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This WebQuest was developed after my students finished reading several  true animal rescue stories.  Their interest and enthusiasm in the topic motivated me to encourage them to write their own stories.
The following South Carolina Curriculum Standards are covered in this WebQuest.
Language Arts:
4-W1.1 Demonstrate the ability to chose a topic, generate ideas, and use oral and written prewriting strategies
.4-W1.4  Demonstrate the ability to revise writing for clarity, sentence variety, precise vocabulary, and effective phrasing through collaboration, conferencing, and self evaluation.
4-W1.3  Demonstrate the ability to develop an extended response around a central idea, using relevant supporting details.
4-W1.5  Demonstrate the ability to edit for language conventions such as spelling, capitalization, punctuation, agreement, sentence structure, and word usage.
4-W2.2  Demonstrate the ability to use writing to learn, entertain, and describe.
 Technology:                                                
1. Use keyboards and other common input and output devices (including adaptive devices when necessary) efficiently and effectively.
2. Discuss common uses of technology in daily life and advantages and disadvantages those uses provide.
3. Discuss basic issues related to responsible use of technology and information; and describe personal consequences of inappropriate use.
4. Use general purpose productivity tools and peripherals to support personal productivity, to remediate skill deficits, and to facilitate learning throughout the curriculum.
5. Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom.
6. Use telecommunications efficiently and effectively to access remote information and communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning and for pursuit of personal interests.
7. Use telecommunications and on-line resources (e.g., email, online discussions, Web environments) to participate in collaborative problem-solving activities to develop solutions or products for audiences inside and outside the classroom.
8. Use technology resources (e.g., calculators, data collection probes, videos, educational software) for problem-solving, self-directed learning, and extended learning activities.
9. Determine when technology is useful and select the appropriate tool(s) and technology resources to address a variety of tasks and problems.
10. Evaluate the accuracy, relevance, appropriateness, comprehensiveness, and bias of electronic information sources.
         

Special thanks to Paul Irwin, my instructor, who is clearly going directly to heaven.  You are a saint! Many thanks also to my buddy, Brenda Chilton, for the laughs and help with this Quest.
Six Traits of Writing - This site will take you to the assessment page for writing conventions.


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