Agenda

toc =12.10.07=

Today you should continue to develop your annotations of the Poe stories and create new ones. And visit other people's annotations to read and comment on them.

Remember to put a link back to the story on each of your annotation pages.

You should create a linked list on your Student Page of all the pages you have worked on. Call it **Pages I Have Worked On**.

Remember to put your name on all of your work by tying four tildes ~. 1197252839

PLEASE NOTE: Some have asked if this wiki work is for a grade. Of course it is for a grade. I will be evaluating your work during these days and determining a grade for it. I will be using your Student Page as a starting point for this evaluation. So it's very important that you show me where to find your work. From there I will be looking at all the other great things you have done. If your **Wiki Activity Log** and **Pages I Have Worked On** are weak, your grade will probably also be weak. I'm looking at the QUALITY of what you have been doing with the time we have had here in the computer lab.

=12.7.07=

Your primary work today will be to annotate one or both of the two Poe stories we have read. So, what is annotating? and how will it be done?


 * Annotation is a way to provide useful information for readers of a story. There can be at least two kinds of annotation:**

1. Annotation that provides **factual information** about a part of the story. This could be a definition or an explanation of a term or a phrase in the story (scientific, historical or literary information). For example in the first sentence of "The Tell-Tale Heart" the narrator says he has been "very dreadfully nervous." I have created a link from this phrase to a new page which opens a discussion of the nature of "nervousness" as a mental illness. As you'll see, I've done a bit of research on the matter and report on it in that new page. Then I ask some questions. You can do this, too.

2. Annotation which is less factual and more **personal**. You might, for example, pose a question (and try to answer it) about a certain moment in the tale. Or you might, at some point, want to speak back to the narrator - give him some advice, try to reason with him.


 * How to Annotate the Stories**

1. Go to the Texts page and click on the story you wish to annotate.

2. Select a single word or short phrase in the tale, and make it a link. You do this by going into TEXT Editor and putting double square brackets `` `` around your word or phrase. Then click Save, and when the page reappears click on the link.

3. That click will take you to a new page. Click Edit This Page, and add your content to it. Be sure to copy the complete sentence in which your selection appears into the top of the page. And follow it with a link back to the story. See my sample. **Be sure to add your username at the end of your work by typing four unspaced tildes ``~``, which produces this: 1196991843**

4. It's that simple. Then after you have done a good deal of original annotating, click on the links others have made and see if you can contribute something to their pages (answer a question, add some other information, etc.)

Then, if there's still time, take a look at the Douglass Vocabulary page. I have indicated with an asterisk which words are most likely to be used on the semester exam. You might help each other by adding, at least, definitions to those words on that page.

Then, when you are able, I recommend that you create on your own student page a list of links to every page you have worked on - whether you have originally created it or not. Call it "Pages I Have Edited."

=12-3-07=
 * 1) Because a hard copy of your Devil story is due by class time tomorrow (Tuesday), you should make your story as perfect as possible today. Make sure it contains the five key elements listed at Revising The Devil and Your Partner.
 * 2) Visit another person's story and make (or suggest via "Discussion") some changes.
 * 3) In the second OPTIONAL form at the bottom of each editing page, place your username as a TAG. You should put this username tag at the bottom of every page you have created (i.e. every page that originated with you, not every page you have edited). If you have added numbers to your username, you do not need to use them. See, for example, the bottom of this page where there are two tags. Click them to see what happens. Then go to your Devil story page and put the "irving" tag on it.
 * 4) Develop your Student Page. In TEXT Editor mode (not Visual Editor), add this code to the very top of your page: **``toc``**. Then add **``=Wiki Activity Log=``** as a headline for the activity log you began last week. Notice that this creates a linked table of contents at the top right corner of your page. From now on, whenever you use Heading #1 ( **``=your heading here=``**) or other headings, a link to it will appear in your Table of Contents. Notice the table of contents at the top of this page. Now add **``=My Links=``** below your Activity Log. Below this, add links to the pages you have created and/or worked on.
 * 5) Visit this help page to learn how to add IMAGES to your pages. Try to add an image to your Student Page.
 * 6) Visit the Vocabulary pages and make some contributions.
 * 7) Visit First Sentences to see if there's something you can do there.

=11-29-07=
 * 1) If you haven't yet loaded your Devil story to your Devil page, DO IT. If you do not have your story in electronic form, begin typing it now. This is top priority.
 * 2) If you have your story loaded, please proceed with revising both it and the story your partner wrote. Please see the Revision page to identify the issues you should be looking for in the stories.
 * 3) After accomplishing some significant improvement of your story, explore other pages on the wiki:
 * Visit the Vocabulary page and contribute something to either the Douglass list or the Poets list. This will help prepare you for this part of the semester exam.
 * Visit First Sentences and think about how you might be creative there.
 * If you have time, visit a Sandbox and learn some new wiki tricks.
 * And, of course, visit the Student Pages to set up your Wiki Activity Log and write your first brief entry.

Other Things

 * Remember that you are ALWAYS encouraged to fix spelling, grammar, and punctuation problems whenever you find them.
 * Remember that you should ALWAYS listen to the sentences you are reading and FIX THEM if they sound weak or ugly. If you're not sure what's wrong with a sentence, ask somebody ... even the teacher!
 * Remember that all changes that are made on your writing can be undone (reverted) if you don't like them.
 * Remember that it's OK to ask someone else to read and fiddle with your story, especially if you think it's not as strong as it could be. Just remember to repay the favor in some way.
 * Remember to TAG all the pages you work on.

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