Title of Your Post: Post 13 Who am I?
Choose one of the characters from Agatha Christie’s "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd", and write your last blog entry as though you are that person. The entry can be a journal or diary entry that details a day in that character’s life, or reacts to the revelation that Poirot makes about Dr. Sheppard, or your give general opinion of the other characters, or all of the above.
Post pictures of what you believe that character looks like. Tell me what bands, T.V. shows, and movies that person likes. Ad in pictures of stuff you like, html links that work, and basically anything that can lead me to figure out who you are.
DO NOT TELL ME WHO YOU ARE. Your blog should be so well written as though you are the character, I should be able to guess which character you chose.
Write 15 sentences or more.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Post 12 Assignment
Title of Your Post: Post 12 Changes
In your independent reading novel, how does the protagonist’s attitude change from the beginning to end of the story?
Follow the PEPE Method to answer this question.
Write 5 sentences or more. Be sure to use text from the story to support what you are writing.
Relate that quote from the text back to the story.
CITE your text evidence!
In your independent reading novel, how does the protagonist’s attitude change from the beginning to end of the story?
Follow the PEPE Method to answer this question.
Write 5 sentences or more. Be sure to use text from the story to support what you are writing.
Relate that quote from the text back to the story.
CITE your text evidence!
Monday, July 28, 2008
Post 11 Assigment
Title of Your Post: Post 11 A Tough Cookie
In your independent reading novel, which character do you think could best be described as tough?
Follow the PEPE Method to answer this question.
Write 5 sentences or more. Be sure to use text from the story to support what you are writing.
Relate that quote from the text back to the story.
CITE your text evidence!
In your independent reading novel, which character do you think could best be described as tough?
Follow the PEPE Method to answer this question.
Write 5 sentences or more. Be sure to use text from the story to support what you are writing.
Relate that quote from the text back to the story.
CITE your text evidence!
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Post 10 Assignment
Title of Your Post: Post 10 Conflicts Galore
What are the problems that your protagonist faces in __________________?
Follow the PEPE Method to answer this question.
Write 5 sentences or more. Be sure to use text from the story to support what you are writing.
Relate that quote from the text back to the story.
CITE your text evidence!
What are the problems that your protagonist faces in __________________?
Follow the PEPE Method to answer this question.
Write 5 sentences or more. Be sure to use text from the story to support what you are writing.
Relate that quote from the text back to the story.
CITE your text evidence!
Monday, July 21, 2008
Post 9 Assignment
Title of Your Post: Post 9 A Title By Choice
Do you think that _________________ is a good title for this selection?
Follow the PEPE Method to answer this question.
Write 5 sentences or more. Be sure to use text from the story to support what you are writing.
Relate that quote from the text back to the story.
CITE your text evidence!
Do you think that _________________ is a good title for this selection?
Follow the PEPE Method to answer this question.
Write 5 sentences or more. Be sure to use text from the story to support what you are writing.
Relate that quote from the text back to the story.
CITE your text evidence!
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Post 8 Assignment
Title of Your Post: Post 8 Book Title (Write in the name of your new independent reading book.)
Upload an image of the book you are reading.
Write 5 sentences or more describing the basic premise of your book. Make it interesting. Your description should encourage me to check out the book and read it.
Do not tell too much of the story.
Upload an image of the book you are reading.
Write 5 sentences or more describing the basic premise of your book. Make it interesting. Your description should encourage me to check out the book and read it.
Do not tell too much of the story.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Post 7 Assignment
Title of Your Post: When It's Over and the Dynamic Protagonist
At this point you should be finished reading your independent novel. Explain how the personality of the protagonist in your novel has changed throughout the story. Explain WHY that change seems important to you, the audience.
Also, write down your opinion of the overall story. Did you like the book? Why or why not? Would you recommend this book to a friend?
Write 5 sentences or more. Be sure to use text from the story to support what you are writing.
CITE your text evidence!
DO NOT WRITE A PLOT SUMMARY OR SPOIL THE ENDING OF THE BOOK!!!
At this point you should be finished reading your independent novel. Explain how the personality of the protagonist in your novel has changed throughout the story. Explain WHY that change seems important to you, the audience.
Also, write down your opinion of the overall story. Did you like the book? Why or why not? Would you recommend this book to a friend?
Write 5 sentences or more. Be sure to use text from the story to support what you are writing.
CITE your text evidence!
DO NOT WRITE A PLOT SUMMARY OR SPOIL THE ENDING OF THE BOOK!!!
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Post 6 Assignment
Title of Your Post: The Round Protagonist
Explain what the protagonist of your novel has learned about the scientific element in your story, for example, in Code Orange, Mitty learns all about Smallpox. Explain how that protagonist has been emotionally affected by what they have learned.
Write 5 sentences or more. Be sure to use text from the story to support what you are writing.
CITE your text evidence!
Explain what the protagonist of your novel has learned about the scientific element in your story, for example, in Code Orange, Mitty learns all about Smallpox. Explain how that protagonist has been emotionally affected by what they have learned.
Write 5 sentences or more. Be sure to use text from the story to support what you are writing.
CITE your text evidence!
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Post 5 Assignment
Title of Your Post: Insight
Choose one significant quotation from pages 1-100. Write the quote below along with the page number and explain in a well-developed paragraph the importance of the quotation.
Quote 1 _______________________________________________________
Explanatory paragraph ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Please remember to do the following:
a. Proofread. Proofread. Proofread. These are school assignments and should be treated
as such, with proper punctuation, grammar, and spelling.
b. Write one entire paragraph. (Minimum of three sentences)
c. In your paragraph, include a sentence that states clearly what it is you are writing about.
Choose one significant quotation from pages 1-100. Write the quote below along with the page number and explain in a well-developed paragraph the importance of the quotation.
Quote 1 _______________________________________________________
Explanatory paragraph ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Please remember to do the following:
a. Proofread. Proofread. Proofread. These are school assignments and should be treated
as such, with proper punctuation, grammar, and spelling.
b. Write one entire paragraph. (Minimum of three sentences)
c. In your paragraph, include a sentence that states clearly what it is you are writing about.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Post 4 Assignment
Title of Your Post: The Science Behind
Write down the main science concept that your book seems to be about, for example: Code Orange is mostly about the Smallpox disease.
Write 5 sentences or more describing the basic science behind your book, including: how it’s being used, why it’s important, and how it is contributing to the primary conflict in the story.
Do not tell too much of the story.
Write down the main science concept that your book seems to be about, for example: Code Orange is mostly about the Smallpox disease.
Write 5 sentences or more describing the basic science behind your book, including: how it’s being used, why it’s important, and how it is contributing to the primary conflict in the story.
Do not tell too much of the story.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Post 3 Assignment
Title of Your Post: The Inner Circle
Review your group’s Blogs. Respond to your group members’ last Blog about which character they would like to have as a friend. Tell them why you agree or disagree with their choice and which character you see yourself befriending.
Remember to check T. Holmes’s Blog for hints and how-to’s on responding to your classmate’s Blog.
Check T. Holmes’s responses to your second Blogs for an example.
Do not tell too much of the story.
Review your group’s Blogs. Respond to your group members’ last Blog about which character they would like to have as a friend. Tell them why you agree or disagree with their choice and which character you see yourself befriending.
Remember to check T. Holmes’s Blog for hints and how-to’s on responding to your classmate’s Blog.
Check T. Holmes’s responses to your second Blogs for an example.
Do not tell too much of the story.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Post 2 Assignment
Title of your post: Character's Name (Pick a character from your novel and write down that character's name.)
Which of the main characters would you most like to have as a friend? Why?
Give examples from the story. If you wouldn’t be friends with any of them, explain why as well. (5 sentences or more)
If you can find a picture of your character, you may post it beside your paragraph.
This image is optional.
Which of the main characters would you most like to have as a friend? Why?
Give examples from the story. If you wouldn’t be friends with any of them, explain why as well. (5 sentences or more)
If you can find a picture of your character, you may post it beside your paragraph.
This image is optional.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Post 1 Assignment
Title of Your Post: Book Title
Upload an image of the book you are reading.
Write 5 sentences or more describing the basic premise of your book. Make it interesting. Your description should encourage me to check out the book and read it.
Do not tell too much of the story.
Upload an image of the book you are reading.
Write 5 sentences or more describing the basic premise of your book. Make it interesting. Your description should encourage me to check out the book and read it.
Do not tell too much of the story.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Blogging Cautions
Never EVER EVER give out or record personal information on your blog. Your blog exists as a public space on the Internet. Don’t share anything that you don’t want the world to know. For your safety, be careful what you say, too. Don’t give out your phone number or home address.
Again, your blog is a public space. And if you put it on the Internet, odds are really good that it will stay on the Internet. Always. That means ten years from now when you are looking for a job, it might be possible for an employer to discover some really hateful and immature things you said when you were younger and more prone to foolish things. Be sure that anything you write you are proud of. It can and will come back to get you if you don’t.
Never link to something you haven’t read. While it isn’t your job to police the Internet, when you link to something, you should make sure it is something that you really want to be associated with. If a link contains material that might be creepy or make some people uncomfortable, you should probably warn them by using a parenthetical note or some other word of caution.
Courtesy of...
The majority of the information below on "creating blogs and responding to your classmates' work" was graciously donated to our class cause by Ms. Sharon Fulmer, English Department Chair, The Academy of Irving:
Creating Your Own Blog
As we begin reading this year, we will also be undertaking a new venture to do more of our writing and responding to the texts online. We will "Mrs. Holmes's Blog" as a way for me to post a prompt and for you to respond to it in the comment section. However, that method limits your ability to revise your writing. Those are two important components of an English classroom.Therefore you will create your own personal blog.
You will be in charge of regularly posting ideas and thoughts related to independent reading as well as responding to questions provided for you. With a blog, you can post your thoughts and responses to reading material, allowing your classmates to read what you've written and to build on your ideas.Likewise, you will read the writing of your classmates and be able to connect to their thinking and ideas.
On a more individual note, the blog will become the primary area where you will maintain a record of your thinking and writing. In a sense it will become an online notebook that will be graded, both for content and writing quality.
To get started, click on the blogger link.
Once you create your blog, cut and paste the address link and email it to tholmes@irvingisd.net , so I can begin compiling all my student blogs in one place.
As you create your blog, make sure there is no personal information on your blog or blog profile. Make sure you do not show your e-mail address on your profile.
Blog Profile:
Your blog name should be your first name and last name initial, like this: Tiffany H.
No personal pictures of people you know or yourself should be on your blog. (Remember this one is for school purposes.)
Do not provide personal idenfication information, including your address, family member names, your school name -- although you may put "AHS", "IHS", "MHS", and "NHS", the city that you live in, where you work, etc.
In all postings, you need to remember the following:
1. Come up with an interesting title - or headline - that relates to what you are writingabout.
2. Always state the title of the book you are referring to.
3. Proofread. Proofread. Proofread. These are school assignments and should be treatedas such, with proper punctuation, grammar, and spelling.
4. Write lengthy responses.
5. In your first paragraph, include a sentence that states clearly what it is you arewriting about.
You will be in charge of regularly posting ideas and thoughts related to independent reading as well as responding to questions provided for you. With a blog, you can post your thoughts and responses to reading material, allowing your classmates to read what you've written and to build on your ideas.Likewise, you will read the writing of your classmates and be able to connect to their thinking and ideas.
On a more individual note, the blog will become the primary area where you will maintain a record of your thinking and writing. In a sense it will become an online notebook that will be graded, both for content and writing quality.
To get started, click on the blogger link.
Once you create your blog, cut and paste the address link and email it to tholmes@irvingisd.net , so I can begin compiling all my student blogs in one place.
As you create your blog, make sure there is no personal information on your blog or blog profile. Make sure you do not show your e-mail address on your profile.
Blog Profile:
Your blog name should be your first name and last name initial, like this: Tiffany H.
No personal pictures of people you know or yourself should be on your blog. (Remember this one is for school purposes.)
Do not provide personal idenfication information, including your address, family member names, your school name -- although you may put "AHS", "IHS", "MHS", and "NHS", the city that you live in, where you work, etc.
In all postings, you need to remember the following:
1. Come up with an interesting title - or headline - that relates to what you are writingabout.
2. Always state the title of the book you are referring to.
3. Proofread. Proofread. Proofread. These are school assignments and should be treatedas such, with proper punctuation, grammar, and spelling.
4. Write lengthy responses.
5. In your first paragraph, include a sentence that states clearly what it is you arewriting about.
Responding to Your Classmates' Work
One powerful feature of a blog is the ability to leave comments on postings written by someone else. We have done this for class assignments when you submitted your answers via the comment section of the class blog. Periodically, you will read several of your classmates' blog postings and respond to their ideas. The purpose of this is to promote conversation from your blogs which we can use as part of a class discussion.
There is no one way to comment on a blog. For our class purposes, however, it is important that we make the most out of our reading and commenting. Our comments will be more effective if we follow several guidelines.
First, begin your comment by mentioning something interesting/powerful/positive from the blog posting you have just read. It may help to even repeat and quote from the posting. This way, the response is focused on the ideas in the posting. Next, provide some transition from what the blog writer is saying and the ideas or points you'd like to make. This is where you could politely disagree or find a place to expand upon the thinking by making a connection.
Finally, end your comment with a strong idea, or clincher. It could be a question or a powerful restatement of the ideas raised in the blog. Think of these like questions or comments you might use during a discussion to keep the conversation going.
Some sentence starters to assist you could include:
I agree with you when you say "blah, blah, blah..." and I think _____
In your post you say "blah, blah, blah..." but I wonder if ______
You write in your post "blah, blah, blah..." and that reminds me of _____
In your post you mention from the book "blah, blah, blah..." and I'd like to add _
With all blogs, you will be graded on…………
Originality of ideas based on the novel
Development of ideas with support from the novel
Focus Grammar/mechanics
There is no one way to comment on a blog. For our class purposes, however, it is important that we make the most out of our reading and commenting. Our comments will be more effective if we follow several guidelines.
First, begin your comment by mentioning something interesting/powerful/positive from the blog posting you have just read. It may help to even repeat and quote from the posting. This way, the response is focused on the ideas in the posting. Next, provide some transition from what the blog writer is saying and the ideas or points you'd like to make. This is where you could politely disagree or find a place to expand upon the thinking by making a connection.
Finally, end your comment with a strong idea, or clincher. It could be a question or a powerful restatement of the ideas raised in the blog. Think of these like questions or comments you might use during a discussion to keep the conversation going.
Some sentence starters to assist you could include:
I agree with you when you say "blah, blah, blah..." and I think _____
In your post you say "blah, blah, blah..." but I wonder if ______
You write in your post "blah, blah, blah..." and that reminds me of _____
In your post you mention from the book "blah, blah, blah..." and I'd like to add _
With all blogs, you will be graded on…………
Originality of ideas based on the novel
Development of ideas with support from the novel
Focus Grammar/mechanics
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