I really enjoy working with older students and grades. I decided to look at 6th grade language arts core since I am currently in a 6th grade language arts class for my practicum. I found ways to incorporate writing skills and some social studies into my webquest.
For my webquest, I want to do something with Rick Riordan's The Lightening Thief (sorry I don't know how to underline it). In my 6th grade class, the students had read this book all together at the beginning of the year. In my class, I would read this book with my students. For their webquest I would have them research about the different Gods and Goddesses in Ancient Greece (especially those mentioned in the book). Then my students would decide which God they would want to be their parent. They will then write an imaginative story where they are a hero at camp half-blood and write about how they are claimed by their parent.
I am excited to get working on this!
Love it! But of course I love Greek Mythology. There are so many Gods and Goddesses they can choose from, I think you should have links for all of them, because they are all so cool.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea and it will be fun as well! I just ordered the series from Scholastic and can't wait to read them this summer!!!!!
ReplyDeleteDarcy this idea it is so awesome! I absolutely love that book! I need to find out how I can get the second one and read it. Have you seen the movie? I'm wondering if it's good or not because I haven't had the chance to see it yet. When you finish your webquest if you practicum teacher lets you, you should try it out with your class and let us know how it goes.
ReplyDeletethat sounds like a really engaging topic. I think your main challenge is going to be finding enough reputable sources that are at the sixth grade reading level. It might be wise to limit the gods to fixe or so of the most famous ones.
ReplyDelete