Huck Blog #1: What Have You Heard?

What is your prior experience with this story, the book, and/or its author. Maybe you haven't read about it but you heard about all of the controversy in the fall of 2010 about censoring a version of the text for younger readers. Perhaps you have seen a movie or cartoon based on the story and you have a loose idea of what the story is about.

Share what knowledge of the book you will bring to your reading of it and then respond to one other classmate's post for a total of two (2) entries.

THERE IS NO READING REQUIRED FOR THIS POST!!

Summer Reading 2011-2012

11 Honors Summer Reading

Texts:

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster

ONE (1) book from the choice book list

Projects:

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1. Read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2. Blog about it, and prepare to discuss it when school starts… there might even be a quiz….. TO BLOG: go to edmodo.com and register as a student. Join the group “11 Honors 2011-2012” by entering the code: lyaofp. Then message away on Huck, Jim, the Grangerfords, the Duke, Aunt Sally…

How to Read Literature Like a Professor

1. Be prepared to present a randomly assigned section of the text as an “expert” to the class during the first week of class during a review activity.
2. Write a 2-3 page analysis of “The Garden Party” in the chapter called “Test Case”. This is to be a polished essay in which you use the skills taught in the text to analyze the short story. You may use the information Foster provides in the chapter as support, but relying on it as your commentary is plagiarism. You will be graded on your use of Foster’s topics, clarity of your argument (that those symbolic elements, such as baptism, are present in the story), and grade level grammar, usage and mechanics (G.U.M).

Your Choice Book: One writing assignment chosen from the summer reading project options

Due Dates:

The choice book project, as well as any additional work, will be due on the Wednesday of the first week of school. There will be a designated location for handing in any assignments that are not uploaded to the internet.