Introduction
Welcome to The Freedom Writer's WebQuest! During this activity you will be going into depth with the life of struggling teenagers in the 90's. Travel to Long Beach, California to experience their ways of living, how they slept, how they avoided one another and walked the streets with a loaded gun in their pocket at the age of 14. You as an indivudual will compose a 1 paragraph report off of the research you find including your own thoughts at the end of the paper.
Task
Your task:
- Research a situation in which teenagers were being inspiring/heroic. Explain your thoughts and compose a one paragraph report on why.
- Answer the questions from The Freedom Writer's book and watch the video clip.
- Pick a quote from one of the given sayings and write a few sentences on what you think it means.
Extra Credit: Draw a picture that will inspire someone else. Instead of a mean drawing make it insipirational. Show to teacher for +1 pt.
Process
Lesson One: Each student will watch the video located below and answer the following questions on a lined sheet of paper. Restate the question and answer in complete sentences. Answer honestly!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxkgOpDtx7k
1) Why did the students in Mrs. Gruewell's classroom pass around that paper with the mean drawing of Jamal when they knew his feelings would most likely be hurt? Would you have kept the note going around or would you have stopped it?
2) Why do you think none of the students knew about the Holocaust? Why do you think only the white boy did?
3) If you were in a gang, categorized by skin color, race and religion would you think life would be better without any of the other gangs, or would you want to integrate together?
Lesson 2: Pick out of the articles listed below which you think is the most inspiring and create a one paragraph report on why, your opinions and what you would do in those situations. 5-8 sentences.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/15/justice/pennsylvania-teen-heroes/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-mae-brunson/what-i-have-learned-from-_3_b_4688682.html
http://tribune.com.pk/story/656766/saving-lives-a-teenagers-sacrifice-for-hundreds-of-mothers/
Lesson 3: Pick a quote from below and write a few sentences, (no preference, two or more sentences) on the back of your one paragraph report, on what you think it means. Complete sentences but you do not have to restate the quote.
But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
I was blessed with certain gifts and talents and God gave them to me to be the best person I can be and to have a positive impact on other people.
Evaluation
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EXCELLENT- 5 PTS |
GOOD- 4 PTS |
SATISFACTORY- 3 PTS |
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT- 2 PTS |
UNSATISFACTORY- 1 PT |
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SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE |
Students will make references, in their report, and is descriptive. Obvious they know what they are speaking about. |
Students will make references, in their report, and is descriptive. They seem to know what they are speaking about. |
Students will make references, in their report, but is not descriptive. Not sure if they know what they are speaking about. |
Students will make a half reference, in their report, with little to no detail. |
Students do not refer to activities at all with no detail or sign of background knowledge. |
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GRAMMAR AND SPELLING |
Paragraph has 6-8 sentences, double spaced and uses proper grammar and spelling. |
Paragraph has 6-8 sentences but contains minor spelling and/or grammatical errors. |
Paragraph is 6-8 sentences but contains a few spelling and grammatical errors. However, these errors are not severe enough to inhibit reading. |
Paragraph has 3-6 sentences, double spaced but has a few spelling and grammatical errors that makes it difficult to follow. |
Paragraph has less than 3 sentences and various grammatical errors that make it difficult to follow. |
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ORIGINALITY AND PARTICIPATION |
Student clearly state their own thoughts and not someone else's. They participated through classtime and worked well with the amound of time given. |
Student use a phrase from someone else without quoting or siting sources. Did not use all classtime in an efficient way. |
Student is inbetween: uses classtime poorly and/or does not state their own thoughts clearly in their papers. |
Student was not on task and copied other work with very little changes to the writing. |
Student does not state view point and makes no reference to any examples and gives no descriptions. They were also not on task. |
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COMPLETE |
Student will show that they have extensively researched the assignment and that they have done the activities and put forth thought into and effort into it. |
Student will show that they have sufficiently researched and have put some thought into their report. |
Student will show that they have somewhat researched about the topics and have put some thought into their assignement.
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Students show that they did the bare minimum of research on the paper and show very little thought in their report. |
Student shows that they did very little research, did not read any articles, and shows no originality or thought in their descriptive assignments.
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Conclusion
