Become a poet biographer while engaging in digital citizenship.

1. Digital Literacy
WebQuest
Poet Biography
A WebQuest for 3rd Grade
(Language Arts)
Designed by
Jennifer E. Benzo
jeb119@zips.uakron.edu

2. Introduction
You are a biographer trying to find out
information about your favorite poet. By
using three different search engines, you
need to:
 discover their life span (birth to death [or
still living]),
 where they are from,
 their style of poetry, and
 a famous poem they have written.

3. Task
 At the end of your internet search, you will
have:
 Used three different search engines to discover
your information
 Answered the questions on the following form to
organize your information E:University of
Akron5500 575Poet Biography.docx
 Included the websites in which you found your
information (Each website should come from a
different search engine so you should use at
least 3 websites.)

4. Process
1. You will first open the “Poet Biography” document;
print it; and write your name at the top of the page
next to By: _________. E:University of Akron5500
575Poet Biography.docx
2. Next, choose a poet you want to write your
biography about. Write his or her name on the first
line next to Poet’s Name.
3. Choose 3 search engines you would like to use to
conduct your information search.
1. www.kidrex.org
2. www.boolify.org
3. www.sweetsearch.com
4. www.qwiki.com

5. Process Continued…
4. After choosing your three search engines, type
in: “poetry” and “[your author’s name]” and
“biography” into each of the search engines.
5. Choose a website listed from each of the 3
search engines.
6. Fill out numbers 2 – 5 on your Poet Biography
sheet (the information about your poet).
7. After you have compiled the information about
your poet, list the three search engines as well as
the websites where you found the information on
your Poet Biography sheet.
8. Share your biography with 2 classmates.

6. Evaluation
Needs Acceptable Accomplished
Improvement
Search Engines Uses 1 Search Uses 2 Search Uses 3 Search
Engine Engines Engines
Websites Lists 1 Website Lists 2 Websites Lists 3 or more
websites
Poet Biography More than 1 1 area of All areas of
Sheet area of information is information are
information is missing complete
missing
Peer Sharing Does not share Shares Shares
biography with biography with biography with
classmates 1 classmate 2 or more
classmates

7. Conclusion
After fully completing your WebQuest and
Poet Biography sheet, you will have
become an accomplished biographer.
Here are some additional websites to find
out more about your poet or other poets’
your classmates discovered.
www.poets.org
www.gigglepoetry.com

8. Teacher Page
PURPOSE
This lesson was developed to encourage students to become better digital citizens.
Specifically, the lesson will address the issue of Digital Literacy, which is defined by
Ribble (2012) as the “process of teaching and learning about technology and the
use of technology.”
www.digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html
STANDARDS
Academic Content Standards/Benchmarks Addressed:
 ELA – Reading Applications: Informational, Technical, and Persuasive Text
 3. Identify and list the important central ideas and supporting details of informational
text
Technology Standards/Benchmarks Addressed:
 Technology and Information Literacy
 B3. Search for information in an online library catalog, electronic encyclopedia, or
teacher-selected list of websites.
 B4. Select, record, and use needed information to answer a question or complete a
project.
 C2. Type a simple search time in a teacher or librarian selected search engine to find
general information (e.g. “weather”).
 D1. Read the list of results retrieved from a simple search performed in a search
engine and select one of the search results and review the information it provides.