1. How to Do Assignments click me

2. Five Steps Read Journal Characters Glossary Events Wiki Reader Poll

3. Five Steps Read Pretty easy, if you got the abc’s down in kindergarten. Then again, you’re not reading “Green Eggs and Ham.”

4. Five Steps Read While these may be ‘short’ novels, you won’t be able to finish it in the car on the way to school, or, in your case, five minutes before chat starts.

5. Five Steps Read We’ll take two weeks on most novels.* My recommendation: read at least one hour every day, Monday-Saturday--take a break on Sunday; its good for you. *For the first novel, The Overcoat, you only get one week to read it.

6. Five Steps Read Read Check out these links. or Listen

7. Five Steps Read When finished with the reading click on this link and follow the instructions.

8. The link takes you here. Click this button.

9. Then that takes you here. Tell me how much you read. Be honest.

10. Five Steps Read Characters Glossary Events Wiki Reader Poll Journal

11. Five Steps Read Characters Glossary Events Wiki Reader Poll Journal

12. Five Steps Journal - Go to the course page and read the document “Steps to a Journal Entry”

15. Five Steps Journal When finished with the reading and journaling click on this link and follow the instructions.

16. Five Steps Journal The pages look like this:

17. Press this button.

18. Here’s the next page. Write or paste one of your journal entries here* Then click one of these circles, telling how many entries you did total * I’d choose a really good one—one that you’d take to school for show and tell. : )

19. Five Steps Read Journal Events Wiki Reader Poll Characters Glossary

20. Five Steps Characters Glossary We’re going to keep tabs of the characters in each story by doing a little exercise.

21. Character Example: Gandalf Here’s what we want to remember about him character's appearance (head to toe) relationship to other main characters good or bad qualities what he or she desires So, let’s give it a try…

22. Example: Gandalf Old wizard, wears long rough cloak, tall pointed hat, silver beard, carries staff Friend to all good creatures, enemy of Sauron and all his minions Wise, powerful, encouraging; short temper, sometimes late Desires to help preserve Middle Earth

23. Five Steps Now that you know how to briefly describe a character, let’s look at the Characters Glossary on the course page…

24. Click “Characters Agents”

25. Always read the instructions. Or, as Davy Crockett once said, “Always be sure you are right, then go ahead.” Instructions Then click here

26. Name of Character Description Stuff Press Save!

27. Completed entry…almost Finish your entry with a comment, telling what you liked about the character.

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29. Five Steps To keep track of the main events in each novel we are going to create a “Wiki”. * Events Wiki *Wiki is a Hawaiian word that means ‘fast’. And trust me, we’ve chosen just the right word for this assignment.

30. First, click the link.

31. Then, read instructions.

32. Summarize (briefly) an important event. Save it.

33. Now your event is up. Can you say “wiki” (i.e. fast)!

34. What if all the big events are taken? Or what if I disagree about someone’s take on an event? Make your opinion known by clicking here.

35. Post your take on the event underneath the first.

36. Five Steps Read Journal Characters Glossary Events Wiki Reader Poll

37. Five Steps Last step! Reader Poll

38. Click the ‘Reader Poll’ link.

39. Tell us what you thought. Again, be honest. Don’t worry, it won’t hurt your grade (or improve it).

40. Five Steps Done! Read Journal Characters Glossary Events Wiki Reader Poll