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· **Artistic Interpretations**: Here you may posts art: collages, drawings, pictures etc. How do you visualize this story? Can you make text to text, to world, to self connections? · **Characters:** Posts dealing with the major characters in the book should be put in this department. · **Class Discussions:** Sometimes a question will come up in class – this is where you will post YOUR response to some pertinent point brought up in class. · **Historical Events:** We will be doing some research on events of the times that affect the characters. Information about those historical events should be posted in this department. · **Links:** If you find links to relevant Internet sites, post them in this department with some comment about their worth. · **Miscellany:** Anything not covered in other departments should go here. Put what you want – as long as it deals with the novel and the time period. · **Q&A:** If you have any questions that you don't know the answers to, post them here to start some discussions. · **Symbols:** Any discussions about symbols in the book should be put in this department. · **Themes:** Any discussions about themes in the book should be put in this department.
 * · Impressions of the Novel -- “The story thus far….” – Summarize the action as far as you have read. This is where you write your own impressions of the story, the characters, and events.   **