Posting:
A post is a two-paragraph (at least ten good sentences) entry that is published on the front page of the blog. Posts are published in chronological order and are available for commenting. In order to post, you will need to log into www.blogger.com and click on “New Post.” You will be provided with space to type. The title should always be a question: either the one I’ve asked you to answer or one you’ve come up with yourself. Proofread your post carefully before you publish. You can’t make any changes once you’ve published. Once you’ve finished your post, click on “Publish Post.”
There are two ways you could be asked to post:
Respond to a specific question: The questions for your post will be put up on the blog in advance. You may choose to write on any of the questions. In your response you should briefly provide context for your post (what are the key scenes from the novel that helped you shape your answer?), respond to the question in detail, and connect your response to other ideas/themes/details you’ve read in the novel. Your response should include at least one quotation from the night’s reading (make sure to include page #’s). Excellent posts not only give complete, thoughtful answers, but also encourage discussion in the comments section, either by asking questions at the end or by providing links to relevant sits/video/imagery that you’d like your classmates to comment on.
Free response: This is more difficult than #1, but it also allows you to be more creative. You are not limited to addressing a specific scene or moment from the night’s reading, but rather you can ask a more general question about the book or even examine a scene from previous chapters that you think is relevant. You can also relate a moment from the reading to one of the guiding questions for the entire novel. As with #1, the best free responses will encourage discussion in the comments section.
Grading Criteria:
o “Check plus” = Title is a question, post addresses the title question, post includes details from text (including one good quotation with page #), post is analysis and not just summary, post ends with thoughtful question(s) that encourages further discussion. Post is perfectly proofread!
o “Check” = Post is missing/doesn’t fulfill one or two of above criteria
o “Check minus” = post missing more than two criteria
Commenting:
You can comment on a post by clicking on the “Comments” link at the bottom of the post. Don’t forget you must be logged in to get credit for your comment. Comments should be direct responses to the information and ideas in the post OR to a previous comment to that post. Comments let the writer know he/she has an audience, encourage people to write more and better pieces and help people to think more deeply about an issue. It's just like a discussion in class: if you don't "listen" to the post and other comments, the conversation isn't productive. Proofread your comments carefully before publishing.
You will be expected to comment multiple times a week. An excellent comment is four to five good sentences and includes at least one sentence that shows you understand the ideas expressed in the post you just read, at least two sentences that respond to the post in a thoughtful way that adds information to the post (this can be in agreeing with what’s stated or disagreeing) and at least one sentence/question that encourages further discussion.
Grading criteria: You are graded on the frequency and quality of your comments.
· Three or more excellent comments per week: “Check plus”
· Three OK comments or two excellent comments per week: “Check”
· Two OK comments or fewer per week: “Check minus”
I absolutely agree with what has been said, if I had been given a book that my mother had used forty years ago I would feel pretty worthless too. I once felt given up on in first grade, I was really exited to do share and tell, but I had forgotten to bring in my object to share. I was skipped and had to wait another two weeks to be able share again. That was self-inflicted, but in Arnold's case he did not start it, he was simply given a book from forty years prior that his mother had used. He was born into the problem it was not his fault it had gone back generations. he was simply a part of "an ugly circle (13)" that kept going round and round, no one could get off, they only could get on. Arnold was not over reacting he was simply responding to how he felt, he was clearly shocked. How do you think you would have reacted? The same way or differently?
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you, the indians on the reservation are doing nothing but destroying themselves. They have the mindset that is setting themselves up for destruction, they grew up poor therefore they will be poor. Over and over they tell themselves that and over and over they get told that. If Junior had never gotten mad at Mr. P, he would have never realized that he was in a trap. He would have kept letting himself believe that this is what he was meant for, to live off his life getting drunk and spending his money gambling. Now that Junior is transferring to Reardan High school he is slowly but surely severing the ties holding him back. Severing the ties that otherwise would become stronger and stronger until Junior could not cut them, and he would live in desperate poverty just like his parents did and his grandparents did and his great grandparents did. How would you think another teacher would have reacted to being smashed in the face by a book? What would their reaction be?
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