Poetry Center Webquest

Introduction
Task
Process
Information Sources
Evaluation
Conclusions
Resources

Introduction:

Poetry is all around you. It is in the songs you listen to and sing. It is in the commercials that try to sell you things, it’s on boxes and circles around foxes. Language is poetry.
Poetry can make you cry, think, chuckle, or hoot with laughter. Poets can tease, warn, describe, teach, or tell stories. It's all up to the poets to make their words sing!

Task:

Imagine you are completing a book of poetry with your favorite poets. You need to put the book together with some of your favorite poems and some of your own poems. The book will be bound together and shared during Poetry Centers and with families.

Book will include: 5 or more poems from at least two different poets
3 or more originals or rewrites of favorite poems
Binding process

Process:

You will work with a friend to search for poetry, read, and share together. You may use any of the websites listed below by just clicking on the site. You may use any of the poetry books found in the library or classroom. All poems in the Poetry Collection will need to be printed by the computer. Your teacher can help you cut and paste to a file or use Word to produce your original poems.

When ready for binding, see Mrs. Mallon for help.

Information Source:

Enjoy many different poetry styles and poets on these links:

Kristine George audio poems: http://www.kristinegeorge.com/for_students.html

KidzPage - poetry for kids: http://www.veeceet.com/index.html

Monthly Poems: http://www.ongoing-tales.com/SERIALS/oldtime/POETRY/

Poems for Children, Ballads, Rhymes: http://www.cswnet.com/~erin/child.htm

Jack Prelutsky and other favorite poets: http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/

Funny poems and how to write them: http://poetry4kids.com/

Evaluation

The following rubric will help you decide if you met the goals of the publishing.

Criteria	1	2	3	4
Finished product followed set criteria for poems	Did not follow criteria for number of poems	Minimally followed criteria	Selected 5 poems and wrote 3 poems	Exceeded the minimum
Demonstrate use of appropriate descriptive words	Poor choice of descriptive words	Used descriptive words on limited basis	Good attempt at use of descriptive words, used inconsistently	Superior word choice and use of adjectives
Creativity and originality	Minimal expression of creative and original thought	Some expression of creative and original thought	Some interesting expression of creative and original thought	Exceptional expression of creative and original thought
Follow WebQuest directions correctly	Did not follow directions	Somewhat followed directions	Followed directions with few mistakes	Followed all directions correctly
Binding	Loose papers	Stapled with a cover	Plastic binding spin	Soft cover binding

Conclusions

Wow! You are now a published poet. Your poetry is bound together with your favorites. Keep your book forever.

Resources

These sites and resources helped me build this website.

"WebQuest in Our Future, The Teacher's Role in Cyberspace," Kathy Schrock
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/webquest/buildingblocks.html

"Show Us Your Style," Candice Minsey, Karen Lilly, Allyson Ferguson >http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/poetry/

This site is authored by Beth Mallon, Blue Mountain Union School, Wells River, Vermont