Publishers

toc =Real World Examples= You are a new writer who is trying to pitch a new story and series to publishers. Unfortunately due to the sour economy writers need to make a real stunning presentation to get the attention of publishers and to get them to invest in your story.

=Performance Task= This type of task is best used after doing a unit on a certain genre in literature or a writing unit in grammer. The student would be assigned to write either a short story, epic poem, news article, etc. that would then be submitted to a publisher for review and possible publication. To make this even more exciting, the teacher could find a magazine or a local newspaper that either publishes or would be interested in publishing your student's work.

=Audience= Students could take on the role of editors from several publishing companies, newspapers, or magazines. They could also be the target audience who will be reading the published work, or the audience that the publishers are trying to attract. =Role= Students can assume the role of a famous writer pitching their next book. Possibly the student is a new writer trying to get published for the first time or they may even be a fanfiction writter from a website such as [|Fictionpress]. Students could even be a newspaper writer or a journalist for a leading magazine.

=WebQuest Examples= [|I Was Part of the Movement] This Webquest has an interesting task but it doesn't quite fit this type of webquest. Students have to take on the role of a civil rights activist. They have to create 4-6 journal entries along with some pictures and new clippings. In the end the students have to make a scrapebook. I think that this can go one step further and the class can some how publish the scrapbooks (completely fictional scrapebooks). I think it would be interesting if they were put on display in their schools library that way other students can read them and get an idea about what it was like during the civil rights movement.

[|The Castle of Otranto]- Students take on the role of a freelance writers and after reading the book "The Castle of Otranto" by Horace Walpole they must write their own gothic manuscript. The webquest does not tell who they would be presenting to but having the audience be from a publishing company could make it more interesting.

[|The Central Times]- In this WebQuest students are reporters who have been hired by the Central Times to research and report on four major natural weather disasters. The students end products will be their news stories on those disasters which will be published in the next issue of the newspaper.