Here are your assignments for the week. As usual, at the beginning of each class there will be a little review, a short lesson, and maybe some notes, but here you can see what you will have to be able to do.
REMEMBER: This is the 1st week of the second marking period. The semester's end will come sooner than you think!
Monday, 15:
Today we will talk more about using comments and how to make your blog a forum for conversation. We will discuss comment etiquette. You will be reading and commenting on each other's work.
TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT
You will give your URL to someone in class and get their URL from them. You will read each other's blog posts and use the comment function to make a comment. Your comment must be no less than 5 complete sentences and must follow the comment etiquette we discuss in class. It is expected that you will also reply to comments you receive. Replies may be done at home if there is no class time to do it.
*** Due to today's Town Hall, the discussion may be moved to tomorrow, and this assignment may have to be done this week as homework, in which case it will be due on Wednesday.***
Tuesday, 16:
You will look for 3 blogs with similar themes to your own today (not written by classmates) and comment on at least one post.
TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT
We will cover in class some search techniques. You will use them to find 3 blogs that are thematically related to your own. You will chose one to add a comment to. *Please email me the URL of the blog post you commented on.*
Wednesday, 17:
You will write a post in your blog and link to the blog that you found and commented on yesterday. The post you write today should reflect on the post you read yesterday.
TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT
In class we will review how to create links in a blog post. You will write a blog post that refers to the post you read yesterday and create a link to it so that others who read your blog will also be able to read what you read.
Thursday, 18:
You will see how tags help in a blog search. Homework (Due Monday) will be to write a post in your blog that includes at least 3 tags and at least 2 links.
TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT
We will continue to look at search techniques today. You will write a post DUE MONDAY with will include at least 3 tags to make it easier to find in a search. It will also refer to at least 2 outside sources and therefore include at least 2 links.
Friday, 19 (Period 1 only; Periods 6&7 will have a workshop next Friday):
Workshop Day! You will work in pairs to edit the posts you've written so far.
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