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There is a protocol to follow when COMMENTING Speak directly to the student or teacher whose post you are responding to.  Address them by name: Mary, Ms. B. etc. Quote from the post or describe specific details (of an image or video). Relate the work to your own experiences or to another text, image, video, [...]

Need help getting started in your blog response to a poem? Take tips below. Free Response Journal entry: Before you begin to write be sure to complete a free response journal entry on paper.  Start writing about your poem.  Write non-stop.  What did it remind you of?  What have you thought about your poem  since [...]

Really confused and don’t know how to respond? Try out any of these suggestions below. Free Response Journal entry: Before you begin to write be sure to complete a free response journal entry on paper.  Start writing about your video/t.v. show/movie/song. Write non-stop.   What was confusing? What did you disagree with?  Once you have had [...]

How do you create a post about a video, t.v. show, movie, song, etc.? Free Response Journal entry: Before you begin to write be sure to complete a free response journal entry on paper.  Start writing about your video/t.v. show/movie/song. Write non-stop.  What did it remind you of?  What have you thought about your video/t.v. [...]

You will need to respond to at least 1 of the topics below for each of the short stories that we have been reading for class.   Complete the prompt and post it on your blogpage. Free Response Journal entry: Before you begin to write be sure to complete a free response journal entry on paper.  [...]

Confidential 9/11 Pager Messages Disclosed: http://bit.ly/5me1Fa What is your opinion? Should they be kept private or made public? Don’t forget to use the blogging to agree or disagree tips Give your response a title. Explain what you think the cartoon, picture, video, quote is saying/showing. What point is the is the creator making? What is [...]

I came into contact with a teacher who wanted to collaborate with an English speaking class.  We ”met” through a summer online course offered from PBWorks.  Our initial contacts were feelers to see what and how we could collaborate.  The focus of our original collaboration was to complete wikis together and use them as a way to share [...]

    Read “A Lady in a  Machine-Shop.” Then write an essay explaining what skills and qualities Margaret Knight possessed that led to her success as an inventor. Be sure to include specific information from the article to support your ideas. Do not merely summarize the article. Remember that your response will be evaluated in two [...]

Read “Teen Drivers,” and think about the ideas the author presents. Then write to explain some ways that your views on teenage driving have been confirmed or changed as a result of reading the article, teen drivers Be sure to include specific information from the article to support your explanation. Do not merely summarize the [...]

Read “Read “But I’m Not Tired!”   Think about the ideas the author presents in this article.  What changes should schools make to adjust to students’ sleep patterns?  Write a letter to the principal recommending changes that could be made at your school to adjust to students’ sleep patterns.  Be sure to include specific information from [...]