So please be warned. The students create their web page which is a Table of Contents for their projects. The homepage is such a powerful motivator. The students take great pride in their homepages and in their written work. The homepage demands constant care just like a garden.
Publishing is the ultimate goal for any writer.
The webfolio is the final web created by each student that introduces the year's work to the reading public. The students start with three projects that help identify the writer. The three projects are a short autobiography, a poem about the Internet, and a book report about their favorite book. Much of the student's personality pours out in a short time in this new media. After they become comfortable with web writing, I request that they do 3 or 4 of the projects at the same time while maintaining their homepage.