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A WebQuest that is a guided student pursuit to writing a persuasive research paper.

This unit is based on the assumption that students have read and discussed //The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn// in class. It also assumes that students have access to the Internet either at school or at home.

__ Standards: __ PA Grades 9-12 1.1. Learning to Read Independently 1.2. Reading Critically in All Content Areas (A) 1.3. Reading, Analyzing and Interpreting Literature (A - C,E) 1.4. Types of Writing (B -D) 1.5. Quality of Writing (A - G) 1.6. Speaking and Listening (D - F) 1.8. Research PA Standards: Reading, Writing

OVERVIEW: The Students are to read through the internet cites, and read through the book list, to learn more about the racism controversy. The point to this assignment is to have the students take on the role of a Twain Scholar by reading what others say and then writing about what they think based on their own experiences with either the book or personal situations. The object is to get the students to see that there are two sides to every story and they have the right to choose which ever side they desire. The students are given a lot of freedom in this assignment to not only choose a position but also to choose a topic. The //Huck Finn// racism controversy and Huck Finn is so broad that the students can go with it which ever way they choose. The sites listed are objective and the booklist includes books that include essays from scholars on every angle. The students however are not being graded on the quality of their reseach, they are being graded on the fact that they are doing research in order to come to their own conclusion, and the paper is only for them to explain that conclusion to everyone else. I followed the writing assignment guidelines that take a more rhetorical perspective.

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