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= = Final Course Project: Poetry Webquest

Rationale:
===Students often forget about the literary elements in writing. As an English teacher, I find that having students incorporate these elements is essential to great writing. Having students review and interact with the literary elements can enable them to recall and hopefully better grasp the concepts they struggle with when reviewing for the PSSA exams.===

Objectives: Students will be able to...

 * 1) independently research online to learn more about various poetic devices
 * 2) complete online activities for each of your targeted poetic devices
 * 3) complete an poetry portfolio for each of your targeted devices
 * 4) collaboratively identify all literary devices used in poetry and create an Inspiration graphic organizer.
 * 5) create *(and publish) two original group poems: one using each student’s targeted areas and one original using 3 “other” poetic devices.

Process:
The poetry webquest unit will be designed to take place 3 weeks prior to the PSSA exams in the Spring. The unit will take place approximately 2 weeks of 42 minute class periods. The unit lessons will be broken down in the following fashion: Day 1: Webquest introduced and CPS clicker poetry review given. Student results scored after class and student target areas identified. Day 2: Target areas provided to students and the Process of the webquest is started. Day 3: Individual target area review continued and completed. Days 4 & 5: Personalized poetry portfolios constructed and completed. Day 6: Groups assigned for the collaborative poetry graphic organizer. Students begin by collaborating on a definition for each element in the discussions tab of the wiki. Day 7: Groups will collaborate via the Discussion tab to create a literary elements original examples listing and a list of URL website examples in Steps 2 & 3. Day 8: Groups will work collaboratively to choose the best examples in Step 4 of the Discussion tab and create a graphic organizer in Inspiration of their choices. Day 9 & 10: Students will create 2 original poems based upon their target areas and a free choice poem.
 * Enrichment Provided for students working beyond the pace of their classmates and for the GIEP students.