Introduction

HOME PAGE	CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION	RESOURCES
TASK & PROCESS	TEACHER GUIDE
EVALUATION	STUDENT GUIDE

Introduction

How does it feel to be homeless? How do you think children, mothers, fathers, and other relatives feel about being homeless? This novel will tell you about a character name Armand who lives under a bridge in Paris, France, during different seasons. One day, he discovered to his surprise that three children had come to live under his bridge! Read more to find out how they survived and how they began to understand the meaning of sharing and caring, as a family. Did they do anything illegally to survive? Did they ever have any fun, even though they were homeless? Lastly, did they eventually find a home?

The Task and Process

       You are going to imagine being homeless in Paris, France, in September, 2003, during
   autumn. You are one of the three children who has found a place you thought no one
   lived. To your surprise, a mean old man does not want you living in his space. What
   do you do?

Each person in your group will decide on ways to obtain food that may be different from the characters in the story.
Select one person to be a 'recorder'
One person to keep the group 'calm'
One person to brainstorm with group on 'making things happen' ( survival) legally.
Develop a small skit and write it out on how your group will survive under the bridge in Paris, France, and how would you learn to like the mean old man?
Rehearse your skit so that your audience (classmates) will be able to follow along and also relate to the story ( compare or contrast).
Make it believable with feelings and emotions.
Decide who will video tape the final skit

Evaluation

Each student will be given an individual grade and a group grade.
The teacher will evaluate each student and the class will evaluate the group.

4. Very good 3. Good 2. Okay 1. Very weak

Individual Effort Group Effort

The student participated with the group.	The opening catches the audience attention.
The student took turns talking with classmates.	The order in which events took place were clear to understand and follow along.
The student contributed ideas to the group.	The wording and ideas are understandable, clear, and the students spoke loud enough to be heard.
The student worked cooperatively in small groups with classmates	The group worked well together with feelings and emotions
The student reads fluently aloud.	The ending was understandable and clear.
He/She writes in complet sentences with details on the report.	The group's 'skit' is something you would like to see presented again.

Conclusion:

             Homelessness is an important problem in the city of Chicago, United States of America, and the World.
           After the completing the novel and using some of the information from the WebQuest, you will hopefully
             have a better understanding of how one and families survive homelessness and remain hopeful; how shariing and
   cariing for each other is important, also.

              To learn more about homelessness visit....

             These web sites will give a lot of information you did not know existed and things you can do to help homeless
           children like you!!


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