Welcome to my Manatee 

I love Manatees, particularly Florida Manatees. I'm sad that those manatees are endangered, and I'm determined to help save them in some way. My web quest is one way for you and I to help these beautiful and gentle creatures. I hope you enjoy my web quest, and choose to complete it.

The task that you will be needing to complete will require you to know about manatees. Your task will be to write a detailed letter to the governor of Florida with facts about manatees to try to convince him that he should try to help with saving the Florida manatee.

Using some provided websites, or websites you find on your own, you will collect information about manatees. You need to know about manatees before you start your letter, or you will not be able to explain why he should save the manatees. But, if you find a lot of information, he might listen to our cause and help save the manatees.

The resources that are provided are only websites, but feel free to look in magazines or books to find  more information, because what I have listed below may not be enough information to help you finish your web quest. The resources below are just suggestions, you don't have to go to them, but you might want to check them out to see if they can give you the information you want for your letter.

The evaluation for your project will be graded with the following rubric.

1	If your letter is handwritten, and is sloppy; or looks really messy, has dirt on it, you spilled something on it, etc., you will get this grade.	If your letter is badly organized, or if it doesn't make sense, like with the signature at the top, you will get this grade. Also, if you mess up the order of your letter, you will also get this grade.	If you have no information, the information is made up, or split up, you will get this grade.	If the letter is poorly spelled, hard to read because of spelling mistakes or if the punctuation is really bad and hard to understand, etc. you will get this grade.
2	If your letter is not very neat, but neat enough to barely make out the words, you will get this grade. If your letter is handwritten and a little bit sloppy, but not much, etc., you will get this grade.	If your letter is semi-organized, but still has some of the facts split up throughout the letter, instead of next to each other, you will get this grade. If you have some info. but not a lot, etc., you will get this grade.	If you have a little information about manatees, but not very much, and your information is not enough to convince someone to help save the manatees, you will get this grade.	If your letter has quite a few things spelled incorrectly, but not very much, or if you misuse punctuation a lot, you will get this grade.
3	If your letter is pretty neat, and if you can read it, you will get this grade. Also, if your letter has a little bit of junk on it, but only a little, not very much, you will get this grade.	If your letter is pretty organized, but is still a little bit unorganized you will get this grade. If your information is organized in your letter, but not as good as it should be, you will get this grade.	If you have information about manatees, but maybe not enough, but almost enough to convince someone to support our cause, saving the manatees, you will get this grade.	If your letter is spelled mostly correctly, and if you use punctuation pretty well, you will get this grade.
4	If your letters is handwritten, it must be neat. If you type it, you must pick a readable font. If your font/handwriting is easy to read and maybe includes a picture or two, you will get a 4 on the neatness part of your evaluation.	If your letter is neatly organized, and looks nice, not like a sloppy quick letter you will get a 4. You must have all your info. neatly organized within your letter.	You must have enough information so that the person that reads your letter, the governor, actually can understand why you would want to have him/her help you with saving manatees.	If everything (or almost everything) inside of your letter is correctly spelled, and if you use punctuation the right way, you will get this grade.

Conclusion

Congratulations! By now you have probably written your letter and graded it. I hope that you did well on this web quest and I also hope that you have learned a lot about manatees and love and adore them as much as I do. Now that you have gone through the tasks, and have spent a lot of time researching manatees, I hope you will send your real letter to the Governor of Florida, so your letter can help save the manatees! Also, please spread your knowledge and love of manatees, so more people can help to save them! Thanks again!