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Book Club Blog Day 1
You will blog after each book club meeting to extend your book
club beyond theborders of the classroom. A blog is an online
journal that allows you to shareyour ideas with each other so that
you will be able to make connections between
the books read in class. It is public, so please remember to
practice good digitalcitizenship. Any behaviour or talk that is
inappropriate for class is alsoinappropriate for our blogs.
Todays instructions:
1) Go to the following website: www.blogger.com2) If you already
have a Google account, you can log in and get started. If
you dont have a Google account, click Get Started. Follow
theinstructions to set up your blog.
Tips:
You can decide what youd like the title should be but itshould
give your reader some sense of what your blog isabout.
Remember this is public so when you set up your profile, usea
first name and last initial only for your display name andmake sure
you have show my email unchecked.
Under Settings turn on comment moderation. That wayyou will get
an email when someone comments on your blogand you can choose
whether or not to publish it.
If you ever get a comment from someone that makes
youuncomfortable, come and see me.
3) Write your first blog post! Aim for about 200 words. Try
writing about yourfirst impressions of the book. What do you like
about it? What dont youlike? What predictions can you make about
how the story will unfold?
4) Once your post is finished, tag it to help your classmates
find out whatyour topic is about. Tags are key words that help
users locate information.Tags are also known as labels on
Blogger.
5) Start following the other bloggers in our class by going to
yourDashboard. Then scroll down to Blogs Im Following and click
Add. You
can ask your classmates what their URLs are for their blog, or
wait foryour teacher to compile a class list.
Book Club Blog Day 2
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By now you should have your blog set up and should have started
tofollow the other bloggers in class. Today youre going to jazz up
your blogpost and comment on at least two other posts. If youre not
sure how to doany of these things, ask a classmate for help or
check the Help button at
the top right corner of your screen.
1) Jazz up your blog post! Add a picture or video that reminds
you of thenovel. Make sure you cite the source for the image or
video. You can do
this by Typing the word source highlight the wordclick the link
iconpaste in the URL for the source of your image or video.
2) Make sure the list of blogs youre following is complete. Ask
your teacherfor a copy of the class blog list if youre unsure.
3) Read at least four blog posts, preferably from students who
are reading adifferent book than you.
4) Choose at least two blogs to add a comment to. Your comment
should do
the following: Make specific reference to something the
blogger
mentioned. Eg/ I like how you made the connection betweenyour
like and Kristinas.
Add to the discussion by making a connection,
politelydisagreeing and providing reasons, or raising a
question.
Demonstrates proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation(no
smilies or text-message lingo).
5) When you get a comment, reply and thank the person for
commenting.Your reply should indicate that youve read and
considered their comment,so rather than just saying Thanks! you
might say something like Thanks
for your comment. I hadnt considered that Craig might be putting
a lot ofpressure on himself at school.
6) If you have time left, check out the comments on your
classmates blogsand see if you can find an example of what you
consider to be a reallygood blog post and a really good comment.
Make a list of criteria for agood post and comment.
ENG4C blog rubric Student self evaluation
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Name:__________________
Criteria Level 1
5.5-6
Level 2
6.5-7
Level 3
7.5-8
Level 4
8.5-10
Blogging
conventions
/10
Some of my blog
posts have an
effective title, tags,and referenced
images, but some are
missing a number of
conventions
Most of my blog
posts have an
effective title, tags,and referenced
images, but a few of
them are incomplete
or missing multipleconventions
Almost all of my
blog posts have an
effective title, tags,and referenced
images
All of my blog
posts have an
effective title, tand referenced
images
Connections
/10
Some of my blog
posts demonstrate
connections between
ideas studied in class
and my ownthoughts/experiences
Most of my blog
posts demonstrate
good connections
between ideas
studied in class andmy own
thoughts/experiences
Almost all of my
blog posts
demonstrate good
connections
between ideasstudied in class and
my ownthoughts/experienc
es
All of my blog
posts demonstr
excellent
connections
between ideasstudied in class
my ownthoughts/experi
s
Content/
writing
conventions
/10
Some of my blog
posts are at least
three paragraphs long(or very close) and
demonstrate
appropriate spelling,
grammar, andpunctuation for this
medium
Most of my blog
posts are at least
three paragraphslong (or very close)
and demonstrate
appropriate spelling,
grammar, andpunctuation for this
medium
Almost all of my
blog posts are at
least threeparagraphs long
and demonstrate
appropriate
spelling, grammar,and punctuation for
this medium
All of my blog
posts are at leas
three paragraphlong and
demonstrate
appropriate
spelling, grammand punctuation
this medium
Subtotal A:
Comments
/10
I commented on one
blog post a week or I
have about half of therequired number of
comments
I usually
commented on two
blog posts a weekbut I might be
missing a few.
I commented on
two other blog
posts each week,with maybe one
exception
I commented on
least two other
posts each week
Blog post
frequency
/10
I did about half of the
number of requiredposts
I may have missed a
post or two
I blogged once a
week with maybeone exception
I blogged at lea
once a week
Subtotal B: x 5 =
Subtotal A:________ x Subtotal B %= Your overall mark:
On the back of this sheet, please reflect on your achievement
and set some goals for next
time. If you were unable to meet the expectations at a level
one, please explain the grade
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you feel you earned and fill out the reflection on the back of
this sheet.
Reflection
Strengths:_______________________________________________________________________
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Weaknesses:
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Next steps:
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Is there anything I can do to help?
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