Grasps

Your Name: Penney Samuel
Content Area: English/Language Arts
Topic: Immigration
Grade Level: 6-8
Product/Performance: a newspaper article

1. Briefly describe the following components of your WebQuest.
2. At the end of class, copy and paste your GRASPS plan into the online journal.
3. Don’t forget to sign your name.

GRASPS
Goal
(introduction page) Your task is to produce a newspaper article.
Role
(introduction page) You are a reporter and have been asked to write a news article that challenges or refutes common misconceptions about immigration in the United States.
Audience
(introduction page) Your audience is the staff, faculty, and student body of Monticello Middle School, a Tier I school with a diverse student population.
Situation
(introduction page) At your school, Monticello, there are a lot of students from other countries. Some of them speak English pretty well, but others struggle with it or don’t speak it at all. You’ve heard some students calling these kids names and saying mean things about them and their parents. You want everyone at the school to be more tolerant of each other, so you decide to write an article for the school newspaper.
Product or Performance
(task page) You will create a newspaper article that challenges or refutes common misconceptions about immigration.
Standards
(standards page) 1.5.1. Publishes in a format that is appropriate for specific audiences and purposes.