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MYTHOLOGY ASSIGNMENT:**
 * Ms. Collier's 2007 upperclassmen will be creating a mythology website over the next several weeks. During this time you will be responsible for:**
 * working cooperatively to build a webpage that creatively conveys the various stories about the Greek mythological character you have been assigned.
 * responsibly editing that page based critiques from your teacher and peers.
 * carefully examining the web pages of other groups and responding critically to them.
 * link your page to at least three great websites that are directly related to your character.
 * possibly create an online quiz for your readers to take after visiting your page.

FINAL PIECE - __200 pts.__** >
 * FEBRUARY 2, 2007
 * Read the "Let me Know" email from me in your wiki-mailbox.
 * Write the 1-3 page reflection about your experience doing this project that is explained in detail in that email.
 * Email your reflection to me via wiki-mail by **__FEBRUARY 8th.__**

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 * JANUARY 31, 2007**
 * DAY 5:**
 * During the next two days you will be working toward __checkpoint 2__. If your page shows awesome evidence of the following things by Friday your group will receive __100 points__:**
 * At least one clearly outlined comparison between two differing stories about your Greek character.
 * All sources cited.
 * Some kind of interactive hook that allows your peers to respond to your page.
 * Visit and respond critically to at least three of your peer's pages. Your critique should include at least three genuine positives and three suggestions for improvement. You do these as an individual, not as a group.


 * JANUARY 25, 2007**
 * DAY 4:**
 * they don't make students better than you guys...keep working on these magical pages today.
 * make sure your page is a place you would want to visit...get rid of all the stuff that some other boring person wrote and make your page teen-friendly and informative.
 * don't forget to try some of your ideas in your outlines!
 * begin to browse the other pages and think about some criteria that we could use to judge what makes a great mythology page, a good mythology page, a not-so-good page and an I'd-rather-read-the-book page.


 * JANUARY 24, 2007**
 * DAY 3:**
 * Today you will begin to reveal the expert knowledge you and your partner(s) have accumulated.
 * By the end of the day I should be able to go to your page and discover many facts about your mythological character and some facts about some of the characters related to yours.
 * If you retrieved the information you are relating through a book then you will indicate that by Putting the author's name and page numbers used in parenthesis after the said info. i.e. Pandora could not resist opening the jar and in turn let out all the nasty winged creatures called Old Age, Sickness, Insanity,Spite, Passion, Vice, Plague, and Famine. These creatures stung Epimetheus and Pandora and all of Prometheus's mortals. (Graves, R., pp. 27-28)
 * If your information is retrieved from the internet, then it should be linked to that internet source.


 * JANUARY 18, 2007**
 * DAY 2:**
 * Give yourselves a huge pat on the back for getting through that login nightmare yesterday
 * If you have not already received a response from me in your new email account, resend your test email to me at gcolli3@hotmail.com
 * Sign in at wikispaces and go to languagearts-collier.wikispaces.com (if you are reading this you are there now!)
 * Look into each page to see which Greek character you have been assigned and see who your webmates are.
 * Begin your page with a proper title and a graphic that you copy and paste from the internet. Be sure that the names of the creators of the page are names posted on the page at all times.


 * JANUARY 17, 2007**
 * DAY 1:**
 * create a new email account with [|**www.hotmail.com_**] Only use this account for this assignment as it will be periodically checked by me.
 * sign up and log in to [|www.wikispaces]
 * check email for invitation from me to participate in my languagearts-collier.wikispaces.com page
 * play around with page functions and learn the language of wiki :-)