THE BRONTE SISTERS
A WebQuest for 10th Grade Literature Class
Designed by
Suzie Handzlik and Shannon Conant
Handzlik@hotmail.com and s.conant@mailcity.com
Introduction | Task | Process | Resources | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits |
"And, before my dreaming eyes, Still the learned volumes lay." (Bronte)
Have you ever felt overwhelmed with literature? Have you ever wished someone could make literature fun and exciting? We will walk you through a fun and exciting way to learn about literature, mainly literature by the Bronte sisters.
Your group will consist of three people. Each person will choose a Bronte sister, which you will focus on during this task. You will find out as much information on the sister that you have chosen.
Your group will make a chart, which shows similarities and differences between the Bronte sisters. Some of the items you will look at will be : Writing styles, vernacular, amounts of poems and novels, and genre (romance, historical, mystery, etc.)
You will be looking through different Internet sites to find out all you can about Charlotte, Anne, and Emily Bronte. When finished, you will be able to write up a brief summary of the Bronte sister of your choice. This does not have to be the sister that you were using above.
There are two pictures at the top of this page. Each group will need to find out which two sisters are pictured above and which one is not pictured. This will be for extra credit.
1.First you'll be assigned to a team of three students. Each student will select a role that was described in the task section above.
2.Conduct research by using the web resources provided.
3.Put together the chart.
4.Write up the summary of your favorite author.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/mmbt/women/bronte/poems/poems.html
http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Bronte.html
http://www2.sbbs.se/hp/cfalk/bronte1e.htm
http://landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/bronte/ebronte/ebronteov.html
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ebronte.htm
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/4396
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/3913/
http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=01A92000
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/mmbt/women/bronte/bronte-anne.html
http://www.bronte-coutry.com/welcome.html
Task Performance |
Unacceptable |
Below Satisfactory |
Satisfactory |
Exemplary |
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Little cooperation |
Hesitated at first |
Participates well |
Participates with enthusiasm |
Evaluation of web sites |
Sits back and waits for others to find information |
Attempts a little |
Attempts with some success |
Extremely successful |
Assists others in research |
Little or never |
A little |
Sometimes |
Eager to help most of the time |
Demonstrates clear understanding of the research material by completing the chart and summary |
Not completed |
Less than half completed |
Between half way done and completely done |
Completely finished |
You have just now finished your assignment on the Bronte sisters. By now you should know all there is to know on the Bronte sisters and their writings. Hopefully, the information you learned in this Web Quest will help you in later studies of the Bronte sisters.
Thanks to the following web pages for the pictures above: