Who is your hero?

Introduction


The book and movie 'The Freedom Writers' sends a very strong messege to people everywhere. The story of highschool students that live in Long Beach, California is very inspiring to everyone because these students learned to look past race and get to know one another for the person they are. These students are heroes because they were told that they cannot interact with anyone outside of their racial group, but they did and they made a real difference. 

Task

In this webquest, you will learn about the Freedom Writers by answering questions. Also, you will think about how you can make a difference in your community. This will be done by writing a 2 paragraph essay. Finally, you will complete a wordsearch. 

Process


Lesson 1

  • Answer questions in a google doc. 
  • Find and research a person who is making a difference in their community, and answer these1) What does this person do in their community that creates a chain reaction of good deeds for others to follow? 

2) Does this person do good for the environment or for 

people living in their community? 

3) Does the Freedom Writers story relate to you in any way? Explain

Lesson 24) Have you ever judged someone based on thier looks and became friends with them?

  • Write a 2 paragraph essay about something that you have done that you feel has really made a difference. Give details!

Lesson 3

  • Complete this wordsearch  

 

Evaluation


Lesson 1: Each of the 4 questions will be worth 2 points, for a total of 8 points. 

Lesson 2: Answer the assesment question in full detail and the essay is a full 2 paragraphs. 

 

Criteria

4 – Advance

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3 – Proficient

2 – Progressing

1 – Non Proficient

Mechanics

  • Writer makes no error

  • s in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.

  • Needs little or no editing

  • Good word choice

  • Writer makes 1-2 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.

  • Needs editing but doesn’t distract from reading

  • Good word choice

  • Writer makes 3-5  errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.

  • Needs editing

  • Decent word choice

  • Writer makes more than 5 errors in grammar or spelling that distracts from understanding/communication

  • Needs major editing

  • Poor word choice

Content

  • There is one clear, well-focused topic.

  • Main idea stands out and is supported by detailed information.

  • Topic sentence is well written

  • The conclusion sentence is well written and sums up the paragraph.

  • Main idea is clear, but the supporting information is general.

  • Attempts topic sentence

  • Conclusion attempts to sum up the paragraph

  • Main idea is somewhat clear, but there is a need for more supporting information.

  • Topic sentence is poorly written

  • Poor attempt at conclusion

  • The main idea is not clear. There is a seemingly random collection of information.

  • No topic sentence

  • No conclusion.

Lesson 3: Find all words in the wordsearch 

Conclusion


Congratulations! You have now completed this webquest! Now that you have completed an essay about what you can do to help improve your 

community, you can

 actually make a difference in your community.