• Students will work in teams of four
• Each group member will be responsible for a different topic to study
• Use the Internet links provided to find information about your state
• Each member must take notes about one of the topics listed in the TASK section
• Have enough information to include in your poems

• Each member will write one poem about the topic chosen from the TASK section and identify the type of poem you wrote(haiku, limerick, quatrain, etc.). Be sure to incorporate your research notes into your poems!
• Your team must write four DIFFERENT types of poems and correctly identify each.
• Design an illustration for each poem. These can be drawn on the computer using Kid Pix or on paper using crayons and/or markers.
• Create a presentation using Power Point or make a picture book to present your poems to the class.
• Include an ‘About the Authors” page that tells the audience a little more about each member of your group.
• You must identify the type of poem you wrote AND the topic that each is about.

To help your team divide job responsibilities on this webquest, I have provided a SAMPLE JOB CHART to help you organize your duties. View the SAMPLE JOB CHART HERE.

Once you've looked at the sample job chart, download and print a blank version of the chart for your group to complete as you work through this webquest. Click below to download.

Download JOB CHART as Microsoft Word Document (24K)

Download JOB CHART as PDF File (16K)

Fill out the NAME section and RESEARCH TOPIC section first. Then, as you learn about different types of poetry, complete the TYPE OF POEM section before you start writing.

Are you ready to begin your missions? If so, click on the RESOURCES link above to find out which websites to visit.