Music to Heal By

Introduction

This webquest is created based on 3rd grade Reading and Language skills.

"I wanna rock!"

Taylor Swift!! Beyonce!!! Journey!!!! The Molly Ringwalds!!

So many bands.. so little time!! How can we choose one to help us raise money for childhood cancer!?!?!?

Task

In this project, the students will be working in groups to decide on a band for our benefit concert and will then try to convince the rest of the class to pich their band by writing an opinion piece and creating a powerpoint about the band of their choice.

Process

Process:

1 - look through the many teacher-approved bands

2- work as a group to decide on a band

3 - research that band to find out about it

4- create an essay (at least three paragraphs) giving us your opinion about why this is the best band to choose

5 - create a powerpoint (at least 10 frames) convincing us to choose this band (use at least 5 pictures and 1 video)

6 - present both of these to the class

Evaluation

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Workload	The workload is divided and shared equally by all team members.	The workload is divided and shared fairly by all team members, though workloads may vary from person to person.	The workload was divided, but one person in the group is viewed as not doing his/her fair share of the work.	The workload was not divided OR several people in the group are viewed as not doing their fair share of the work.
Sources	Source information collected for all graphics, facts and quotes. Alldocumented in desired format.	Source information collected for all graphics, facts and quotes. Most documented in desired format.	Source information collected for graphics, facts and quotes, but not documented in desired format.	Very little or no source information was collected.
Organization	Content is well organized using headings orbulleted lists to group related material.	Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed.	Content is logically organized for the most part.	There was no clear or logicalorganizationalstructure, just lots of facts.
Presentation	Well-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention.	Rehearsed with fairly smooth delivery that holds audience attention most of the time.	Delivery not smooth, but able to maintain interest of the audience most of the time.	Delivery not smooth and audience attention often lost.
Attractiveness	Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation.	Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation.	Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content.	Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentaion content.
Content	Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent.	Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good.	Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2factual errors.	Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors.
Organization	Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material.	Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed.	Content is logically organized for the most part.	There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts.