A Message In A Bottle

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BY: Noreen Dunn

Introduction

Dream you went on a trip somewhere fun and are now stranded on a deserted island. You will create an imaginary story of your travels and adventures along the way. Your only chance to be saved is to write a message, put it in a bottle, and put the bottle in the water, with the wish that someone will find it and rescue you!

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TaskIn groups of three your task for this web

quest is to: Each create an imaginary story of

adventure (you can share ideas with each other)

Design a bottle for your message Draw a map

For the final project you will want a decorated bottle with the map and message inside that will get the attention of someone out there

What You Need: Maps of the world, atlases, plastic bottles with caps, sand, crayons and decorations for the bottles and a water bucket

By the end of this web quest you will: Learn and research different parts of the

world with the use of a map Work together to create a message in

order for you to be saved from the island Demonstrate time management and

teamwork skills to complete the message in time

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Process You must write a message in a bottle in order to be saved. In this

message you must: explain who you are where you were going when you got stranded where you left from how you were traveling such as by (plane, parachute, boat,

car etc.) information about where you are, such as the climate, what

the island is like, what plants and animals they have seen… You must design a map describing what it is like on the island.

include mountains, beach, sand, water, rock or anything else you see

After you are done with your message, design the bottle. You can use things such as crayons, sand and shells. You want

the bottle to get noticed. After you are done with the message, place it in the bottle and

then place it in the bucket of water. Each student will fish the bottles out of the water, and read

aloud the creative stories inside. Student’s will then be able to rescue the author of the story by looking at the maps they designed to help find their location.

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Links

o Ideas of Message's in BottlesoThird Graders Found Message in a Bottleo interactive site with maps/atlases

o Activity

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oMessage In A Bottle- Movie TraileroMessage In A Bottle SongoGoggle Maps

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EvaluationYou will be evaluated on:

Your ability to work well with your teammates. You must be able to listen, share and support your team. ________ out of 10 points Your creativity. Each student’s story should contain many inventive details or descriptions of the island. You must show that you used your imagination. ________ out of 30 points Your writing skills. Each student must devote a lot of time and effort to the writing process, which in turn makes the story excellent._____ out of 20 pointsYour map and bottle. Each student’s original illustrations of his or her chosen island are thorough, gorgeous and creative and transmit to the text on the message. ______ out of 10 points The setting of your story. Each student must thoroughly explain the setting to his or her story. There were many brilliant, descriptive words are used to tell when and where the story took place. ______ out of 20 points Your organization skills. The story is very well organized. One idea or scene follows another in a logical progression with clear transitions.______ out of 10 points

This project is out of 100 points.

Conclusion

Congratulations, you have been RESCUED from the island! You have successfully learned about an area of the world along with using your imagination to write a story and save your classmates!

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Teachers PageStudents will work agreeably in groups of three to

use their creative writing skills to construct a ‘message in a bottle.’ This web quest is intended for a grade three-language arts or social studies curriculum. It was designed to teach students how to use their thoughts and imagination to write innovatively, how to work together with partners and to learn different parts of the world.

This web quest is based on a weeklong lesson. With the class you should spend some time going over maps and different parts of the world before starting this web quest. You must also leave time for the student’s decorated bottles to dry overnight before placing them in the bucket of water for the students to fish out.

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NYS VLS Standards1. Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and

understanding. As listeners and readers, students will collect data, facts, and ideas, discover relationships, concepts, and generalizations; and use knowledge generated from oral, written, and electronically produced texts. As speakers and writers, they will use oral and written language to acquire, interpret, apply, and transmit information.

2. Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression. Students will read and listen to oral, written and electronically produced texts and performances, relate texts and performances to their own lives, and develop an understanding of the diverse social, historical, and cultural dimensions the texts and performances represent. As speakers and writers, students will use oral and written language for self-expression and artistic creation.

3. Students will read, write, listen, and speak for critical analysis and evaluation. As listeners and readers, students will analyze experiences, ideas, information, and issues presented by others using a variety of established criteria. As speakers and writers, they will present, in oral and written language and from a variety of perspectives, their opinions and judgments on experiences, ideas, information and issues.                 

4. Students will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction. Students will use oral and written language for effective social communication with a wide variety of people. As readers and listeners, they will use the social communications of others to enrich their understanding of people and their views.

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