Introduction
This webquest is exciting and fun because we will be exploring the world of Harry Potter!
Welcome: Harry Potter Webquest
Description: Harry Potter is an extraordinary boy who is unaware of how important he is. We will be joining him on his adventure into a magical world where he will encounter many mysterious characters and creatures.
Grade Level: 4
Curriculum: English / Language Arts
Task
The tasks will be:
**Research character information
**Explore Hogwarts
**Learn about the author and write a short biography about her.
Process
Students will be researching different characters to build a biography of their lives.
Students can use the links provided for information in order to create their projects and to explore Hogwarts.
http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Character biography page
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/j-k-rowling Two links for author biography
http://www.biographyonline.net/writers/j_k_rowling.html
https://youtu.be/3zKidngYrdg Video tour of Hogwarts school
Evaluation
Students will be evaluated based on their biography presentations using the rubric from Rubistar as a guide.
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=2562092&
Research Report : Harry Potter Character Bio Research Project
| CATEGORY | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Organization | Information is very organized with well-constructed paragraphs and subheadings. | Information is organized with well-constructed paragraphs. | Information is organized, but paragraphs are not well-constructed. | The information appears to be disorganized. 8) |
| Quality of Information | Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples. | Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples. | Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given. | Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic. |
| Paragraph Construction | All paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence. | Most paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence. | Paragraphs included related information but were typically not constructed well. | Paragraphing structure was not clear and sentences were not typically related within the paragraphs. |
| Mechanics | No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. | Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors | A few grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors. | Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. |
| Internet Use | Successfully uses suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance. | Usually able to use suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance. | Occasionally able to use suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance. | Needs assistance or supervision to use suggested internet links and/or to navigate within these sites. |
| Sources | All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented in the desired format. | All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but a few are not in the desired format. | All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but many are not in the desired format. | Some sources are not accurately documented. |
Conclusion
Reading and researching can be a fun and useful skill to build our knowledge.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is a great book to read and a great introduction to begin conducting research about the characters and the author.
We hope this webquest has been interesting as an introduction for conducting a research project!