Surviving the Catskills WebQuest

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Visit the TeacherWeb® videos to learn about the features, modifications, and customizations available on your website. Click here to learn more. Process small medium large Aren't you excited to begin your adventure? Here are a list of steps to get you off to a great start! Remember you will be reading your book My Side of the Mountain throughout this Web Quest. Remember to follow all of the activities in order. If you follow the directions you will have the best experience in creating your Survival Guide. Remember your fellow campers are counting on you to help them prepare for their journey! STEP 1: Meet with your group and decide which role each person will take on. The descriptions of each role and their assignments are located on different role pages. Fill out the role sheet and put it in your binder. You will have group projects to complete as well as individual projects. Your links will be located under each role page for individual assignments and there is also a link page for group projects. STEP 2: You need to familiarize yourself with the Catskill Mountains. Visit the Group Project page to complete your first group project. STEP 3: Next you will need to learn a little bit about where your campers will be traveling. Visit the Group Project page to complete Project 2. STEP 4: Pretend you are each one of the campers. You will each keep a journal of daily events. This will be made up by you based on what you have learned(One entry per group of chapters read) The entry should be written by you …..in first person point of view. Pretend you are in the Catskills when you write your entries. These entries will be written in your white booklets. A well written journal will be full of feelings as well as connections to the story. This project will be completed independently. You will have some questions to respond to after each group of chapters are read which will be located in the Journal Question page. This activity must be completed after each group of chapters are read. STEP 5: Words! Words! Words! Your campers will need to know important words or terms in order to survive. Please visit the Group Project page for project #3. STEP 6: Throughout this Web Quest you will be reading the story My Side of the Mountain. Your teacher will assign the times for each chapter to be read. It is important that you follow the order in the Process page and complete each reading before you move onto the next step. Read pages chapters 1, 2 and 3(pages 3-24) before you complete STEP 7. Complete your first Journal Entry.Visit Journal Questions. STEP 7: Read chapters 4, 5 and 6 (pages 25-40).Where will your campers live and sleep? This is where you will use your imagination to create something to help your fellow campers. Visit Group Projects for Project #4. There will not be a Journal Entry for these chapters. STEP 8: Read chapters 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 (pages 41-68). Complete your Journal Entry. Visit Journal Questions. STEP 8: Go Visit your roles and begin working on your assignments. Good luck and have fun! Remember to check back to the Process for each new step. STEP 9: Read chapters 12,13,14, and 15 (pages 68-106)Complete one Journal Entry. Visit Journal Questions. STEP 10: Read chapters 16, 17, 18 and 19 (pages 107-148). Complete one Journal Entry. Visit Journal Questions. STEP 11:Your campers will thank you for helping them get prepared for winter. It's going to be a cold one! Visit Group Projects and complete Project # 5. STEP 12: Research Henry David Thoreau. Vist Group Projects and complete Project # 6. STEP 13: Read chapters 20, 21 and 22(pages 148-177) Complete your final Journal Entry. Visit Journal Questions. STEP 14: Survival is the name of this GAME. Visit Group Projects to complete your very last activity: Project # 7. Automatically clean input to optimize for the web. Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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