Teacher Information
This lesson was developed as part of Missouri's eMINTS Project (enhancing Missouri's Instructional Networked Teaching Strategies). Each year my students
 struggle in identifying genres. This WebQuest was written for third grade students.

During this lesson, students will investigate genres. This lesson is a performance task requiring students to learn in cooperative groups and may take two to three weeks to complete. They will work in cooperative groups and become experts on the genre they are assigned. After their research is complete, the groups will have to teach their new knowledge to the rest of the class using PowerPoint. Then, each student will have to chose a genre they want to write about and turn the published story into a digital story.

 
 ISTE Standards Addressed (International Society for Technology in Education)
1. Creativity and Innovation
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students
a. apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes
b. create original works as a means of personal or group expression

2. Communication and Collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students
a. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.
b. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.

3. Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students
a. plan strategies to guide inquiry.
b. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
c. evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.
d. process data and report results



Missouri Grade Level Expectations
Reading

CA.3.R.2.A           Locate and: apply information in title, table of contents and glossary; recognize the text features of fiction in grade-level text.

CA.3.R.2.C           Use details from text to: make inferences about setting, character traits and problem and solution; make predictions; draw conclusions; compare and contrast characters and changes in problems and settings; identify the narrator; identify cause and effect; identify events from the beginning , middle, and end; identify author’s purpose.

CA.3.R.1.F           Apply pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension: access prior knowledge; preview, predict; set a purpose for reading.

CA.3.R.1.H           Apply post-reading skills to identify and explain the relationship between the main idea and supporting details: question to clarify; reflect; analyze; draw conclusions; summarize; paraphrase.

Writing

CA.3.W.1.A         Follow a writing process to: independently use a simple graphic organizer in prewriting; generate a draft; routinely reread and revise work; routinely edit and proofread for capitalization and ending punctuation; independently publish writing.

CA.3.W.3.A         Write narrative text that contains: a beginning, a middle and an end; relevant details to develop the main idea; a clear controlling idea; precise and descriptive language.

Listening and Speaking

CA.3.LS.1.B         Demonstrate listening behaviors (e.g., prepare to listen, listen without interruptions, maintain eye contact).

CA. 3.LS.2.A        Speak clearly, stay on topic and use appropriate volume and pace when sharing ideas.

CA.3.IL.2.A          Identify intended messages conveyed through oral and visual media.