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 * Welcome to the American Literature Online Class Wiki! **


 * Ocassionally I will post information and links to help you create your Wiki for class. **
 * Visit this page before beginning any Wiki activity for your class. **

**Helpful Resources**  These resources are great for building your Wiki. When appropriate, use them and be creative! **Cool Tools for Schools**  **[|Learning Web 2.0 Tools]**   **[|Glogster.edu] classroom code for students 5DC17A to get into my classroom Glogster account. This will allow you to have more benefits when making a glog. Very easy to and makes a great presentation tool.**  **[|Prezi] an interesting PPT tool**   **1.To get into my account, click on Choose Your Account Level.**   **2. Then scroll to the bottom and click on Register As a Student Here!**  **3. Register your name and put in the teacher code** 5DC17A 4. You should be in! See me if it doesn't work. **Your groups' wiki pages should reflect the group's personalities. Feel free to set up your page as you wish always keeping in mind the grading elements of the wiki rubric. Don't have a rubric yet? Be sure to download it off of the Week 3 Moodle sidebar for Reading or download it from **  **You have a group decision of putting you information in ascending or descending order. I will try and keep my assignments for you in ascending order--that means the most recent assignment will be viewed on top.**  **Always remember that you are giving your idea more effort than what was asked for.**

**Week 3 Task--Assignment due by Friday, January 25, 2013** = **Wiki Work** =

It is time to begin Wiki work. The following will need to be accomplished this week.

1. Create a Wiki group of no more than 4 people. Remember this is a cooperative grouping that allows the real-life skill of collaboration to happen. Make sure you are working with people that will produce results with you!

2. Print off a Wiki rubric from the sidebar so you know the expectations of creating your page and the grading expectations.

**3.** Get logged into the American Literature Class wiki.

People new to the class was sent and email inviting them to the wiki.

4. As a group, compile your efforts from the Realism VS Naturalism assignment upload and make a new chart in the Wiki.

5. Make a BIO page for Stephen Crane, It can be on the same page as your chart. Provide information from a variety of resources on the author, Stephen Crane. Remember to keep it attractive and interesting to read and go through. 6. Remember assignment due **by Friday, January 25, 2013.**

= Today's Ballads and Narratives =

Are ballads and narratives still found today? With your wiki group, try to find a piece of music that fits the expectations and elements of a a ballad. Post the song on your Wiki page. That means post the words. You can also add the musical version as a link. Be sure to give the title and the singer, if applicable. Write a summary of what the song is about. Then create a chart showing how the song fits the elements and purpose of the ballad. Be sure to give specific examples of these elements and characteristics in your chart.

Remember assignment due **by Friday, January 25, 2013.**
= = = Wiki Week 8 //Huckleberry Finn// by Mark Twain = =This week you will be doing several things with the //Huckleberry Finn// novel. One of the first items is to create a new page devoted to Mark Twain. I have a few sites with oodles of information for you to display some very interesting knowledge about this unique gentleman author. Remember, you are answering the questions, 'Who is Mark Twain as a person?' and 'Why would he write a book like //Huckleberry Finn//?' Many interesting images and information on this author.= =Check out the following as you create your page.= []
 * Mark Twain in His Times**

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 * Mark Twain's Interactive Scrapbook**

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 * The Private Life of Mark Twain--Click on the icon.**

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 * Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) (1835-1910)**

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 * The Victorian Web**

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 * Great Website to Understand the Characteristics of Regionalism--Twain's Type of Writing--A Must!!!!**

Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events 1880-1889
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= Wiki Week 9 //The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn//--Literary Devices =

The Plot
Your first task is to create a plot line for the novel //The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.// Make sure you know the elements of a plot line and create it using the proper terms. This might be a great opportunity to try another Web 2.0 app to make the plot line more interesting. Be creative!

The Allusions
Allusions can run amuck in all genres of literature, poetry, and music. But what is this literary device that many authors find useful? You will be designing your Wiki to educate the reader on allusions. What is an allusion? What types of allusions are there and give an example of each type. Find as many examples from //The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn//. Only need one example for each type of allusion. Types of allusions include mythological, historical, literature, religious, and folk lore/superstition. Then you are going to read a religious allusion in Chapter 14 from //The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn//. The one in particular I want you to focus on is when Huck and Jim discuss King Solomon's story from the Bible. Obviously, this is a religious allusion. Read the section in Chapter 14 and give your groups' perspective of your understanding. Which character is right, and who is wrong? What does this say about Jim as a character? Then read in the //Bible, KJV//, 1 Kings 3:16--28. After reading these verses, explain how the reading of //1 Kings//brings more meaning to the conversation between Huck and Jim. How does this story foreshadow the debate of conscience that Huck has later on and what is the event that shows this? (Be sure to state Chapter, page, and explain the event.) Finally, I want your group to find a song that has allusions abound and tell what type of allusion is being used and what it means in the song.

The Irony
One might say that Mark Twain was the master of irony. He loved it and used it abundantly in all his writings, which is why he is known as a satirist. There is an abundance of irony in //The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.// Your task is to creat a chart with the different types of irony. Define the type of irony and the provide a distinct example word for word, with page number and paragraph(s) of this example of irony from //The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.// Be sure to explain why you chose this particular passage. Then find a song that has irony in it and share the type of irony, example of irony, and explain why this is irony in the song.

Point of View
Next you will write from the perspective of a character from the novel (Huck, Jim, the Duke and King, pap, etc.) Your task will be to choose an event from the school year and rewrite that event from the perspective of your chosen character, which you will post on the Wiki. The written descriptions must employ language that is appropriate for the particular character who is narrating the event. Ask yourself the following questions: What dialect does this character use? How does this character act? What is this character’s personality? You might want to choose from the following events: a school dance,sporting event, pep assembly, drama production, talent show, etc. How would Huck describe an experience of prom? Think of how different this would be from Pap's description. Post your paragraph(s) on your Wiki! You need to include a description of the character you have chosen. In this description tell me how that person lives, what knowledge do they have, what is their personality like, and what is their language like? Include anything else you feel is necessary to understand the character. Next, choose the event, then write. Make sure this is a group effort! Everyone needs to agree with the description and paragraph.

Work as a team this week to accomplish all the goals. Many hands make light work!! Assignment is due March 19th.