Web Quest Lesson Plan

Introduction
Students have explored the Big Idea of The Extraordinary and Fantastic. In this lesson, they will read selections that use details to create characters and places that seem real. After reading through these selections, students will write either a poem or paragraph using details to create either an imaginary character or place.

Lesson Description
Students will read selected poems by T.S. Eliot
http://www.spectrum.uni-bielefeld.de/Classes/Summer97/SemGS/WebLex/OldPossum/oldpossumlex/ and an excerpt from a book by Ray Bradbury http://www.raybradbury.com/books/somethingwicked-hc.html. Then students will write either a poem or a paragraph using detail to create either an imaginary character or place.

Instructional Objectives

1. Students will use the Internet as a resource to get information.
2. Students will read some examples of the use of details in creating characters and places.
3. Students will write either a poem or a paragraph using details to create either an imaginary character or place.

Student Web Activity Sample Answer
From far way the tiny house didn’t look like much, but as you got closer, it looked even smaller. The shabbiness of the house seemed to weigh heavily upon it, causing the front porch to sag under the weight of the air and the rusty nails to squeak if you dared to climb the steps. The whitewashed exterior was dulled with the gray of age and neglect, matching the sky of the early autumn afternoon.