Wikipedia: Linking Details to Big Ideas

As we've been discussing throughout the year, texts speak in two ways: directly and indirectly. This activity will help us review some key moments from the first 100 pages, but also demonstrate how those moments work together to produce deeper meanings.

The Task:You will be creating several Wikipedia pages based on key events from the story. Your audience for this assignment are students just like you. Your purpose is to help those students better understand important details from the story and how they work together to create meaning.



Procedure: Choose one of terms as a starting point. You will need to provide appropriate background information for the term you've selected. As you provide background info, you will necessarily reference other key details or events from the story. Those key moments will become "links." Just like in a wiki page, you will highlight the phrase or term. You will then create a wiki page for the highlighted term.

The object? Take 2 "clicks" to arrive at a "big picture concept" from the story (which I will provide you). (Your 2nd link will be the "big picture concept").

1. Consider the origin--when does the term first appear and why?
2. Explain the significance of the term--go beyond simply explaining what it is. Explain why it's important.
3. You must write between 3-7 sentences (meaning, don't go under 3, don't go over 7)


HW: "notes and quotes" from pages 99-146 due Thursday. We will complete the book by Tuesday March 3rd.