1. Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn
Mengting Xia

2. Introduction
The Adventure of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn (1884) are both Mark Twain’s masterpiece. The Adventure of Tom Sawyer was written when Mark Twain as a youth, while The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn which was called it the first Great American Novel was published when Mark Twain became older. Huckleberry Finn was an offshoot from Tom Sawyer and had a more serious tone than its predecessor. 

3. We have read thoroughly about the two books, but we still have not thought a lot about these two books. In this Webquest, we will discuss the differences of the two books together and try to find out the reason causing those differences.

4. Tasks Task 1: Read the two books thoroughly and retell the stories.
Try to find out the differences between Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
Task 3:
According to the time background and the introduction of Mark Twain, analyze the reason why the two books and the two characters are different. 

5. Process
Step 1:
Read The Adventure of Tom Sawyer and The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn.
Write one or two paragraphs to give the summary of the two books separately.   
(You also can watch the videos below to know the introduction of the two books.）
         

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7. Step 2:
Compare the two main characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn ( You can get some clues according this video.)  
 My own opinion
The similarity: They are allies against the adult world of convention and responsibility.
The difference: Huck belongs neither to Tom’s world of romantic illusion nor to the social world of convention . He belongs to a world of simple nature which is against both the unreality of Tom’s world and the artificiality of the adult world.

8. Step 3:
Think about why they two have differences. ( You can consider the aspects like time background, the class they stand for, the theme of two books, and the writing style  of Mark Twain.)
My opinion:
      The creation of the difference is the difference between early and late Mark Twain. He envisioned Tom as a lover of life filled with its mysteries, attracted by its romance; while the creator of Huck is essentially a skeptic who had turned against mankind and society because of its inhumanity to man .

9. Resources
In this part, I will provide some movie versions of these two books to let you see the vivid and attractive stories.
Also, the relative introduction about Mark Twain are provided to help you understand and explore the deeper meaning of two books and the potential causes.

10. The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer - Movie
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11. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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12. Mark Twain

13. Evaluation
In order to evaluate the effect of this webquest process, I have made a survey to help you assess your work. This survey also can give me a feedback about my design of the whole webquest. I will modify and perfect the learning process according your feedback.

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15. Conclusion
After learning the whole webquest, we have a deeper understanding of the two masterpieces The Adventure of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn (1884). We can analyze their characteristics, and we can make a connection and compare their differences too.
Besides, we learn more about the famous writer Mark Twain, and study his writing style

16. Teacher Page
In this webquest, I want the participants can think independently and explore or conclude the new knowledge. I believe that many students have read the two books and know the main story. However, they do not notice the connection and difference of those two books. And, I think they can solve the question by their own thinking and literature ability. So, if I provide the scaffolding resource and concrete process, students can study a comprehensive unit about Mark Twain’s literature by using this webquest.
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