Quick Reads Ideas

Steps to do a web quest

Read the question and look at the web links to find an answer.

Look at the answer and some more websites to explore.

Use the Notepad at the end of your quest to jot down some thoughts. You can fill it in online and then print it off. Or you can print the blank page and then write in the boxes.

Web Quest Task

A Dream Come True: Maureen Lee

Maureen Lee’s book is a romantic novel. It is a story about Maggie who works for a travel agency in Liverpool. Like all of us, she is looking for happiness and love in her life.

The book is called A Dream Come True, but does every romantic story have a happy ending?

You will look at some websites and explore some links about love and happiness.

Your quest

Where was the romantic novel Jane Eyre filmed by the BBC?

What to do

Read the short notes on the quest websites below. They tell you what to look for on each website. You will find the answer to your quest on the first website.

Have a look at the other websites too before you check your answer. Ask for help if you need it.

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The quest websites

Explore this website about Jane Eyre, a very famous romantic novel by Charlotte Bronte. Read the first section of the producer’s diary.
www.bbc.co.uk/drama/janeeyre

Try one of the films about happiness on this BBC site. Then click on the ‘happiness test’ to find out how happy you are.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/happiness_formula/

Click on ‘love’ on this site full of poetry. Listen to or have a look at the poems by Wendy Cope, Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze and Brian Patten. Do they all end happily?
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/themes.do

Click here for the web quest answer, another site on Maureen Lee and a site about love songs.

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