Keep Blogging

Remember to keep blogging about texts that you read outside of class. Your second quarter blog posts are just like first quarter when you wrote about texts that you read, including novels, nonfiction books, poems, plays, magazine and newspaper articles, websites, blogs, etc.

You must post TWICE a week (by Wednesday and by Sunday) regarding your outside reading. Write thoughtful responses to the texts that you read. The length of a blog post should be about six to eight detailed sentences. You must cite the selection and author.

I challenge you to read a novel this quarter (since we are reading plays and poetry in class) for your outside reading blog posts. Some possible ways to respond to a novel include: pick a quote from the novel and comment on its significance, make connections to the book (self, text, world, media), analyze the protagonist, pretend you're writing an email to author or a character, or identify the thesis and discuss the supporting evidence.

If you really want to impress me with your blogging, you should be making brief comments on your classmate’s blog posts, and remember that you can explore all EHS sophomore blogs through www.ehsenglish10.blogspot.com.

GRADING OF BLOG POSTS: (50 points)

A - You have all of the posts. You have always posted on time. Your response was always highly thoughtful and reflective. You used correct mechanics almost all of the time.

B - You have all of the posts. You mostly posted on time. Your responses were mostly thoughtful and reflective. You used correct mechanics most of the time, but there are some glaring errors.

C - You have 6-7 of the posts. You sometimes posted on time.You responded to the text. You have several errors in mechanics.

D - You have about 4-5 posts total. You rarely posted on time. You somewhat responded to the text. Your responses do not make an attempt to use proper mechanics.

F - You have 0-3 posts. You did not do what was asked of you in the post. Your responses do not make an attempt to use proper mechanics.