Short Story Treasure Hunt and Blog Party
Presented by: Rebecca Buerkett
Subject Area(s):
- K-12: Language Arts
- K-12: Technology
Grade Level(s):
Description:
Eighth grade students will locate and read short stories and essays and will share evaluations with their fellow students using a blog. Students will learn about fair use and copyright as it pertains to online resources, and will learn to use Creative Commons-licensed visual media in presentations.
Goals & Objectives:
Instructional Goals:
- Students will become familiar with the short story and essay collection/anthology genre of literature.
- Students will appreciate the usefulness of social media technology (blogging) for discussing literature and social communication.
- Students will understand the concepts of fair use, copyright, and Creative Commons.
- Students will refresh their MLA citation skills.
Learning objectives:
- Students will locate, read, analyze, and discuss at least three different short stories or essays over the course of the project. Students will write one blog entry per story or essay.
- Students will comment on at least three other blog entries written by their fellow students during the project. Students will demonstrate respect and etiquette when commenting on other students’ blog entries.
- Students will include at least one multimedia element (photo, video, animation, etc.) in each blog entry. Each multimedia element must meet fair use, permission, or Creative Commons-licensing guidelines.
- Students will prepare proper MLA citations for the stories or essays in their blog entries.
Motivational objectives:
- Students will learn to appreciate a new form of literature.
- Students will gain confidence in their ability to evaluate and discuss literature.
- Students will understand the value of social networking technology and will be motivated to apply the technology for their own purposes.
- Students will respect the rights of others to protect their creative works.
Materials:
Materials:
Short story and essay collections and anthologies – enough copies for each student and several extra. If needed, inexpensive, used paperback short story or essay collections could be purchased or borrowed for the project.
Special bookmarks (see attached template) will be placed in each book, identifying them as part of the Short Story Treasure Hunt.
BuILder designed for this lesson: http://www.informationliteracy.org/builder/1848
Procedures:
See attached lesson plan
Assessment:
The learning assessment will be a determination of whether or not the students met the learning objective goals. The students will receive a grading rubric at the beginning of the lesson that will present the learning objectives and grading criteria (see attached). The rubric will be used by the classroom teacher and TL to assess learning.
Supporting Files:
- Bookmarks.doc
- Ships_Log.xls
- BookTreasureHunt_Rubric.doc
- Book_Treasure_Hunt_Lesson_Plan.doc
Standards:
National Information Literacy Standards (K-12)
Uses information accurately and creatively
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Produces and communicates information and ideas in appropriate formats
Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
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Respects the principles of intellectual freedom.
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Respects intellectual property rights.
Participates effectively in groups to pursue and generate information.
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Shares knowledge and information with others.
Information Skills and Subskills (K-16)
Exploration
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Locates and accesses information resources
Organization
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Organizes final information for presentation
Presentation
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Assembles organized information for presentation
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Cites sources appropriately
- Subject: K-12: Language Arts
National Content Standards (K-12)
Writing
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Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process
- Subject: K-12: Technology
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Understands the nature of technological design
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Understands the nature and operation of systems