As we return to the culture of literacy and the CCCSS,
we need to include writing as an important component.
The students in Ms. Riley’s class were using the Internet
to learn about solar and wind energy. As they explored
preselected websites via a Webquest (Grisham, 2001
and also see http://webquest.org/), they read content
text, viewed diagrams and pictures, formed and
answered questions about them, talked to come to
consensus on various points about solar energy, and
generated a written product to demonstrate their
learning (Grisham & Smetana, 2011). A written product