Today we are going to start with talking about your blog. We are going to add your first blog post in which you are going to write something. Your topic will be "My Spring Break", and the blog post instructions are listed below (we'll get to those in a little bit - don't start writing now!).
But first we are going to set up your blog so that we can make sure that other people can comment on your blog without putting information on your blog that you don't want. In other words, we want to be able to review all of the comments before they are posted on our blog (this acts like a filter in that you get to read every comment before it is posted on your blog...thus you are able to make sure that anyone posting flaming comments doesn't get published).
The assignment is that you need to write an essay about what you did over spring break. Using what you have learned in Language Arts, you need to have an introduction, at least 3 supporting details (they good be good things or bad things about spring break), and then a closing. Once you have completed this you are to publish your spring break essay on your blog (this is called a blog post). This part of the assignment will be worth 5 points.
Your next part of this assignment is to comment (or "post a comment" as it is sometimes called) on 2 different classmates' blogs (in other words you can't post twice to the same person's blog, nor can you comment to someone on your blog and count that as a comment). This part of the assignment will be worth 4 points total - each comment will be worth 2 points.
Let's look at the following website so we can see what can be done to create a quality comment on a blog: comments on a blog
The last part of this blog posting assignment is to spell check your essay and your comments to your friends' blogs. This part of the assignment will be worth 1 point.
Once you have posted your essay about "My Spring Break" on your blog and you have posted 2 comments on 2 different classmates' blogs you need to email me. In your email you need to include a link to your blog AND you also need to include the two people whose blogs you posted to. This will all be due on Friday, April 5th.
But first we are going to set up your blog so that we can make sure that other people can comment on your blog without putting information on your blog that you don't want. In other words, we want to be able to review all of the comments before they are posted on our blog (this acts like a filter in that you get to read every comment before it is posted on your blog...thus you are able to make sure that anyone posting flaming comments doesn't get published).
The assignment is that you need to write an essay about what you did over spring break. Using what you have learned in Language Arts, you need to have an introduction, at least 3 supporting details (they good be good things or bad things about spring break), and then a closing. Once you have completed this you are to publish your spring break essay on your blog (this is called a blog post). This part of the assignment will be worth 5 points.
Your next part of this assignment is to comment (or "post a comment" as it is sometimes called) on 2 different classmates' blogs (in other words you can't post twice to the same person's blog, nor can you comment to someone on your blog and count that as a comment). This part of the assignment will be worth 4 points total - each comment will be worth 2 points.
Let's look at the following website so we can see what can be done to create a quality comment on a blog: comments on a blog
The last part of this blog posting assignment is to spell check your essay and your comments to your friends' blogs. This part of the assignment will be worth 1 point.
Once you have posted your essay about "My Spring Break" on your blog and you have posted 2 comments on 2 different classmates' blogs you need to email me. In your email you need to include a link to your blog AND you also need to include the two people whose blogs you posted to. This will all be due on Friday, April 5th.
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