Teacher Process
This webquest activity will take place over several days, as it will take students time to read and research the fairy tales, develop their arguments or compromises, discuss their learning as a group, and create their final writing piece.
Step 1:
Read The True story of the 3 little pigs by A. Wolf; as told to Jon Scieszka to gain an awareness of how multiple perspectives can be used in fairy tales. Have a discussion with the class.
Step 2:
Assign your students into groups of three and assign each group to one fairy tale. You can do this by either drawing the tokens provided in the resource section or by using real tangible items for the students to draw. The tangible items can be anything to represent the fairy tales used in this activity e.g. a toy ship for faithful john.
Step 3:
Allow sufficient time for students to research the fairy tale, work as a group and independently to produce their arguments/compromise, and to produce their final piece.
Note: Several activity sheets are provided in the process section that students will need to complete their task. You, as the teacher, can decide to print these out yourself or to give the responsibility to the students.
Step 4:
Observe each group/student as they work through their task. Make sure students are focused and on the right track with their work. Keep communication open with your students to make sure their groups are working well together, they're completing their tasks on time, and are making their own contributions to the group learning process.
Step 5:
Have a discussion with each group about their brainstorming for each role before they write their final piece. This is to guide the student's work not to determine correctveness or lead responses.
Step 6:
Determine process of final presentation. This can include students participating in a mock trial, presenting their arguments/compromise to the class, or passing in their work as a final paper.
Step 7:
Print out self evaluation and teacher evaluation (see resource section) to distribute to students. Use the grading rubric provided in the resource section when grading each student's work. The teacher can also provide comments to the students on their effectiveness in the group learning process.
Step 8:
Review all the different forms of evaluation before assigning a final grade. When evaluation is completed sign a congratulations certificate (included in student process section) for each student.