So,
You Want to be a Wizard?
A
WebQuest for 7th and 8th grade after reading
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone By J.K. Rowling
Designed
by Sabrina Requena and Crystal Tiarks
Introduction
You
are going to be a first year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry. You will develop a
character and write a chapter about your first week at Hogwarts with a partner.
Be creative and have fun!
The Task
Your
task will be to develop a character that will fit into the chapter you will
write with a partner about your first week at Hogwarts.
The Process
1.
First you need to develop your character.
Your character needs to be unique and interesting.
The
following is a list of things that you will want to develop about your
character:
-Name
-Male/female
-Age
-Family
background (parents, siblings, etc)
-Where
you are from and whom do you live with?
-Are
you a Muggle, half-blood, or Wizard, etc.?
-Personality
type
-Your
appearance
-Favorite
foods
-What
house at Hogwarts were you sorted into?
-What
kind of wand, broomstick, pet, etc. do you have?
*You
may also include other characteristics if you like!
Use
this site as a checklist of things that you need to decide on about your
character.
http://kidswriting.about.com/teens/kidswriting/library/weekly/aa022898.htm
2.
Now you need to enroll at Hogwarts.
Go to the following site and enroll with the character name you have
developed. Here the sorting hat
will sort you so you will know the house you belong to.
http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/web/hogwarts/index.jsp
3. Now you will pick a partner. Your partner and you will write a chapter about your first
week at Hogwarts. You will write
this chapter using the characters that you and your partner developed.
The chapter needs top be a total of between 6 and 8 pages.
Type your chapter in Microsoft Word, using a 12-point font in Times New
Roman and double space. You can use
this graphic organizer as a guide to help you develop your story.
Resources
What’s in a Name? http://www.mikids.com/harrypotter/Name.htm
Hogwarts Houses
http://www.mikids.com/harrypotter/Gryffindor.htm
http://www.mikids.com/harrypotter/Hufflepuff.htm
http://www.mikids.com/harrypotter/Ravenclaw.htm
http://www.mikids.com/harrypotter/Slytherin.htm
Settings
The Muggle World
The Wizard World
Interior
spaces at Hogwarts http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/hogwarts_inside.html
Hogwarts: Floor by floor
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/hogwarts_floors.html
The
Grounds
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/hogwarts_outside.html
Classes offered at Hogwarts
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/classes.html
Textbooks
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/textbooks.html
Routines, Schedules, and Detentions
Magical Items
Creatures
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/beastiary.html
Food
& drink
Learning Advice
The
resources are there to help you with your quest. You do not have to visit every site if you do not want to.
Just visit the ones that you feel might help you to develop your story.
You can come back to the sites at another time if you would like to visit
them just for fun.
Conclusion
After
your chapter has been written and turned in, you and your partner will put a
hard copy of your chapter into a binder. The
binder will be put on a special bookshelf in the classroom so that other
students can read what you wrote. You
can add a picture that goes along with your chapter, to the beginning of the
story or print something off of one of the sites that you visited.
Assessment
You
will be graded with the following criteria:
Individual
Grade
1.
Did you come up with a creative and unique character?
10 points
2.
Did you fully develop your character? 20 points
Group
Grade
1.
Did you and your partner incorporate your characters into your chapter?
20 points
2.
Was the paper typed in Times New Roman with a 12 point font and did you
double space? 5
points
3.
Was your chapter neatly organized and easy to follow?
20 points
4.
Was your chapter creative and interesting?
25 points
5.
Did you use correct grammar and punctuation?
20 points
Partner
Evaluation
1.
Did your partner share equally in the work for this project?
30 points
(This grade will be considered in light of what I see during class work
time)
Total
Points= 150
Additional Sites
Build a Medieval Castle http://www.yourchildlearns.com/castle.htm
Jigsaw Puzzles http://www.mikids.com/harrypotter/jigsaw.htm
Ghosts in the Castle http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/castles/enter.html
Broomsticks - a fun interactive Quidditch game
But wait! Learn the rules of Quidditch before you start
playing!
Rules: http://www.charliesharrypotter.homestead.com/files/harry.html
Game: http://brighton.ncsa.uiuc.edu/~prajlich/broomsticks/
-Click on the start button for the demo version.
Instructions on how to make your favorite Harry Potter
T-shirt!
http://dumbledore.homestead.com/teeshirts.html
How to make your own Harry Potter Monopoly game
http://dumbledore.homestead.com/Monopoly.html
Find the Golden Snitch http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Mountain/5101/snitch.html
Make a Harry Potter Fortune Teller
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Mountain/5101/misc/hp_fortune_teller.pdf
Who Said It? http://kidsbooks.about.com/kids/kidsbooks/library/blwhosaidit.htm
Hooked on Harry? Read these books while you’re waiting
for the next Harry Potter book to come out! http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/potterbib.html
Credits and References
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