Friends of Literacy

• Introductory activity: As members of the Friends of Literacy committee, your group of three students will need to choose one author to invite to the luncheon. Groups will list books they have read written by group selected author. Students should have read at least 1 book written by their selected author. The teacher will introduce the instructional activity and set the stage for up coming learning tasks. She will set expectations for learners (group dynamics, technology management, etc.) As a class students and the teacher will discuss and set grading elements for rubrics.
• Instructional activities: Students will complete the following tasks: Your group will wants to choose an author that people will be willing to buy tickets to meet and that another group has not chosen. For the purpose of this "luncheon", the author can be living anywhere or not even alive. Choose from among the following: Your group will have to research the author selected, write an introduction to be read at the luncheon, create a PowerPoint presentation of books written by your author, and create a poster/flyer on 8" by 11" paper to advertise that author's attendance at the luncheon.
• Wrap up/culminating activity: Author Luncheon (Presentations)
Each team will attend the class "Authors' Luncheon" with one member of your group pretending to be the author, one member giving the introduction, and one member will present powerpoint presentation.
In conclusion, each team would have learned about their favorite author and what makes him/her worth reading.
The rubric will evaluate the final product and process based on a teacher/student (Sample rubrics are provided below) created rubric as well as a self evaluation. The grading criteria will include but not limited to quality of writing, poster assessment, presentation, and group cohesiveness. Rubrics will be developed before the webquest begins and finalized for distribution day 1 of the project.