Neil's Stupendous Webquest

Webquest Review

I’d like to review Neil’s webquest, cleverly titled, “Shall I compare this Webquest To a Summer’s Day?” This webquest is clear and thorough. It outlines an assignment in which you will “become the Bard of Fordham” in which you create your own sonnet with both metaphor and simile in Shakespearean style. This is a great idea that should engage students into Shakespeare and the difficult task of mimicking his writing into a sonnet. Neil makes the concept of metaphors and similes understandable by providing famous artwork such as “Starry Night” for visual learners and a link to an explanation/examples.

The webquest itself is outlined clearly from the introduction to the task to the conclusion. It is filled with links to Shakespeare’s sonnets and on iambic pentameter. The Shakespearean language is also defined on the webquest for comprehension. There is a link to a class blog where students are required to post their sonnets and comment on each other work. Neil makes sure to tell students to respect each other in critiquing their work.