Stephen King WebQuest
The Quest
You are a part of a world
renowned journalist team. Your team will be responsible for creating a
presentation for the International Council of Literature recommending Stephen
King for an award. The presentation will have to contain specific details about
King and his works.
Use the internet and
books to gather information. You may present the information gathered any way
your team deems most effective to your classmates. You cannot just copy
and paste your information from the internet in a word document and call it
yours. It must be an original final product, with any quotations properly
cited.
Step
One— Personal Information
What
are 15 interesting new facts you learned about King? Why are they
interesting? Find at least three
personal fears of King. How was King's wife responsible for Carrie
getting finished?
Step Two— Books
List
5 books written by King. Include a short description of each book and a
picture of the book cover.
Step Three— Reading
Read
5 short stories or one novel. Write a
review of each short story or novel.
For
help on writing a review:
http://www.infoplease.com/homework/wsbookreporths.html
Step Four— Movies
Name
at least three movies which were based on Stephen King’s novels. Include a
short description of the movies.
Step Five— Documentation
Compose
a list of all the sites you obtained your information from, and make a
bibliography (which must be turned in with your final project).
Tips on How-To
Write a Proper Bibliography
Step Six— Personal Reflection
Summary Paper
You
will write a one page paper describing your personal reflection to this
project. It should include the reasons why you do or do not feel
personally connected to your author. You should also reflect on the
aspects (parts) of this project that you enjoyed as well as those you did not
like. Think and write about the things you think you did well and those that
you think needed to be improved upon. Click here for some questions to help you get started with
your writing of this assignment.
Step Seven— Presentation
Prior
to the first student presentations the classroom teacher advises students of
the three (3) components (parts) of their presentations.
1.
Manner Presented To Audience: The manner in which you present your
product to the audience (your fellow classmates and teacher.)
Silly,
laughing, giggling and getting distracted during the presentation?
Prepared,
organized, and truly did your best to showcase your product in a meaningful
way?
2 and 3. Attentiveness and Respect: Amount of attentiveness and respectfulness shown to others during their presentations.
Resources
General Information
http://www.stephenking.com/biography_pf.html
- A good printable biography
http://www.macmillanenglish.com/uploadedFiles/stephenKing_ads.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_King
http://www.stephenkingnews.com/
http://people.monstersandcritics.com/archive/peoplearchive.php/Stephen_King/biog
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/sking.htm
Interviews
Amazing
Authors Showcase interview
Amazon
Fishbowl with Bill Maher- Stephen King interview
Short Story Collections
Evaluation
Students will be graded
on the quality of their writing as well as the content of their final project.
Have you revised your writing so that your finished product is reflective of
your best effort? Is the final product and
presentation informative, and does it invoke a curiosity to further explore the
works of the author? Does your book review generate interest in the novel
without giving away too many details of the plot which would destroy the story?
Is the Personal Information section interesting and accurate? Is your final
project visually appealing? A Student
Self Evaluation Assessment is a good way to have students become
responsible for their own learning.
While some students will work in groups of two or more on this WebQuest, the personal refection summary paper must be done
individually.
Conclusion
After completing this
project, you will have learned a lot more about Stephen King and his work than
you knew at the beginning. In addition,
your project will create interest in the King's work and encourage others to
read his works.
You can now continue to
expand your knowledge and find some other horror
authors you'd like to become an expert on.
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