By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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Web Quest by Alex Strait, Jacques Klick, Zach Sirera, and William Krosp 4th Grade |
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Introduction: Welcome
to this Web Quest about the book Beetles Lightly Toasted by Phyllis Reynolds
Naylor where a young boy named Andy is trying to win the biggest contest of the
year. Will he win or will he let his cousin, who he hates, get the grand prize
of fifty dollars. Andy thinks his idea of using insect recipes as a future food
source can win the contest. Will he? Find out by reading the book. The pages of
this book contain excite- |
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1.
Research the book's author and write a biography about her.
2. Write an essay
about conservation.
3. Write an essay about the life cycle of beetles.
4.
Answer questions.
5. Write your own bug recipe.
Process:
Research
on author: Find out what other books the author has written and what type
of background she is from. Write a short biography.
Essay on conservation: Write an 3-paragraph essay on how to conserve. The first paragraph should include your ideas about how to conserve; the second paragraph should focus on one specific type of conservation and how it could help. The 3rd paragraph should include any new ideas you have for conservation.
Essay on the life time of a beetle: Write a 2-paragraph report on the life cycle of a beetle. The first paragraph should say what type of beetle you are writing about and where it comes from, and the second paragraph should be the beetle's life cycle.
Questions: Write in complete sentences and correct spelling and grammar.
Bug recipe: Write a bug recipe using regular food as your ingredients (you may use gummy worms as real worms). Look in some of your family's recipe books to see how recipes are written. Then write a recipe card for your bug recipe. Try to be original with your idea. Now try your recipe.
Questions:
Chapter 1:
1.What contest did Andy want to enter and win?
2.Who was
Luther Sudermann's son? When (month day) did he die, and how did he?
Chapter
2:
1.Which families were living in farms side by side in Bucksville?
2.What
did aunt Bernadine never let anyone forget about Jack?
Chapter
3:
1.What was the topic of the Roger B. Sudermann contest?
2.How many food
items were in Sam's lunch bag and what were they?
Chapter
4:
1.After finding out what the topic for the contest was, what did Mrs. Haynes's
class think about doing?
Chapter
5:
1.Summarize what Jack did to his dad's car?
2.Who wanted to open a restraunt
when the Soul Food Kitchen closed down?
Chapter
6:
1.What did Russ read in the National Geographic?
2.How did Andy get
the idea of eating bugs?
Chapter
7:
1.What bugs did John Burrows suggest Andy should eat?
2.What does bon
appetite mean in English?
Chapter
8:
1.Why did Andy scarcely breathe?
2.By the author's description illustrate
the Soul Food Kitchen.
Chapter
9:
1.What do you think Jack is doing his essay on?
2.Why did Andy want
to invite Sam over?
Chapter
10:
1.What was the name of the cow that escaped?
2.Where (city and state)
did Sam Hollins live in before Bucksville?
Chapter
11:
1.Why do you think Wanda and Andy's mother were surprised to find out
Sam's dad made most of the food?
2.What time did Andy wake up to milk the cows
Chapter
12:
1. What did the inspector think the worms tasted like?
2.What did Denise
say when she ate the worms without knowing?
Chapter
13:
1.What was Andy's 3rd recipe for the essay?
2. What did Andy put in
the egg salad sandwich that he gave to Jack?
Chapter
14:
1.What did Jack cook in the dishwasher?
2. What was Andy's 4th recipe?
Chapter
15:
1. Who won the contest?
2. If you were Andy would you have told your
family what they really ate? Explain why/why not
Chapter
16:
1. Which meal did Andy decide to eat? What would you have chosen?
2.
Who else wanted to eat the meal?
Biography on author:
50 pts. accurate information
30 pts. correct
spelling, grammar and punctuation
20 pts. Background information
Questions:
2 pts. for every correct answer
1 pts. for every complete
sentence
4 pts. if you get every question correct
Essay on conservation:
20 pts. write on assigned topic
30 pts. for 3 paragraphs the way told to.
30 pts. for correct spelling and grammar
05 pts. for heading
15 pts.
for good content
Essay on lifetime of a beetle:
25 pts. write on assigned topic
25 pts. for 1st paragraph done the way told to
25 pts. for 2nd paragraph
done the way told to
25 pts. for correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation
Bug recipe:
25 pts. for correct recipe format
35 pts. for using
some sort of bug/insect in recipe
15 pts. for using originality
25 pts.
for correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation
Conclusion
If
you did this WebQuest, you should have learned quite a lot about beetles and the
book Beetles, Lightly Toasted. You played games and surfed the web. Hope
you had fun.