Creating a Webquest

Creating a Webquest, though kind of tedious, was not as bad as I thought it would be. Because I am doing my student teaching right now it was not too hard for to come up with a topic. In just another month I will beginning Huck Finn with a junior honors class, and I thought that a Webquest would be a great way to get the students used to doing research as part of a book analysis. I did have a little trouble though coming up with the exact assignment. I thought it would be neat if I had them do little projects in the form of "adventures", but I chose to do essays, because many of these students are concerned with having to write college essays.
I like my assignment, and though it is kind of vague, I think that it is enough for juniors; as hard as it is, I think they need to take more initiative in the form of independent research. I think that my sources may be weak though, and I plan to do a little more research myself for better ones.
Until then...