Introduction
Sarah, Plain and Tall is the story of widower, Jacob Whitting, his children, Anna and Caleb, and their quest to fill the emptiness left by their wife and mother following her death. Jacob (Papa) puts an ad in the paper asking for a wife. He receives an answer from Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton, from Maine. After several letters of correspondence, Sarah decides to leave her home and visit the Whittings for a month. Were the Whittings 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.

Task
After each chapter, you will illustrate and summarize what the chapter was about in your Journal. After completion of the summaries, you will illustrate a book cover reflecting your opinion of the story. You will be given a vocabulary list for each chapter. You will define the words and  log them in your journal.  There will be online vocabulary quizzes for each chapter.

After completing the story you will find one possible route Sarah could have taken in order to find her way from Maine to Kansas. In your journal list the cities and states that Sarah could have traveled through. Please be specific when describing your travel route (north, south, west, east). Next you will need to create a brochure complete with illustrations and text that would make Kansas an appealing place for Sarah to live. 

Process
Following the reading of each chapter, you will generate a summary and an illustration about that chapter in your reading journal. After completing the nine chapters, you must create a new book cover for the story. Make sure you recognize the vocabulary terms. These terms must be written and defined in your journal.

Resources

You will need the following materials to complete this webquest.

• Access to computers and internet access
• Sarah, Plain and Tall novel for each student
• Pencils, pens, paper and any other materials you might want to use for the journal

The following websites are utilized for this webquest:

U.S. Map - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states/n.america.ipg

Kansas - http://www.travelKS.com

Dictionary.com - http://www.dictionary.com/

Tall Grass Prairie - http://www.prairies.org/page4.html

Maine Coastline - http://www.docksquare.org/WPP/

Pasture Rose - http://www.emily.net/~schiller/wildflwr.html

Goldenrod - http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Gorge/2583/

Harbor Seal - http://www.mmsc.org/info/seal-harbor.html

Daliah - http://mail.coos.or.us/~bishop/

Columbine - http://www.fredparker.com/bt07507.htm

wid·ow·er  (wd-r) n. A man whose wife has died and who has not remarried.

cor·re·spon·dence    (kôr-spndns, kr-) n.  1. Communication by the exchange of letters.  2. The letters written or received.