The Crucible Webquests, PowerPoints & Essays Arthur Miller’s By: Margaret T. Maher Engl 613 Prof. Kutz Summer 2010

Overview ~ This Final Project is meant to incorporate three types of technology presented in class: WebQuests, PowerPoints, & class websites. ~ With this technology, students will develop their character analysis skills, their oral communication and presentation skills, and finally their writing process skills.

Goals For WebQuest Part I: Characterization Students will research textual evidence to build up and support their opinions of a specific character. Students will research textual evidence to build up and support their opinions of a specific character. Students will complete online literary research to add more weight and legitimacy to their argument. Students will complete online literary research to add more weight and legitimacy to their argument. Students will develop their technology skills, accurately and in an innovative fashion, design a PowerPoint Presentation that will illuminate their classmates about a specific character. Students will develop their technology skills, accurately and in an innovative fashion, design a PowerPoint Presentation that will illuminate their classmates about a specific character. Students will present in a peer group all the information gathered, honing their presentation skills and oral communication Students will present in a peer group all the information gathered, honing their presentation skills and oral communication

WebQuest I: Characterization- Excerpts from the Process 1. Begin by re-reading your notes on Direct and Indirect Characterization. Direct and Indirect CharacterizationDirect and Indirect Characterization - (Notice the Hypertext, directing the students to the class website where the notes have been uploaded) 2. The Literary Luminary is meant to research 3 quotations from the play: one direct, and two indirect. Include page numbers and the proper MLA formatted citation. proper MLA formatted citation.proper MLA formatted citation. - (Notice the Hypertext here connecting the students to an outside resource to verify the required MLA formatted citation.)

Goals For WebQuest Part II: Writing an Essay Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of theme in a literary work and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of theme in a literary work and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students will demonstrate improvement in organization, content, paragraph development, level of detail, style, tone, and word choice (diction) in their compositions after revising them. Students will demonstrate improvement in organization, content, paragraph development, level of detail, style, tone, and word choice (diction) in their compositions after revising them. - from Massachusetts State Standards Massachusetts State StandardsMassachusetts State Standards

Class Website: Class Files Sample Files: Sample Files: Parents, Missing Open House? Watch This! Parents, Missing Open House? Watch This! - a PowerPoint Presentation of parents who couldn’t attend Open House September Monthly Calendar September Monthly Calendar - In case any student loses his calendar, or a parent wants to know what & when assignments are due. The Crucible Essay: Sample Body Paragraph The Crucible Essay: Sample Body Paragraph - Students can access a sample paragraph to help mirror its success in their own writing.

Goals For Class Website Class WebsiteClass Website Students will have ready access to class notes, calendars, assignments, and files. Students will have ready access to class notes, calendars, assignments, and files. The website is available for parents, Special Education Liaisons and Guidance Counselors to access. The website is available for parents, Special Education Liaisons and Guidance Counselors to access. Students will take responsibility to visit the website, check assignments and complete those assignments. Students will take responsibility to visit the website, check assignments and complete those assignments. Students will be trained in the technology needed to utilize the website properly, thus assisting them in how to appropriately use the Internet as a resource. Students will be trained in the technology needed to utilize the website properly, thus assisting them in how to appropriately use the Internet as a resource.

Why This Technology? WebQuest Multimodual Texts Multimodual Texts Hypertext Design & Use Hypertext Design & Use Independent research Independent research Time Management & Responsibility Time Management & Responsibility Access to all notes, sample pieces, & rubrics Access to all notes, sample pieces, & rubrics PowerPoint Collaboration Efforts Oral Presentation Skills How to depict key ideas Class Website Self-Motivation to access notes & supplementary resources Proper Internet Usage (as a Tool, not just a toy) Post questions & check notes

Conclusion By incorporating three different types of technology into my unit plans, I am working to follow the dictates of Kadjer, which remind we teachers that we are helping to guide and instruct students to innovative about “tomorrow,” and to be open-minded about literature and life.