Welcome to the wonderful world of weblogging!

A weblog is part diary, part journal, part scrapbook, part bulletin board. Many of you have some experience with weblogs on MySpace or Facebook or similar social networking sites. The weblog that you establish for this class will be dedicated to your thoughts on our next novel.

As part of our study of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, we will be using weblogs as a reading journal. To set up your weblog, go to www.learnerblogs.org and follow the directions to set up your blog. You will need access to your e-mail address to activate your weblog.

Once your weblog is set up, please e-mail the website address to me by clicking here.

All the class weblogs will be linked to a main web page so that you can find someone else’s weblog easily.

Part of your grade for this assignment will be to read and comment on other people’s weblogs. You may respond to questions about the novel, agree or disagree with comments or pose other questions. Your comments should be restricted to issues dealing with the novel. If you want to socialize, go to MySpace.

Your weblog must be updated at least twice a week, indicating what you have read by commenting on and questioning the text. PLEASE — NO PLOT SUMMARY!!!

My weblog will serve as a discussion guide and review area. Each week, I will post a discussion question which you may respond to in your weblog in addition to the other items you post. I will also post any handouts and reading guides here. Please add this page to your favorites.

You will have some class time every week to work on your weblog, but you will be required to do some work on your own time. If you do not have internet access at home, feel free to come to my room during AB Prep and use my computers.