Thursday, March 24, 2011

Revising a past post: first post for fourth quarter!

Here's the deal:

You will choose a partner with whom to work.  Your partner will then be responsible for:
1) Choosing an old post of yours that s/he thinks could be revised into an "all-star" blog post!
2) Responding *on that old post* to give you five ideas about improving the post.  (Partners, look at old all-star mentors, blog posts others have complimented, or my guidelines to help you give suggestions.)
3) Reading your post again next Friday (after you publish your revised blog post) and commenting again on it to give feedback about whether your revisions were successful.

You will be responsible for:
1) Doing the same for your partner
2) Revising your blog post according to his/her suggestions and your own thoughts on it
3) Publishing a revised version of your post including a link to the original

Think about:
* Elaborating
* Organizing more effectively (think paragraphs, topic sentences, etc.)
* Providing more evidence from the text
* Going deeper and taking risks with ideas, and
* Inviting more response by posing questions to your readers

Do good work!!!