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In order to make sure that your WebQuest stays aligned with your unit, you will need to copy and paste 3 things from your Stages 1 and 2 from Dr. Grace's wiki onto this page. (This will also help Dr. Theresa give you better feedback on your Intro, Task, and Conclusion.) Then you will write your first drafts of your Introduction and Conclusion.

=G.R.A.S.P.S= //( Feel free to copy and paste what you have on your wiki page for Dr. Grace for the GRASPS portion of your unit (Stage 2). Note that you don't need the Standards part, though you can include it if you want.)// Product: Character Development-15%, Setting Development-15%, Driven Plot-15%, Plot Conflict-15%, Plot Resolution-15%, Writing Style-25%
 * Goal:** Create an eBook to be published in a new Kindle-version of a collection of short stories.
 * Role:** Up coming writers interested in having a short story be published by a major publishing company.
 * Audience:** Members of the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company located in Boston, MA.
 * Situation:** Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company is interested in creating a collection of young adult short stories in a Kindle version. They are looking for young adult fictional stories written by adolescents.
 * Product/Presentation:** Students will create a short story in eBook format. You will create a short story to be evaluated for publication by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
 * Standards (Criteria from both rubrics - product and presentation):**

= //(Copy and paste the big understanding(s) you have listed in your unit for Dr. Grace in Stage 1 (the answers to the essential questions). What are the academic goals for the unit (which will also be the purpose of the WebQuest).)// Understanding(s)=
 * Character development is essential to telling a successful and effective story.
 * A well-organized and driven plot is vital to the effectiveness of a story.
 * The language and syntax must be appropriate for the content of the story.

=Introduction= //(Set the stage, give us any background info that we might need to know (but just a hint), this is your HOOK. Provide a segue to the Task . . . make your reader want to click to the next section. There should be nothing that sounds like school work in this section. Don't give away what's going to happen in the Task.)//

Have you ever seen a great movie? Have you ever read a book? Do you want to be the next great American author? How would you like the chance to have your writing published?!

=Task= //(This story should match the Task Description/Summary from your unit in Stage 2 (Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?//)//. You can copy and paste from Dr. Grace's wiki.// //Tell the story of the Role, Audience, Situation, and Product & Performance. Be a story teller. Save any classroom-specific information for the Process. Build the scenario and stay in character. You can reference the Introduction but try not to duplicate the information that's in the Introduction.)//

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, out of Boston, MA, is looking for upcoming adolescent writers. They are interested in creating a Kindle version collection of young adult short stories, and they are specifically looking for adolescents to be the writers of the stories for their new collection. The stories must demonstrate mastery of character development, plot organization, and audience recognition. These stories will be submitted to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company electronically. If selected as a finalist, a 5 minute presentation will be created in which you demonstrate your understandings of the focuses given by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. The board will review both the story and the presentation, and will make a final decision on which stories will be published in the newest collection of adolescent young adult fiction short stories. Good Luck!

=Conclusion= //(Tie everything the participants have done back to the Goal. Why did they go through all of this? Tie the scenario to the real world. Remind them of the "Big Idea" that they were supposed to gain from this, just in case they didn't make the connection on their own. Don't get preachy. If you ask a question here, it has to be rhetorical. No work or assignments should be included. Short is good.)//