Webquest

Literarure In Many Faces

A Webquest for Grade 7 (English)

Elaine C. Alisin

elainealisin@gmail.com

Introduction

Do you like reading?

Do you like English?

Do you like Literature?

If so, you will enjoy this webquest Literature in Many Faces. It will help you to transcend through time and discover the changes in the Philippine Literature as it encountered a little bit touched up of Spaniards, Americans, and Japanese. Be ready to meet people with big names and used skillfully the wide areas of literature to awaken the Filipino peoples sense of nationality and others.

This webquest is design to serve as a stepping stone for the bigger project of the Philippine Literature across Time unit plan where students will create presentations, publish pamphlets, and share them to the world through a produced website.

Enjoy!

The Task

As part of its campaign to inspire Filipinos to read and appreciate Philippine literature, the League of English and Filipino Teachers (LEFT) of our school (fictional organization) is requesting you to compile research on Philippine history about the times when we were colonized and also about the literary works written during these times.

To showcase the research, you are also asked to present it through a PowerPoint presentation and a pamphlet. To add more, each group member will also contribute his or her own literary work which will be made available to the world through a website.

The Process

Day 1:

Step 1: The class must form groups with six to eight members. Assign the different colonizers to each group. Each group member should be responsible for only one of the roles listed below:

Researcher- He or she will research on the different topics indicated in the information checklist.
Compiler- He or she is tasked to collect the research materials as well as the members’ literary works. He or she will also check the reliability and validity of the resources used.
Editor-in-Chief- He or she will give updates of the progress of the project and filter the research materials.
Copy Reader - He or she will proofread the research output and the literary works.
Multimedia Expert- He or she will design and layout the presentation and pamphlet.
Presenter- He or she will showcase the presentation and pamphlet.

Step 2: The group will brainstorm on what to research based on the information checklist given. Then they will answer the project plan form. It would be followed by a peer and self-assessment.

Note: Everyday, editor-in-chief will pass a progress report to the teacher.

Day 2-4:

Step 3: The researcher will research what was agreed by the group (the colonizer assigned to them, literature during their period, at least three (3) literary pieces (poems, essays, short stories, etc.) and prominent writers during their period. Existing social problems both in past and present that are the same must also be researched. )

Note: resources must vary from books to internet sources and shall be cited (answers on the online treasure hunt about their colonizer can also be included)

Day 5:

Step 4: The researcher will then submit their research to the compiler.

Step 5: The compiler will check whether the information is complete or not. Afterwards, the compiler will check the reliability and validity of the resources used. The resources must be put in a Reference List page.

Day 6-7:

Step 6: The compiler will then give the data to the editor-in-chief.

Step 7: The group must make a summary on what they have researched using Word. The summary must contain ideas, insights, reactions, and reflections on their readings and evaluation on how colonizers and existing social issues affect the form of literary pieces during that time.

Step 8: After passing, the editor-in-chief will filter the information gathered on what will be included in the PowerPoint presentation.

Step 9: The group will make a storyboard for the presentation.

Step 10: The editor-in-chief will then give the filtered information to the copyreader to check the grammar and spelling.

Day 8:

Step 11: The multimedia expert will create the PowerPoint presentation.

Step 12: The PowerPoint presentation will be shown by the presenter for 15 minutes.

Step 13: The group will do a peer feedback for the PowerPoint presentation of other groups.

Day 9-10:

Step 14: The group will decide the content of the pamphlet; the editor-in-chief will review the research and filter again the information to be included in it.

Step 15: he or she will ask the members of the group to pass any literary work about their insights on social issues.

Step 16: Within the groups, they will do a peer feedback for each literary work.

Day 11:

Step 17: The compiler will then gather all the literary works and give it to the copyreader who will check the writing technicalities.

Day 12-14:

Step 18: After that, the research and literary work will be given to the multimedia expert for lay outing of pamphlet. The group must print 3 copies.

Day 15:

Step 19: The presenter will showcase it to class. As part of the webquest, the groups must submit the next meeting, an essay on how words can be powerful and also the observation of group’s checklist and peer and self-assessments.

Day 16:

Step 20: The compilers must gather all the assignments. The groups must have a meeting and coordinate for creating a website, the final output as a class for the unit plan, to share not only to the local community but to the world their outputs.

Day 17-19:

Step 21: The class must have finished the website and will present it to the teacher.

Resources

The resources below will help each role and the group as a whole:

Group common reading:

Researcher

graduateschool.nd.edu/assets/21765/guidelinesresearchethicsinthesocialscienceslawhumanities.pdf
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2012/11/28/lupton-30-tips-writing/

Compiler

library.ucsc.edu/help/research/evaluate-the-quality-and-credibility-of-your-sources

Editor-in-chief

Oatext.xom/Guidelines-for-Editors-Chief.php

Copyreader

academicsupport.georgetown.edu/academic/study-tips/guidelines-editing-revising
www.rit.edu/upub/proofreaders-marks-and-editing-guidelines

Multimedia Expert

Presenter

go.oww.edu/~dapeople/ggpresent.html
www.appliedgeochemists.org/index.php/events/aag-events/2-uncategorized/56-guidelines-to-preparing-and-delivering-an-oral-presentation

The resources below are for the contents of research:

www.studymode.com/subjects/issues-and-problems-of-the-early-filipinos-during-pre-spanish-era.page1. html
www.slideshare.net/mobile/emeters/sociopolitical-environment-of-the-philippines-during-the-spanish-regime
ncca. gov.ph/subcommissions/subcommission-on-the-arts-sca/literart-arts/Philippine-literature-during-the-american-period/
ncca. gov.ph/subcommissions/subcommission-on-the-arts-sca/literart-arts/Philippine-literature-during-the-japanese-occupation/

Evaluation

The groups’ products will be evaluated by the following rubrics:

For literary works:

Others:

Conclusion

Philippine Literature is a part of our culture. By reading our literary works from poems to novels, we get to know more of our values and essence of being true Filipinos. In addition, Philippine literature contains elements and themes that are appealing to both young and old, man or woman, and rich or poor. In doing the webquest, you are able to promote our Philippine culture and proudly share it not only to your co-Filipino but also to other races as well.

In making PowerPoint presentation, pamphlets and the Webpage, you were able to assume the roles of researchers, critiques and analysts, web developers, writers, graphic designers, hand editor-in-chiefs. You were able to develop skills such as critical thinking, collaboration and information literacy, which are important in this 21st century.

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