1. Finish your About Me Page (Click here to see the assignment)
2. Write your first blog post, and post to your blog page. See assignment below:
Opinion Prompts: (pick 1 to write your first graded post about) Use specific examples to support your point of view.
- What’s one privilege that you think the class should be able to earn? Why?
- If you could have dinner with one famous person, dead or alive, who would it be and why? What would you eat, and what would you discuss?
- A new plan is in the works to make school start later so that students can get more sleep. The school day would start at 9:30 and end at 4:15. Would you support this plan? Why or why not?
- Select a topic that's important to you and express your opinion about it. Check with me for approval first.
Blog Post Rubric:
____/2 Topic: it is clear that the topic is important to the writer
____/2 Content: writer expresses an opinion and backs it up with reasons and evidence
____/2 Style: writing shows the writer’s voice
____/2 Organization: writer’s thought process is clear and easy to follow
____/2 Length: at least 3 short paragraphs (for blog posts, paragraphs should be at least 4 sentences—keep in mind that short paragraphs can be easier for Internet readers!)
____/2 Editing: writing is clear and free of errors
2. Write your first blog post, and post to your blog page. See assignment below:
Opinion Prompts: (pick 1 to write your first graded post about) Use specific examples to support your point of view.
- What’s one privilege that you think the class should be able to earn? Why?
- If you could have dinner with one famous person, dead or alive, who would it be and why? What would you eat, and what would you discuss?
- A new plan is in the works to make school start later so that students can get more sleep. The school day would start at 9:30 and end at 4:15. Would you support this plan? Why or why not?
- Select a topic that's important to you and express your opinion about it. Check with me for approval first.
Blog Post Rubric:
____/2 Topic: it is clear that the topic is important to the writer
____/2 Content: writer expresses an opinion and backs it up with reasons and evidence
____/2 Style: writing shows the writer’s voice
____/2 Organization: writer’s thought process is clear and easy to follow
____/2 Length: at least 3 short paragraphs (for blog posts, paragraphs should be at least 4 sentences—keep in mind that short paragraphs can be easier for Internet readers!)
____/2 Editing: writing is clear and free of errors