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**  Web Quest - Utopia Research and Power Point Project   ** ** Materials:  ** Internet access – lap tops, copies of power point rubric, composition paper, hilighters. ** Anchors: R7.A.1.3  ** – Understand fiction appropriate to grade level. Make inferences, draw conclusions, and make generalizations based on text. ** R7.B.1.1 ** – Interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or evaluate connections between fiction and literary nonfiction. ** Procedures  ** : **  Day 1   **  1. Students will be assigned a group of 3 or 4 students. Hand out copies of assignment rubric.  2. Each student will access the web quest site. Teacher discussion of the project and student responsibilities as the site is previewed.  3. Students will access the required websites on utopian societies.  4. Students will compose individual lists of one negative aspect and three positive aspects they found regarding utopian societies. One concept should be highlighted indicating that it could benefit our school society.  5. Group members will now review the individual lists and create a group list of agreed upon aspects – one negative and three positive with one highlighted as possibly benefitting our school society.  6. Collect all individual lists as they will be counted toward students’ final grades. **  Day 2   ** 1. Students will create a power point sharing the information from their group list. Refer to the web quest site online for specific information. 2. Practice presenting for tomorrow’s class. **  Day 3   ** 1. Students will present group power points. Each student will be responsible for presenting at least one slide for their group. ** Closure:  ** Try to put into practice the positive ideology you feel would make our school a better place to be!
 * 7th Grade Reading – __The Giver__   **