Welcome to the blog component of our class. There are two main things that we will use this blog for.
1. I will post weekly discussion/writing prompts on this blog. These prompts will have to do with our reading for the week. I may have you analyze a quote, give your opinions on a character or to put a section of text into your own words. Your job will be to reply to this post as a comment. I will also ask you to comment on another student's post.
Guidelines:
- Posts should be 1-2 paragraphs in length, comments should be 3-4 sentences in length
- Posts should attempt to be meaningful and provide for discussion.
- Make sure to answer all questions in the prompt as there may be multiple points.
- Comments and Posts should be appropriate (I will post more on this in a separate post about online safety before we start)
- Prompts will be posted on Mondays and you will have until Wednesday to reply
- When commenting you must say more than a simple "good job." Ask a question, add to a statement, go further. If you do want to say what you like/disliked be sure that you explain why.
2. We will then use the discussions on the blog to help further our class discussions.
I hope you guys are looking forward to the blogging experience. I think it will be a great way to add collaboration to our discussion of meaning and themes.
Ms. Kindel
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