Your blog will be worth ten percent of your quarter grade. The categories in which I will assess your blog are:
1) Completion of assignments - Both posts and comments are completed by each Friday on which we have school.
2) Effort - Writing and creative and thought-provoking; writer put a lot of effort into the assignments.
3) Organization - Writing is organized; ideas are fully developed with a variety of details
4) Mechanics - Correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation are used. Vocabulary is sophisticated.
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Monday, January 31, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
January All-Star Mentors: Insightful Posts about Independent Reading
Check out Louis's post about Ellen Hopkins's Identical. What's great is how he analyzes the structure of the book as well as its themes. Warning!! SPOILER ALERT!!
http://louistolouis.blogspot.com/2010/12/reading-response-for-identical.html
Noemi has some very interesting revelations about justice in her post about the book 16 1/2 on the Block (who's the author, Noemi??):
http://cutienay714.blogspot.com/2011/01/16-12-on-block.html
In Miranda's all-star post about Because I am Furniture, by Thalia Chaltas, she asks some really thought-provoking philosophical questions, although here, too, are some SPOILERS! This is a great example of a post that invites response:
http://cottoncandymush.blogspot.com/2011/01/because-i-am-furniture-victim-or.html
http://louistolouis.blogspot.com/2010/12/reading-response-for-identical.html
Noemi has some very interesting revelations about justice in her post about the book 16 1/2 on the Block (who's the author, Noemi??):
http://cutienay714.blogspot.com/2011/01/16-12-on-block.html
In Miranda's all-star post about Because I am Furniture, by Thalia Chaltas, she asks some really thought-provoking philosophical questions, although here, too, are some SPOILERS! This is a great example of a post that invites response:
http://cottoncandymush.blogspot.com/2011/01/because-i-am-furniture-victim-or.html
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