Tuesdays with Morrie: A WebQuest for 12th Grade Communication Arts

This assignment is for use after students have read the book Tuesdays with Morrie.  The intended audience is 12th grade special education students in a Communication Arts classroom.  Many students by this age/grade level have lost someone they know to death or have had some form of crisis which has helped them to grow in spirit and knowledge.

Missouri Performance Standards which are addressed in this assignment include:

Goals 1-4

Missouri Communication Arts Knowledge Standards which are addressed in this assignment include:

1. speaking and writing standard English

3. reading and evaluating nonfiction works and materials

4. writing informally

5. comprehending and evaluating the content and artistic aspects of oral presentations

6. participating in formal and informal presentations and discussions of issues and ideas

RESOURCES:

A computer for each pair of students

A copy of Tuesdays with Morrie for every student

A minimum of 4 class periods: 1 day to read through the webquest and discuss the assignment, 2 days for partners to collect dates, review the book, make the diary entries and then discuss them, and 1 day for the class discussion

CREDITS:

Thank you to Ginger Murphy for her technical support on this WebQuest. 

This WebQuest was based on a template from zWebQuest and The WebQuest Page where the design pattern for Diaries was used.

http://www.zunal.com

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/designpatterns/PD/webquest.htm

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