Introduction
Born on July 30, 1818 in Thorton, Yorkshire, England Emily Bonte was known as one of the greatest author with her best selling novel "Wuthering Heights". At the age of two years old, Emily lost her mother and was raised with her two older sisters Charlotte and Anne and her father.
As Emily grew older and they moved to Hawroth in 1821, she began writing and getting her creative writing talent from her two older sisters, who also wrote as well. In addition Emily's father was a wrtier as well since he was born.
Emily grew up with a poor family, and she wanted to look for a job and soon after she became a school teacher and continued to write her main novel"Wuthering Heights".
In 1825, Emily became ill and died with tuberculosis leaving with her novel complete and published.
Task
"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same"
Emily Bonte
Emily was known as the "creative and talented' author full of heart and emotion. Some of her quotes and poetry that she wrote about related to love and dark while others were sad and negative.
For this webquest, you are going to do a free response and answer some questions that will be provided about Emily herself after learning about her and getting a good sense of her backround . When answering these questions, keep in mind to be creative and sincere and be able to figure out "What was Emily Bontes Story"?
Once you have done that, write a summary on your opinion as to "What was Emily Brontes Story" that led to her quotes that she wrote about. "Why did she write this way"? "What what she trying to prove or connect to?"
*REMEMBER TO BE CREATIVE AND LET THE TALENT OUT LIKE EMILY DID!
Process
Before you begin writing:
1. Click on the link below to get a backround of Emily Bronte herself. Read about her and list some important facts that will help you to answer the provided questions.
- What was Emilys life like while growing up?
-What led to her wanting to write?
http://www.biography.com/people/emily-bront%C3%AB-9227381
2. Once you have read a little about Emily and got a sense of her backround, you can click on the links below and browse some of the quotes that Emily wrote herself to get some good examples and ideas that will help you get started.
-The two link provided are quotes written by Emily herself.
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/emily_bronte.html
http://www.notable-quotes.com/b/bronte_emily.html
-What can you tell about Emily and her personality based on the quotes you looked at?
-Based on the poems that Emily, what type of person do you think she was?
3. After reading about Emily and her lifestory and getting a good sense of her writing style by looking at the poems, write a summary on your opinion to "What was Emily Bontes story". Make sure to give plenty of examples that supports your summary.
-Questions to consider:
- .Was Emily happy growing up?
- What made her start writing?
- What year did she go to clergy daughter school?
- Who did she get her writing strageties from?
- Was Emily ever able to accomplish something positive in her life before/after she died?
Evaluation
The following numbers and information will be scaled based on your performance of answering the questions and your summary opinion:
*3- All the questions are answered with outstanding and creative detail and evidence based on the links that were provided. All your answers also have a good quality of connection to Emily herself and her story behind it. The final part of your opinion summary is open with creative ideas and simple examples that connect to your answer to Emily and her story. Great creative, convincing ideas, and out spoken talent
*2- All the questions are answered with great deatil, but some parts are not answered with enough evidence with the links that were provided. Some answers have great quality with evidence, while others are not as convincing. The final part of your opinion starts great with some ideas, but falls down with no connection to Emilys story. Some creative, good ideas, and great talent
*1- All the questions are not understandable and not answered with any detail, and no evidence is provided with the links that were provided before. No answers have any quality of evidence and no connection to Emily herself. The final part of your opinion starts with nothing of Emily and falls behind with nothing of the relation of "What was Emily Bontes story". No creative, ideas, or talent
Conclusion
Emily Bronte had a talent and heart to writing poetry that she got by her fellow family. Even though Emily didnt have the life that she wanted, she pursued her happiness of getting her novel published after her death 'Wuthering Heights"
In remembrance of Emily Bonte, an outspoken woman full of talent and creativity!