Your First Blog

For today take one last look at what people wrote in the forum.

Then you should decide a scene to write about. Think of this as a 1-2 page paper on Huck Finn.

Some things to think about when writing about literature:
-Identify your audience--teacher? peers? general audience? (probably this class)

-Talk about the text, its effect and its purpose. Consider What Twain is doing, saying and/or trying to get us to think about.

-Raise a key question about the scene--is your question easy to answer? Do you need to defend it?

-What you think counts--do you relate your thinking on the piece? Do you back your assertions with quotations form the text?

-Reason logically, in a clear fashion--do you make logical arguments that could persuade most people? Does your essay reflect clear thinking?


I want you to link to the text. You might go to:
Huck Finn on-line
A Reader's Guide for Huck Finn