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Foundations (2009-2010) Period 1 Mrs.
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What is a Wiki? Check
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Study Island

=English 9 Foundations (2009-2010) Period 1 Mrs. Reilly & Mrs. Hoffecker ----
Welcome to the wikispace for your English Foundations course. This space will be used to provide help, encouragement, and support through the various reading selections. It will serve as a reference guide for various projects. You may also refer to the class webpage for assignments, project descriptions, and rubrics. What is a Wiki? Check out this page for more information and how to access this page from anywhere! ----
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English Foundations 9: 2009-2010
Study Island
Spring-Ford Area School District
Turn It In
Mrs. Reilly & Mrs. Hoffecker
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

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Course Syllabus

What is a Wiki?
The term wiki is the short form of the Hawaiian word wiki-wiki, which means “quick”. Just as you were able to add, change, edit, or delete your partner’s work in the introductory activity through “live” interaction, you will be able to do the same thing just with internet access. A Wiki allows for convenience and collaboration. You, as students, will be given general “editorial control” and gain a sense of responsibility and ownership. (I, as the teacher, will have the final say, of course!)
How does a Wiki work?
Each Wiki page has a link “Edit This Page”. Once you have been granted access to that particular Wiki, you are given the opportunities to “edit” the page as you like. When you are done adding, changing, or deleting information, just save your work! (Don’t worry, if someone happens to “mess things up”, you can resort back to the “History” link/tab/page and find out when changes were made, who made them, and what specifically was changed.”)
Discussion online?
Some Wikis offer the convenience of “discussing” topics. For our English classes, discussion topics will be posted on various pages. For example, there is at least one discussion topic on the “Great Expectations” page and at least one discussion on “The Hobbit” page. There will also be general discussion topics posted on the Home page.
How do I discuss?
At the top of each page is a “Discussion” tab. (The number in parenthesis indicates the number of discussion topics on that page.) Click on this link and it will take you to a general page with a listing of discussion topics. You can either post a new discussion topic or respond to an already present discussion. Click on the link, type your message in response, and click on the “post” button!
English 9:
Wiki Discussion Rubric
Discussion Components
Point Value- Great!
Point Value- Ok!
Point Value- Best effort?
Teacher Evaluation
Initial response to a discussion thread
5- Responded directly to the discussion topic; used proper mechanics, capitalization, & punctuation in a minimum of 5 sentences.
3- On-topic; did not complete minimum of 5 sentences and/or grammar, punctuation, and capitalization errors
1- Somewhat on topic, less than 3 sentences, and there are many mechanic/grammar errors
Response to at least one classmate
5- Relevant to your classmate’s post, responded in a minimum of 3 sentences, free of grammatical errors
3- Relevant to your classmate’s post, but response was less than 3 sentences, some grammatical errors
1- Does not go beyond “I agree” or “I disagree”
Total Points Possible: 10 points

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