Learners
This web quest is for 5th grade students in a bilingual (Spanish/English) class in the United States. Although any class, including older students, may use the web quest, it is specifically designed for 5th graders in a Philadelphia charter/public school with a Spanish/English bilingual program.
Before beginning the web quest, the students should form groups of four. Each student will assume one role in their group for the web quest.
Student roles for the Web Quest:
Historian
Keep a folder with all of the group’s work including “Write on Rights” task pages
Write a summary paragraph after each day’s work recording what you group
accomplished and any major decision. Keep group members' individual task logs
and all group rubrics and logs.
Recorder
Write your group’s ideas on the “Write on Rights” task pages. Write your group's
ideas for the Senator's letter and a draft of the final letter.
Reporter
Keep your teacher informed about your group's progress. If the teacher would
like your group to present, you present your group's progress, ideas and findings.
Editor/Quality Control
You will read the "Write on Rights" task pages as well as the letter to a senator. You are responsible to "clean up" all assignments and make sure all work is of the best quality. You will type the final version of the letter to a senator.
Following the web quest, groups will maintain a wiki/blog.
Student Roles for Wiki / Blog
Everyone will help write the summary, list sources, group or individual positions and possible action for the Wiki / Blog. You should change roles every few times you post.
(1) Build consensus (help group select a topic/issue and either pick a position or decide on different positions for a post on Wiki/Blog; write issue/topic and summary)
(2) Write post on Wiki/Blog (write sources, positions, possible action)
(3) Write post to one other team’s Wiki/Blog
(4) Write post to one other team’s Wiki/Blog