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Plain and Tall A
WebQuest Designed
by Curt Nielsen, Instructor
Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Teacher Page Student Activities
for Chapters 1-2-3 4-5-6 7-8-9 Rate this WebQuest
Sarah, Plain and Tall is the story of widower, Jacob Witting, his children, Anna and Caleb, and their quest to fill the emptiness left by their wife and mother following her death. Jacob (Papa) put an ad in the paper asking for a wife. He received an answer from Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton, from Maine. After several letters of correspondence, Sarah decides to leave her home and visit the Wittings for a month. Were the Wittings a suitable family for her? Anna and Caleb wonder what Sarah will be like. Will she be nice? Will she like them? Will she stay? Sarah loves many things and describes herself as plain and tall. In this webquest you will explore the prairie and Maine. The prairies were new to Sarah, the Wittings had never been to Maine. Through reading the book and the web sites listed you will align yourself with one of the characters and create a journal of what you think their thoughts feelings and reactions would be to the events of the story. You will also include various aspects of Maine and prairies that you will investigate via the web sites listed. You will develop a vocabulary list with the use of an on-line source, make predictions of coming events, create concise summaries of chapters, and discover character traits of Sarah, Jacob, Anna and Caleb. (Click on the blue words to see their definitions. Include the words and definitions in your vocabulary list.)
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