Integration of Technology Tools with the
Study and Practice of Author's Craft
Literacy Project
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 Integration of Free Web 2.0 Tools
 Aligned to CCSS
 Literature and Writing focus
with concentration on author’s craft and structure
CCSS
(abbreviated)
 CCSS 10.RL.3 Analyzing complex characters...
 CCSS 10.RL.5 Analyzing text structure, order of events, time…
 CCSS 10.RL.6 Analyzing point of view or cultural experience from
outside the United States… (“such works offer profound insights
into the human condition and serve as models for students’ own
thinking and writing”)…
 CCSS 10.W.3 Write narratives…
 CCSS 10.W.4 Produce clear and coherent writing appropriate to
task, purpose, and audience…
 CCSS 10.W.5 Plan, revise, edit, rewrite as needed…
 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and
update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of
technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display
information flexibly and dynamically.
 CCSS 10.W.10 Write routinely over extended time frames…
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Project Description
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The enduring fabric of world literature is lined with characters
that exemplify the patterns for the variety of literary archetypes
that fill our collective unconscious. Among the most prominent of
these characters, are heroes, both epic heroes and tragic heroes,
and the character archetypes that interact with these heroes. After
having analyzed literary heroes, such as Gilgamesh and Oedipus,
your task now is to develop a cast of characters, including a hero
and related characters, to write your own epic or tragic
narrative.
It is your job to demonstrate how these hero archetypes can
be applied to modern hero stories written today.
Project Components
(due at scheduled points throughout the year)
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 Hero Character Profile (choices: Tragic or Epic archetype)
 Pre-Writing Chart
 Traditional Plot Chart
 Annotated Character list
 Title
 1st Draft
 Narrative Preview (choices: Book Jacket / Poster / Video
Trailer)
 2nd Draft (then, 3rd Draft optional)
 Summary
 Ebook
 Multimedia Presentation (to display all project components)
1.
Web Tools
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Turnitin.com
2. Voki.com or Voki Classroom
3. Glogster.com
4. Animoto.com
5. Wix.com
6. Youblisher.com
7. Bookemon.com
Turnitin.com:
a revision tool (with teacher commentary)
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Turnitin.com:
a revision tool (w/plagiarism recognition)
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Voki.com or Voki Classroom
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Voki.com or Voki Classroom
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Glogster.com
create interactive posters
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Students can add:
1. Video clips
2. Text
3. Images
4. Etc…
All on one poster!
Glogster.com
Posters can be embedded into websites or viewed in
full screen mode.
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Animoto.com
create movies
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Students can:
1. Add original or stock
pictures into Animoto
2. Add original or stock
Video clips into Animoto
3. Add music to Animoto
4. Embed the full Animoto
video into a website
Wix.com
create interactive websites
Students can add:

1. Video clips
2. Text
3. Images
4. Etc…
for interactive
viewing!
Youblisher.com
publish e-books

Students can
easily upload
documents to
publish their
work.
Readers can
“turn the pages”
for an online
reading
experience.
Final Product
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 For this narrative project, the wix.com website serves as the
final product as it posts the final youblisher.com draft of the
student narrative, as well as the other aspects of the project.
 Posting links to these student websites provides a great way for
students to virtually present their work to classmates.
 Student Website Work Samples:
 The Cure
 Deception
 Flesh
Click here to see our
Bookemon Ebook:
A Class Short Stories
Collection
Bookemon.com
publish e-books

*Upload photos,
text, documents
*Save and
Publish e-books
for FREE
*Order printed
copies
Student Feedback
“This was my favorite
project all year because we
got to use our creativity
with a few limits,
something we don’t always
get to use at school.”
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“I am now analyzing works
better.”
“I enjoyed creating and
customizing my own
website and seeing how all
the pieces of my work fit
together at the end. It was
truly my own creation.”
“Feedback is ALWAYS
helpful. The teacher
and peer feedback was
useful to me.”
“I learned how to use
dialogue correctly.”
“My writing skills became
sharper, and I also learned new
literary skills to include in my
own writing.”
Tech Tips
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 Set up project
parameters, and watch
the creativity unfold.
 Trust your students to
explore, process, and
create.
Provide choices.
 Make connections
throughout the year to
support student work
and new learning – and
also for your sanity
when grading and
planning during busy
times of the year.
We can create class Gmail accounts!
This works well for streamlining stock usernames and passwords for your
students as they create various accounts for web tools that you utilize.
Gmail: Easy as 1, 2, 3
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1. Register for a free gmail account.
2. Create alias email accounts for your students. (This
can be done in a spreadsheet.)
3. Assign to and share with your students so they can
use this information when they set up few accounts.
This allows you to have access to their accounts for
progress monitoring or troubleshooting if needed.
Gmail: Easy as 1, 2, 3
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1. Register for a free gmail account.
1.
2.
Gmail: Easy as 1, 2, 3
.
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Create alias email accounts for your students. (This
can be done in a spreadsheet.)
Gmail: Easy as 1, 2, 3

1. …
2. …
3. Assign to and share with your students so they can
use this information when they set up few accounts.
This allows you to have access to their accounts for
progress monitoring or troubleshooting if needed.
Questions, Comments, Collaboration?
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 waschmidt@ortn.edu
 schmidt@goldmail.etsu.edu
 http://waschmidt.wix.com/ORHS
 @WhitneyASchmidt