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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.)// Product standards: Content 30%, Originality 15%, Concept 25%, Requirements 10%, Effort 10%, Evaluates Peers 10% || =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).)// Students will understand that • individuals, events, and ideas develop throughout __The Hunger Games__ • there are central ideas within a text. • exposure to a range of texts can continue to develop skills/understandings
 * Goal || The goal is to create a podcast of a scene from __The Hunger Games__ that they have altered. ||
 * Role || The role that students will play is that of a radio producer trying to sell their adaptation of the novel to a radio show to Sirius XM Radio. ||
 * Audience || The audience is the Board of Directors for Sirius XM Radio. ||
 * Setting || The students will need to sell their version of __The Hunger Games__ to Sirius XM Radio by providing them with one altered scene and providing an explanation as to why they have changed the scene. ||
 * Presentation || The product will be a podcast of any scene that they have chosen to alter, accompanied by an explanation for that alteration. ||
 * Standards || Presentation standards: Content 30%, Comprehension 30%, Preparedness 15%, Enthusiasm 10%, Evaluates Peers 10%, Time-Limit 5%

=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.)//

Since the popularity of Suzanne Collins' __The Hunger Games__ has peaked, everyone seems to want a pieces of it. Katniss, Peeta, and the mockingjay logo have been showing up everywhere and on everything. Television, films, and radio all seem to want a piece of this phenomenal novel. Since you are both an avid fan of __The Hunger Games__ and an expert on the novel, they have come to you!

=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.)//

Congratulations! You are a radio producer who has just gotten a phone call from Sirius XM Radio. They would like you to create your own version of __The Hunger Games__ for them! You have been entered in a competition with other producers but to win you must present a podcast of only one scene that has been changed for the Sirius XM Radio Board of Directors to listen to. This scene must be 3-5 minutes long and must be accompanied by an explanation that describes why the scene has been changed (since Suzanne Collins, the author, must approve all changes). You will meet with the Board of Directors for Sirius XM Radio in two weeks in Los Angeles.... 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.)//

Congratulations! You have just successfully completed your task, but the Board of Directors is still deliberating. Through the production of this podcast, you have learned troubleshooting skills as well as written a persuasive paper defending your alterations to the text. You have also analyzed __The Hunger Games__ deeply, allowing you to further your understanding of individuals, events, and ideas within the text.

The Board of Directors would like to thank you for your fresh, interesting take on the incredibly popular novel and will be getting back to you as quickly as possible in regards to their decision.