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Our middle school is a laptop learning school (meaning that each child has a laptop to use) so we are continually searching for viable ways to use the computers in our classrooms. We have found the WebQuest to be one of the most intriguing ways to utilize all of the capabilities the amazing machines possess. This, however, is the FIRST Quest I have created on my own, so I apologize for the simplicity of it (and also for the many mistakes I most likely made). Following, you will find a list of the Indiana State Standards for Seventh Grade Language Arts that I hope that I covered in this project.

Locate information by using a variety of consumer and public documents.
Discuss the purposes and characteristics of different forms of written text, such as the short story, the novel, the novella, and the essay.
Create an organizational structure that balances all aspects of the composition and uses effective transitions between sentences to unify important ideas.
Support all statements and claims with anecdotes, descriptions, facts and statistics, and specific examples.
Use strategies of note-taking, outlining, and summarizing to impose structure on composition drafts.
Use a computer to create documents by using word-processing skills and publishing programs.
Review, evaluate, and revise writing for meaning and clarity.
Revise writing to improve organization and word choice after checking the logic of ideas and the precision of vocabulary.
Write persuasive compositions that state a clear position or perspective.
Write summaries of reading materials that include the main ideas and most significant details.
Use varied word choices to make writing interesting and more precise.
Write for different purposes and to a specific audience or person, adjusting style and tone as necessary.

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This WebQuest was created as part of EDCI 591W, Educational Applications of the WWW at Purdue University. March 2002.

Page created by Robin Starnes. Last updated March 13, 2002