This WebQuest directs students to write a poem about a character from Shakespeare's play Richard III. It provides links to resources on poetry forms and characters from the play to help students choose a character and construct a poem in a specific style. Students will be evaluated based on how well they describe the chosen character and execute the poetic form, with the goal of creating a poem that portrays the character physically or through their personality.

1. Richard III WebQuest
Introduction: This WebQuest is about the play Richard III. By reading the play and analyzing it,
students will gain knowledge of what the play is about and its major themes and characters.
Task: For this project, students will be writing a poem about one of the major characters in the
play. Working alone, students will construct a poem that may or may not rhyme to aptly describe
one character and their part in the play. Students will pick a poem form to construct one about a
character in the play.
Process:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/glossary-terms?category=forms-and-types
https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/glossary-poetry-types
https://www.playshakespeare.com/richard-iii/characters
http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/richardiii/characters.html
Evaluation: for this task, students will be evaluated on how well they describe the character of
their choice and how well they executed a form of poetry.
Conclusion: the final product should be a poem that describes the character they chose, either
physically or personality wise.
Poem elements Has all of the
elements in the
poem the student
has chosen
Has most of the
elements of the
poem form
Has some of the
elements of the
poem form
Has none of the
elements of the
poem form
chosen
Following
directions
Follows the
directions in the
WebQuest and
the links
provided
Somewhat
follows the
directions in the
WebQuest and
Rarely follows
the directions
listed
Does not follow
the directions at
all

2. the links
provided
Language use Student has clear
control over the
language used
and uses word
choice carefully
Student has good
control over the
language used
and word choice
is good
Student has
somewhat
control over the
language used
and word choice
is okay
Student has no
control over the
language and has
misused most
words
content Character is
clearly and
accurately
presented in the
poem
Character is
mostly presented
in the poem
Character is
somewhat
presented in the
poem
Character is not
at all in the
poem