Write poems, multi-paragraph stories, and plays.
Include detailed descriptions of people, places, and things.
Include literary elements and devices.
1.5.5.B: Develop content appropriate for the topic.
Gather, organize, and select the most effective information appropriate for the topic, task, and audience.
Write paragraphs that have a topic sentence and supporting details
Learning objectives
SECTION TWO: Identifying method(s) of assessment and point of use throughout lesson--
Assessment before instruction: Ask students to define a fairytale (to discover students’ background information).
Assessment during instruction: Teacher will have mini conferences with each group at appropriate time during writing workshop.
Assessment after instruction: The teacher will grade their final project based on the rubric.
SECTION THREE: Identifying the learning activities/instructional strategies and details as to how the lesson will be carried out--
Time Frame: Five 40-minute class periods
Lesson Details:
Their task is to research what a fairytale is and the specific fairytale that their group has been assigned (all information is provided on website).
The students will then need to create a fractured fairytale based off of the first fairytale they researched.
Teacher should have an example of a finished fractured fairytale to show to the students. The teacher should
demonstrate the steps he/she took (on the project); how to log on to the website, what different links they went to, the different steps he/she took (research, graphic organizer #1, graphic organizer #2, draft, final copy), and a final
product.
Transition:
Preservice Teacher: Sandy Ball, Catey Makoul, Jackie Ngo and Kelsey Ruch
Grade Level/Subject: 5th Grade/Fairytale Unit
SECTION ONE: Identifying all standards and objectives--
PA Standards
R5.A.1.3.1: Make inferences and/or draw conclusions based on information from text.
1.4.5.A: Write poems, multi-paragraph stories, and plays.
Include detailed descriptions of people, places, and things.
Include literary elements and devices.
1.5.5.B: Develop content appropriate for the topic.
Gather, organize, and select the most effective information appropriate for the topic, task, and audience.
Write paragraphs that have a topic sentence and supporting details
Learning objectives
- Students will be able to create a modern take on a classic fairytale.
- Students will be able to identify core elements by reading/observing several versions of their assigned fairy tale.
SECTION TWO: Identifying method(s) of assessment and point of use throughout lesson--
Assessment before instruction: Ask students to define a fairytale (to discover students’ background information).
Assessment during instruction: Teacher will have mini conferences with each group at appropriate time during writing workshop.
Assessment after instruction: The teacher will grade their final project based on the rubric.
SECTION THREE: Identifying the learning activities/instructional strategies and details as to how the lesson will be carried out--
Time Frame: Five 40-minute class periods
Lesson Details:
- Begin by asking students to define fairytales (to see what background knowledge students have on the subject)
- After discovering what the students know, introduce the webquest.
Their task is to research what a fairytale is and the specific fairytale that their group has been assigned (all information is provided on website).
The students will then need to create a fractured fairytale based off of the first fairytale they researched.
Teacher should have an example of a finished fractured fairytale to show to the students. The teacher should
demonstrate the steps he/she took (on the project); how to log on to the website, what different links they went to, the different steps he/she took (research, graphic organizer #1, graphic organizer #2, draft, final copy), and a final
product.
- Once the students are all informed, allow them to get started. For students to begin they need access to a computer, so either have them go to the computer lab, reserve laptops, or have the students use the classroom computers. The students are to begin by researching their fairytale, which is available on the webquest website.
- Students will then be broken into groups of four groups. Once students are in these groups, they should assign the different tasks amongst themselves. For example, three students could read and research the stories, two could record, and one could provide the illustrations.
- The students should read their assigned fairytale once for enjoyment and then a second time to fill out a graphic organizer.
- Students will need to identify the title, characters, setting, plot, and resolution (who, what, where, when, why, and how).
- Once students complete their graphic organizer, they will complete a second graphic organizer for the fractured fairytale that they must create. (This is to help students outline their fractured fairytale.)
- When the students have a good idea of what they are doing for their fractured fairytale, they will conference with the teacher to make sure they are doing everything correctly.
- After conferencing with the teacher, students will begin writing their fractured fairytale draft on the computer.
- Once they are finished, they will submit it to the teacher, who will revise it, and then the students will make corrections for their final copy.
- Students will hand in their final copies and the teacher will compile them into a class book.
- As a follow-up activity, students will do a dramatic reading of their fairytales.
Transition:
- Students remain at their seats while the teacher explains the webquest.
- Students will need to assemble into their groups when they are working on their mission.
- Teacher Example
- Computer Access
- Completed Website
- Erlich, A and Goode, D. "The Random House Book of Fairy Tales".
- Scieszka, J and Smith, L. "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Studpid Tales".
- Berry, J. "The Amaranth Enchanted".
- Crews, N. "Jack and the Beanstalk".
- Ernst, L.C. "Little Red Riding Hood: A Newfangled Prairie Tale".
- Poole, J. and Barrett, A. "Snow White".