Here+There+Be+Dragons

This is the fourth session of SCPS WOW in School. As students begin to finish their starting zone quests, getting to their first major city means beginning to understand maps, geography and traveling. Since not all students have reached level 5 and are ready to leave their starting zone, we will begin with a Hero's Challenge - for students that have reached level 5/6 to make sure their fellow hero's catch up so they can all move on together. || Azeroth is a world made of continents, cities and zones. There are many modes of transportation, and cities have a structure including banks, auction houses and trainers. || Students will mark their map of Azeroth with their current locations and will fill out a city guide for Stormwind. ||
 * Seminole County Public Schools**
 * WOW in School**
 * **Lesson Plan: Here There Be Dragons, Part 1: No Hero Left Behind** ||
 * **Background:**
 * **Understanding to be Developed:**
 * **Evidence of Understanding:**
 * **Lesson Outline:**


 * Preparation -**


 * Write the Hero's Challenge parchment that will be presented to the highest level Hero's from each race. They will serve as the group leaders.
 * Create groups of 2-3 that balance level by WOW race. (Example: For the race "Draenei", a group of 3 such as a level 6, a level 4 and a level 3.
 * Signs up in the room by groups
 * Headphones
 * Snacks available.
 * Hero's Reputation Charts created for tracking gains in reputation and stickers for rewarding Initiates
 * Lorekeepers will have toons in each starting area with bags to share for new Initiates.

1. Grab a snack and hand out Hero Challenge parchments. 2. Get students into groups. 3. Hand out Maps of Azeroth. 4. Hero's will find their starting zones and find Stormwind. 5. Explain the No Hero Left Behind Challenge.
 * I. Welcome Heroes**

1. Students will group up as directed. 2. Log into WOW, ADD FRIENDS and CREATE PARTY. 3.When all group members are 5 and above, they will get a portal to Stormwind. 4. Once in Stormwind, student will complete the Lorekeeper Quest, learning their way around the city. 5. If the Lorekeeper Quest is completed, then they can go to Goldshire and quest.
 * II. Getting In World**


 * III. Hero's Reputation**


 * Lorekeepers will check off progress toward becoming an initiate. Students that level will earn 3 bags. Other students will be counseled for what they need to do to level. **
 * Some students may be ready for the the following level and get a pet. ** ||
 * **Wrap Up / Evaluation**

Students will mark their maps of Azeroth with the current (starting zone) location and mark the city of Stormwind.

Students will complete the Lorekeepers Quest of Stormwind. ||
 * Lorekeeper Reflections
 * Lorekeeper Reflections
 * Lorekeeper Reflections
 * Lorekeeper Reflections

__//Lorekeeper Lewis//__

The students got off to a rocky start, having trouble focusing on the maps at first. They were a bit frustrated not quite understanding what it was we were trying to show them. I think that after they have been to more than one area, the idea of space and geography will have more meaning. We definitely had quite a lot of practice in directions such as North, South West, etc.! I think that, although they were frustrated a little, it formed a good basis for us to refer to the maps later.

After the students could see where everyone was, we handed out "scrolls of parchment" to students that were level 5 or 6. These students were designated as party leaders, with the job of getting the rest of their party to level 5. Once they were level 5, they were ported to Stormwind and completed a scavenger hunt there.

All students made it to level 5, with the exception of a brand new student who is only 3 bars away. Amazing work!! Some students were just arriving in Stormwind as we ended and some had finished their Lorekeeper's Quest in Stormwind.

Some of the highlights of the day:

1. Students came RUNNING in to say they had read the WOW game manual (one had read it twice!) 2. One student did amazing research and had post-its taped all over his notebook. He knows more about armor stats (agility, intellect, etc) than I knew my first 6 months playing! Check out the Photos page! 3. Students got to Stormwind and very quickly got aclimated to using the map to move around, asking city guards for direction, and finding their trainers. They used their banks and made the Inn their home. They even got to trick or treat, as it's Halloween in the game! 4. The principal visited!

__//Lorekeeper Camilleri//__

__//Lorekeeper Coleman//__ //Starting off: Students were hard to focus at the beginning because of not really seeing a purpose for the map and having a hard time recording labels on the dark colors. Additional complications came from lack of knowledge from some and not listening from others. They did work through it, but it didn't quite work out as we had planned. For future planning, this issue could possibly be avoided by waiting until more students have traveled within the world to chart this or to track the movement with area maps while they were in their initial starting areas so that they had map practice. I think that the maps will be helpful in the future as students actually travel to areas on their own and need to see where they are in the world.// //to be continued// ||