Webquest Plan - Rosario Correa

WORKING WITH A WEBQUEST

PROFESORA MARÍA DEL ROSARIO CORREA FERREIRA

BELLA UNIÓN, ARTIGAS URUGUAY

Lesson Plan 16th September 2009 High school: Francisco Bauzá. Group: 4° 13 Time allotted: 35 minutes. Objetives: • To make students aware of a growing problem as it is the disappearance of rainforests. • To put into practice ICTs. • To provide students with a learning tool that engages them in the learning process as “digital natives” Assumptions: Students have worked with places and rainforests and know about the topic. Anticipated problems: 1- Technological support may not work. 2- The system may be working too slowly and it may take time to log in. Possible solutions: 1-The teacher will replace the work with computers by worksheets with the necessary material for students taken from the links prepared for the lesson. 2- The teacher will take advantage of students’ prior knowledge to answer the key question. Materials: Computers lab, board, students’ sheet, pen drive. Stage timing Introductio n 5’

Procedure

Objective

The teacher sets the situation to the students: our planet has an extremely big problem. Do you know which the problem is? Why are rainforest disappearing? Do you think we can save the rainforest? The teacher writes on the board key vocabulary and explains their meaning.

To draw students’ attention and inspire them into action.

To introduce vocabulary students will need

Scenario 1’

Task 1’

Resources

Process 15’

The teacher tells the students to imagine they are ecowarriors and they have to convince other people to save the rainforest. The teacher tells the students they are going to surf the net to find necessary information about what is happening with rainforest to build a poster/leaflet. The students are asked to visit these links: www.srl.caltech.edu/personel/.. . http://kids.mongabay.com/

understand to do the task. To set them into the situation. To make students aware of the problem. To surf the internet for information.

Teacher asks the students to complete a fact file using the information obtained in the link.

To guide the learners through the task using the links given.

After students have completed the fact file the teacher checks the information they have found completing a fact file stuck on the board. The teacher states the rubric in the students’ sheet.

To check students work.

7’

Evaluation Conclusion 5’

The teacher says: remember we have to do something to save the rainforest. Our planet needs us, don’t forget it.

STUDENTS’ SHEET

To assess students on their work. To give a closure to the webquest.

1- Scenario Imagine you are an eco-warrior and you have to convince people to save rainforests. 2- Task Surf the internet and find information to do a poster/leaflet about saving rainforests. Use these links: http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/where .html http://kids.mongabay.com/

Complete this fact file with information that will help you to do the task. What is a rainforest?

Where are they?

Find 3 reasons why they are important.

EVALUATION

What animals can you find in a rainforest?

RUBRIC Searching information

A

B

C

You found information without problem

You didn’t find any information without help

Use of resources

You used the resources appropriately

You had some problems searching information You had some problems

Group work

Active participation within the group Correct grammar and vocabulary and good selection of pictures or drawings

Report poster/leaflet

Little participation within the group Some grammar mistakes. Some essential pictures or drawings missing

You copied all information from the link without selection No participation at all Many grammar and vocabulary mistakes. Did not add pictures or drawings

Rosario Correa

is a teacher who has been working in Secondary Schools in Bella Union, Uruguay, for almost twenty years. The above plan was shared with teachers of English at the last “Sala Departamental” held in Artigas, on Friday, 25th September, 2009.