Spend the next week reading as many people's blog posts as you can. You can also read independent reading posts from Ms. Robbins's or Ms. Galang's classes. Find a blog post that you think is truly amazing, and write an elaborated response to it that explains to your readers why you think it's so great.
You should include a link to the post you're writing about - you can do this by copying the link and then clicking on the "Link" tab above the text box while you are writing your post and pasting it in to the "Edit Link" box that pops up.
Your post should be a few paragraphs long, highlighting aspects of the writer's post you found particularly interesting. Here are some suggestions:
* Have you read the book, too? Talk about what you thought and if you agree or disagree with the writer.
* Does the post make you want to read the book? Why or why not?
* Did the post ask some philosophical questions about human nature or the world? What are your thoughts on those issues?
* Did the post make you think about anything else? Another book? A movie? The world? Your own life? Write about that!
* Have you read any other posts by this writer? How does this one stand out?
* Do you like the way the post is written? Is it engaging? Why? What craft moves could you emulate in your own blog posts?
Friday, February 11, 2011
February All-Star Blog Posts!
This month, I decided to zoom in on posts that zoom in. The following posts take one small aspect of the book and elaborate on it - whether it's one character, one idea, one setting, one event, etc.
Here, Liza expands upon her opinion of one character in The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway:
http://lizaisawesome.blogspot.com/2011/02/does-sun-also-rise-i-think-so.html
Clara is asking some very interesting questions about the representations of women in literature (and in the world) sparked by her thinking about the female detective in her book:
http://claratheawesome.blogspot.com/2011/02/hardball-by-sara-paretsky-can-girl-be.html
Lila thinks about the nature of truth and lies - a post inspired by a book she claims 'has no plot' but made her think deeply nonetheless!
http://silverbonesandgoldenstars.blogspot.com/2011/01/we-are-broken-lies-lies-and-more-lies.html
One relationship in the book Graham is reading makes him think about human nature and the way our experiences shape us:
http://guttentagfurlein.blogspot.com/2011/02/hunted-past-reason.html
Here, Liza expands upon her opinion of one character in The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway:
http://lizaisawesome.blogspot.com/2011/02/does-sun-also-rise-i-think-so.html
Clara is asking some very interesting questions about the representations of women in literature (and in the world) sparked by her thinking about the female detective in her book:
http://claratheawesome.blogspot.com/2011/02/hardball-by-sara-paretsky-can-girl-be.html
Lila thinks about the nature of truth and lies - a post inspired by a book she claims 'has no plot' but made her think deeply nonetheless!
http://silverbonesandgoldenstars.blogspot.com/2011/01/we-are-broken-lies-lies-and-more-lies.html
One relationship in the book Graham is reading makes him think about human nature and the way our experiences shape us:
http://guttentagfurlein.blogspot.com/2011/02/hunted-past-reason.html
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