Rikki Tikki Tavi Curiosity Research Project
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Author:
Amy Lack
System: Jackson County School: Jackson County Board Of Education
General Activity Information
Activity ID:
2348
Title: Rikki Tikki Tavi Curiosity Research Project
Digital Tool/Resource: Curiosity Research Chart
Web Address – URL:
Overview: In this learning activity, students will conduct a short research project using digital sources on a topic from a list of possible topics, to answer self-generated questions. Students will then write curiosity questions, research the answers, and cite the sources.
This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
Associated Standards and Objectives
Content Standard(s):
Digital Literacy and Computer Science R5) Locate and curate information from digital sources to answer research questions.
Unpacked Content
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students will:
locate information from digital sources to answer given research questions.
curate information from digital sources to answer given research questions. Teacher Vocabulary:
Knowledge:
Students know:
how to find valid sources and cite those sources to answer a given research topic. Skills:
Students are able to:
locate valid digital resources to answer given research questions. Understanding:
Students understand that:
a great deal of information is available.
it is important to validate the information and to cite the source of the information.
English Language Arts 11. Compare and contrast the effectiveness of techniques used in a variety of digital sources to generate and answer literal, interpretive, and applied questions and create new understandings.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
11.
Compare and contrast
Literal questions
Interpretive questions
Applied questions Knowledge:
11. Students know:
Strategies to compare and contrast the effectiveness of techniques used in a variety of digital resources.
Text sources can be used to create and answer questions, as well as develop new understandings.
Literal questions are those that can be answered using information directly from the text.
Interpretive questions are those that can be answered by inferring information from the text.
Applied questions are those that can be answered using information inferred from the text and a reader's background knowledge and experience. Skills:
11. Students are able to:
Compare and contrast specific techniques identified across multiple digital sources.
Generate and answer literal, interpretive, and applied questions in response to reading a digital source.
Create new understandings in response to reading digital sources. Understanding:
11. Students understand that:
Different techniques are used across digital texts.
Comparing and contrasting the effectiveness of an author's use of particular techniques deepens their understanding of digital text structures.
There are three levels of questions that can be generated: literal, interpretive, and applied.
Generating and answering a variety of questions helps to develop new understandings.
Learning Objectives: Students will be able to:
conduct short research projects by drawing on several digital sources
locate and curate information from the digital sources to answer self-generated research questions.
Strategies, Preparations and Variations
Phase: During/Explore/Explain
Activity: Student Choice of Topics (cobra, mongoose, India, British Rule in India, Life in India in the late 1800s; deadly snakes in India; death by snakebite in India; muskrat, tailor birds; coppersmith bird; Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book )
Students will choose a topic from the list of possible topics .
Students will write five curiosity questions using the Curiosity Chart .
Students will research answers to their questions and cite sources of information using the Curiosity Chart.
Students will peer-assess using a Checklist .
Students will make corrections based on peer assessment.
Assessment Strategies: The teacher will evaluate the curiosity research chart using a checklist rubric.
Checklist
Advanced Preparation: The teacher will provide a list of possible topics (digital or print) for the students to choose from.
The teacher will provide a Curiosity Chart (digital or print) for each student.
Students will need access to computers and the Internet.
Variation Tips (optional): Change the number of curiosity questions required for students who need accommodations.
Allow students to work with a partner.
This lesson could be adapted for 6th -12th students.
Extend the lesson by having students write an explanatory essay or create a multimedia project with the information.
This lesson could be used before reading “Rikki Tikki Tavi” to build background knowledge.
This lesson could be used after reading “Rikki Tikki Tavi” as an extension project.
Notes or Recommendations (optional):
Keywords and Search Tags
Keywords and Search Tags:
curiosity, India, project, question generation, research, Rikki Tikk Tavi
