The student has been hired by the parents of Icabod, a sixth grade student. They suspect their child of smoking or about to start. They've hired the student to convince him to quit smoking. In order for students to see the importance of math in today's world, they will be asked to access information via a WebQuest to research the contributions of mathematicians to the world. This webquest is designed to allow students to explore some elements of literature and think about different ways of responding to literature through reading fantasy fiction.
Students write a short story for publication.
Using the information they write four letters to a pen-pal living in 1998. Each letter will focus on the following four aspects of life. Life spans have changed immensely over the centuries and even over the last few decades. In order to analyze character behavior and author tone in literary works, it is important to understand not only life spans and developmental stages in society today, but also how they differed in the past. A fun way to become familiar with computers.