WebQuest+Inquiry_Revised+-+Sandra+Jones

= REVISED ASSIGNMENT =

= Introduction = Publishing House is in trouble! Sales of the company's perennial cash cow, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby have fallen to record lows: it seems that teenagers today don't consider this classic interesting nor relevant. Because of this sales crisis, Scribner has issued a challenge to our literature class: develop a campaign that will encourage your peers to purchase AND read this literary treasure.

=Task = >
 * 1) Your task is to produce a portfolio containing three components. You will share your portfolio (you choose the method: presentation board, skit, PowerPoint, demonstration, etc.,) during a five-minute presentation next week. The possibilities are endless! Group submissions can be in the media of your choosing, so plan your trailers, skits, scene reenactments, SHORT films, murals, brochures, radio spots, flash mobs, web reviews, and more.
 * 1) At the completion of this quest, each student will have made an individual contribution of a reflection essay. Group contributions will include two campaign products and a folder of all notes and drafts.

Process
// Generate ideas for your campaign // || * On which Great Gatsby themes will you base your campaign? o flappers o prohibition o speakeasies o classism // Planning Session // || * Round table discussion: As a group, discuss the possibilities generated by your team. All items have merit, but you will need to decide democratically which two products your team will develop. // Work Session // || * Work Session. Organize, sketch, script, choreograph, film, etc., // Revisions, Practice // || * Finalize your products. Practice your presentation. > = Five-minute presentation = > >
 * || Group Assignment || Individual Assignment ||
 * ** TODAY **
 * How can you make the 1920s relatable to your peers? Consider these elements (but you may use others too):
 * ** Save a draft of your meeting notes with each team member’s name. All drafts must be included in your portfolio. ** || ** Section I of your reflection **
 * What Great Gatsby or 1920 themes do you find relevant to your life?
 * Document your own ideas for the group portfolio, where do your strengths/talents lie?
 * How can your talents contribute to your team's portfolio? ||
 * ** Session I **
 * Consider resources and time.
 * ** Save a draft of your meeting notes with each team member’s name. All drafts must be included in your portfolio. ** || ** Section II of your individual reflection **
 * What did your group decide and why?
 * How did you reach consensus?
 * Where there suggestions that weren't chosen that you particularly liked?
 * If you had unlimited resources (more time and material) which products would you have chosen? Explain. ||
 * ** Session II **
 * ** Save a draft of your meeting notes with each team member’s name. All drafts must be included in your portfolio. ** || * How is your team going to organize its group products?
 * Explain the roles of the team members. How will each of you contribute to the products? ||
 * ** Session III **
 * Save a draft of your meeting notes with each team members name. All drafts must be included in your portfolio. ||^  ||
 * ** Session IV **
 * Presentation Day! ** || *
 * = ** Submit all materials (final and drafts) at the end of your presentation. ** = || ** Section III of your individual reflection—to be completed in class. **
 * After reviewing all of the group presentations, which campaigns stood out? (most creative, most unique, funniest, etc.,)
 * Will these campaigns be effective in encouraging other teens to read The Great Gatsby?
 * ** Place your completed reflection essay in our homework folder. ** ||