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=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.)// =Understanding(s)= //(Copy and paste the big understanding(s) you have listed in your unit for Dr. Grace. What are the academic goals for the unit (which will also be the purpose of the WebQuest).)//
 * Goal || The challenge is to become a grammar expert and to help the director of Schoolhouse Rock by creating a new song that deals with the different parts of grammar. ||
 * Role || The students job is to create a song and a comic using Audacity and Comic Life to make a product of a modern day Schoolhouse Rock episode on grammar. ||
 * Audience || The target audience is Tom Warburton who is the director of Schoolhouse Rock. ||
 * Setting || The challenge involves dealing with Comic Life and Audacity to show Tom Warburton how grammar can be easy to learn with the use of music and a decent story line. ||
 * Presentation || You will create a song and a comic about grammar to prove to Tom Warburton how Schoolhouse Rock can be modernized and still grab the attention of people who want to watch the T.V. show. ||
 * Standards || Presentation, Content, Mechanics, Originality, Attractiveness, Requirements, Comprehension, Enthusiasm, Vocabulary, Speaks Clearly, Content, Collaboration with Peers. ||
 * Learning grammar will help students communicate effectively outside of the classroom.
 * Using different types of phrases and clauses in writing will help to bring more understanding and meaning to the writing.

=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.)// You are an employee at a private grammar expert agency when you get a phone call from the director of the 1973 TV show called Schoolhouse Rock. The director, Tom Warburton explains to you that Schoolhouse Rock was a TV show involving catchy songs that taught the fundamentals of history, grammar, math, etc. to anyone who would watch it. Noticing that his older Schoolhouse Rock videos were a big hit, Tom has decided to create a spinoff of the show, making it more modern in order to attract the viewers of today.

=Task= //(Tell the story of the Role, Audience, Setting, and Presentation. 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.)// Tom Warburton explains that your job is to create a product using Audacity and Comic Life that deals with singing about grammar and more specifically about phrases and clauses. You will be formed into groups of 3 or 4 experts who will then use both of these type II technologies to write a song, and then sing that song while also including a comic strip that will act as the cartoon characters on the T.V. show. Tom is then going to choose which one he believes to be the most creative and understanding presentation and take that group of grammar experts back to his recording studio to work on the rest of the TV series with him. The group that was chosen will also be labeled as the producers of the series and their names will be shown at the beginning and end credits of each episode. This is a chance of a lifetime for one of you grammar experts to finally break out of the agency and create a TV series that will help to interest and educate others about the fundamentals of grammar. Have fun and 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.)//