QuestGarden Lesson

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Here is a description of my WebQuest lesson and the challenges I faced while putting it together. I explained what the lesson was about and went over some terms the students needed to know in order to do the lesson.

Do you like to read poems that rhyme? If you do, then you will love this WebQuest activity. If you don't, then get ready to be amazed about how exciting it is to learn about poetry.

A poem uses figurative language and is written in lines that often use rhyme and rhythm. Rhyme is the occurrence of same end rhymes in the lines of a poem. Another important part about poetry is finding the rhyme scheme. Rhyme scheme can be described by using letters to represent the rhyming sounds at the end of lines. For example, every new stanza (line) begins with "A".

As you work through this WebQuest, you will learn how to create your own poem and hopefully be able to teach others about rhyme scheme as you share your work with them.

When I first began this WebQuest my thought was, “Oh my word! What have I got myself into?” I honestly felt like I had no idea what I was supposed to do. Then I realized, “How am I supposed to know what to do when I have never heard about this or done anything like this.” It was at that point I started to relax because I knew I was probably not the only one feeling like this. Once I got over initial shock of how to do the assignment, I sat down and began brainstorming on what I wanted to focus on. I also had the help of a teacher whose room I visit throughout the day. She really helped me pull all my ideas together and gave me some wonderful books with poems in them for me to read. I guess the only real challenge I faced was pulling all my ideas together to come up with a good lesson. Once I got started with my WebQuest it was self explanatory. When I would get to a point where I was not sure what to do, I clicked on the “Advise” button and it told me how I needed to do that part. I am so thankful for the “Advise” button. I had to use it a lot! I also looked over some other WebQuest lessons to use some of the wording and to make sure I was doing mine correctly. Actually, when it was all said and done, I really enjoyed doing this activity. I learned so much about WebQuest, and now I know how to set up lessons using it.