Susanna+C.+WebQuest+Text

toc = = = = =G.R.A.S.P.S= = = Presentation Rubric: Posture /eye contact, Listen to presenters, stays on topic, preparedness, speaks clearly, content// || =Introduction= Imagine a large crowd of people, fellow students, huddled around Ms. Cooper's bulletin board outside her door. Everyone is cramming in closer to get a better look. Your tired and have just finished up math class with Mrs. Linin. You really want to go home after that grueling lecture on fractions, but feel a little relieved when you remember that you have finished your first draft of the story you are writing in Ms. Cooper's writing class, which is the class you have next. While walking closer towards Ms. Cooper's bulletin board and room, you are thinking about how proud you are of the story you have written, due to the really great plot you created and the figurative language you used to create suspense. Finally, your able to push through the swarm of students (who are whispering about some contest while looking at the board) and discover why they are all so interested. Posted on the board is a letter, printed in large font. You begin to read the letter...................
 * Goal || // The goal is for the students to understand how to lay out the plot of a story, dissecting it and understanding the sequence of events and the reason behind them. Students will understand what conflict and climax are. In addition, the students will understand how figurative language is a key part of how a story comes alive and transforms a dull sentence into a well written, descriptive one. Students will incorporate these newly learned skills into their final story and movie trailer. // ||
 * Role || //You will be the star, film maker, producer, and script writer.// ||
 * Audience || //The Warner Brothers panel of judges will be your audience, and the public if your trailer wins! ( your peers and teachers will be your panel of judges when presenting the trailer to the class).// ||
 * Setting || //No movies are being produced, so film makers are needed to create movie trailers for a contest to see who can produce the best next BIG hit. // ||
 * Presentation || //The product will be a movie trailer which grabs the audience, giving the audience just enough plot events to be intrigued without giving away the ending events.// ||
 * Standards || //I- Movie Rubric :// //Originality, attractiveness, content, audio, visual, performance.

=Task=
 * //Calling all stars, filmers, and story writers! Due to a low volume of movies being produced recently, Warner Brothers studio is sending out a plea for help! Ever wanted to be a movie star? Well now is your chance! Warner Bros. is having a contest where anyone young and old, new or experienced can take part. In order to win the contest and be the next top star, you must create an original movie trailer from a story that you have written, with a plot line included. If it makes it through the tough round of judging, by a panel of 10 Warner Bros. judges, then you just may be our next star for all the world to see! Contest ends March 1st. //**

=Conclusion= Congratulations! You have successfully entered yourself in to the contest and are waiting for the results to be revealed. I know this has been a long process of writing many stories over and over, fixing them up, adding new pieces to existing pieces. Yet we have all had lots of fun while doing this, plus now everyone knows efficient ways to write and understand what they are reading. So you don't think you will ever need this in the real world? Your right, the chances of Warner Brothers actually putting on a film contest is very slim, but no matter what your jobs are someday, there is a good chance you will need to write from time to time. Lets say your a secretary and need to write a proposal for your boss. Knowing how to use a little bit of figurative language to spice up the proposal may be a good trick to know. Or let’s say you’re a designer for a computer gaming company. It will help if you know how to plot the events of the game in a quick and organized way. You will need to create conflict and a climax just as we have with our stories. No matter what your job, narrative writing could come in handy. The big idea is that no matter how short or long a story is, every story has a rising action, a climax with some big event that takes place, and a falling action. Really good stories also have arranged their words in such a way that everyone sees the same scene and can really feel what they writer is saying. I hope you had as much fun as I did and good luck in the film contest!