OCS Edgar Allan Poe Webquest and Wiki

  1. Log in to email.
  2. Go to squares/grid and click sites.
  3. Click red button that says create.
  4. Choose blank template and name it Poe Wiki by (your names).
  5. Select a theme.
  6. Click create at top of page.
  7. Click pencils to edit pages, add text, and pictures. Then, when you are done, click save in blue button at top.
  8. Click icon with + to add pages – add a pages one at a time. As you are adding each page, click the button under select location that puts the pages under “home” page and click create.
  9. Then click blue button save.
  10. You must go back to your home page before you add each page.
  11. Name the pages Biography, American Gothic, America in 1800s, Poe Hauntings, Poe Literature

Webquest:

  1. Biography of EA Poe – what were the important people/moments in his life – create a timeline
  1. Gothic Literature – what is it and how do you recognize it?
  2. GothicLiterature.ppt
  3. 1800-1850 America – what was going on that was important?
  4. Poe Hauntings – stories of his ghost
  5. Poe stories – find 1 story and 2 poems – and analyze the stories for 1) gothic elements and 2) traces of Poe’s biography – where does he write about his own life?

Webquest Questions

Biography

  1. When was Edgar Allan Poe born and when did he die?
  2. Create a timeline of 3-4 important events/moments in Poe’s life that affected how he looked at the world.
  3. Identify 2 women Poe loved and discuss his romances.
  4. List 2 problem/issues that Poe dealt with in his life.

American Gothic

  1. Define gothic literature
  2. List 2 important American gothic writers in the early to mid-1800s
  3. List 3-4 characteristics found in a gothic story

1800-1850 America – what was going on that was important

  1. List 5 events – culturally, economically, historically, politically that shaped American transcendentalism and anti-transcendentalism (gothic) literature

Poe Hauntings – stories of his ghost

  1. Describe 3 stories of Poe haunting one of his residences

Poe stories – find 1 story– and analyze them for 1) gothic elements including tone and how the elements enhance the central idea of the story and 2) purposeful use of figurative language

Wiki –

1. Create a wiki using google sites.

2. Have 5 pages(one for each section)

3. Each teammate will be responsible for information from one section of the webquestand contain at least one picture/video per page based on the information gathered from their section.

4. FOR THE LITERATURE PAGE: an excerpt of the story and the complete poems must be placed/uploaded on the page and you must highlight/bold gothic and literary elements in each text. There should be a color-coded key that identifies the elements.

Extra Credit to create a vine that fits the tone and mood of gothic literature and embed it on the gothic literature page

Concerns
Areas that Need Work
(Below Standard) / Criteria
Standards for this Performance / Advanced
Evidence of Exceeding Standards / Points Awarded
Biography
-includes timeline, 2 articles on his life, loves, and problems. Must have at least 2 pictures/videos
15 points
American Gothic
Includes article on definition and characteristics and an article onimportant gothic writers. Must have at least 2 pictures/videos
15 points
History
Includes 2 articles about historical events and give details with an explanation of how the event led to gothic ideas. Must have at least 2 pictures/videos
15 points
Poe Hauntings
Includes 2 articles on stories of Poe’s hauntings. Must have at least 2 pictures/videos
15 points
Poe Stories
Includes story excerpt and 2 poems that are highlighted and color coded. Each text should have 2-3 paragraph analyses.
30 points
Conventions: There are few grammatical errors. The author uses academic vocabulary rather than slang.
Maximum10 points