Project: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Step Description Expected Student Results
1 STUDENTS: introduction message to mentor, including reader profile and historical period preference for the research project.

MENTORS: introduction message to students including reader profile and if read Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.		 1. Introduction message
2. Reader Profile
3. Historical Period Preference for Research
2 Research in finding credible Book Reviews during chosen histrorical period preference

STUDENTS: Access websites containg book reviews related to the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and select 3-4 relevant scholarly articles.

MENTORS: Assist student with reviewing student-selected articles and provide other relevant scholarly articles or resources related to book reviews of Huckleberry Finn book.		 1. 3-4 selections of credible, appropriate scholarly artcles
2. 1 or 2 addtional resources or alternative scholarly articles
3 Summarizing Findings

STUDENTS: Highlight and annotate articles using "Review" feture in MS WORD. Use summarizing strategy to summarize each article including:

* when it was written
* who wrote the review
* the reviewer's opinion
* insightful quotations
* effect of the re4view in a historical context

MENTORS: Review student's annotations and summaries. Check to see if student meet requirements (listed above) and provide positive constructive feedback on what went will with their summarizing and what could be improved. Also assist in providing addtional annotations to the article and explain why you annoated them.		 1. Highlighted and annoated main ideas and important details related to their final presentation
2. Effective use of summarizing strategy
4 Design Poster Layout

STUDENTS: synthesize researched information in order to create a potential poster layout in MS WORD.


MENTORS: Provide feedback on poster layout and content. Suggest 4-5 appropriate images or content to support the poster's research topic.		 1. Synthesis of findings from articles
2. Effective poster design using MS Word
5 Poster Presentation Feedback & Timeline

STUDENTS: prepare and share notes about their presenation and other students' prenseations. Develop a rough draft of a timeline of the controversy using information from presentations

MENTORS: Provide positive support regarding students' presentations and review timeline and make suggestions		 1. Poster Presentation Skills
2. Synthesize information from variety of sources to create timeline
6 Timline Feeback & Thank You

STUDENTS: share final timeline with mentor and write a thank you message. Don't forget to complete the survey!

MENTORS: Congratulate student on successful completion of the project. Don't forget to complete the survey!		 1. Visual representation of chronological information
2. Effective and reflective thank you note
3. Survey