We are finishing up Romeo and Juliet in class tomorrow. Here are some due dates for you:
Act 5 Question Sheet: Due tomorrow (Wednesday Oct. 15)
Act 3 and 4 Character Journals: Thursday Oct. 16
Act 5 Character Journals: Monday Oct. 20
Test: Wednesday Oct. 22
Your two choice assignments will be due by the end of the month. You will be receiving some class time for these and some additional information to help with the Category A assignment. 2 classes will also be scheduled in the computer lab for research.
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I HAVE ADDED SOME THINGS AT THE TOP OF MY BLOG TO HELP STUDENTS AND PARENTS UNDERSTAND BLOGGING AND TO MAKE IT EASIER.
NEW POSTS WILL APPEAR UNDERNEATH THESE ITEMS--SO DON'T THINK I HAVE NOT POSTED ANYTHING NEW JUST BECAUSE THE TOP OF MY BLOG LOOKS THE SAME.
NEW POSTS WILL APPEAR UNDERNEATH THESE ITEMS--SO DON'T THINK I HAVE NOT POSTED ANYTHING NEW JUST BECAUSE THE TOP OF MY BLOG LOOKS THE SAME.
WHAT IS BLOGGING?!?
Why Blog?!?
Some of you, students, parents, and visitors alike may be wondering why I have my classes do blogging. The video below has an extensive list of reasons why teachers all over the world are asking students to blog. Check it out.
BLOG IDEAS
So, you've been blogging for some time now and you may be thinking to yourself , "Wow, I love this blogging idea, I wish I had more time to blog about ALL the wonderful ideas I have." Or maybe you are the type of person who is enjoying this assignment but is wondering, "What am I going to blog about next?" If you are the first person, you can stop reading now; however, if the second person is you, then keep reading for some blogging ideas.
I have scoured the inner workings of my brain, and of course the internet--though the internet has been very unhelpful in this regard--for some ideas to help you out. Here are my top ten ideas. Okay you caught me, these are just the first ten ideas I thought up for things you can blog about.
1. Interview a friend and post his/her reply on your blog. But don't just come up with the common questions, this is a blog, think of some really interesting questions that your other readers may want to learn the answers to. (Be sure to return the favour for your friend's blog.)
2. Do a bit of research into a topic and supply the answer to your readers. Here are some ideas:
a) your ideal vacation
b) what you might want to do after high school
c) your favourite author or musician or film director
d) a question you have always wanted answered (Why do hot dogs come ten to the package and buns eight to the package?) Then ask your readers to come up with some questions that you can answer in future posts.
3. Post a poem or short story or other text that you have been working on.
4. Do a review of something that tells others if they should give it a chance or not.
a) Put up a video or song clip and do a review of it.
b) Read a book and do a review.
c) Watch a movie and do a review.
d) Play a video game and do a review.
5. Post your comments to one of the Quotes of the Day.
6. Pick an issue from local, national, or world news and share your opinions and ideas.
7. Tell us about your favorite school subject AND why. (Bonus marks for saying it's L.A.)
8. Write about something that really ticks you off. Then ask others to share about their pet peeves.
9. Write about something that is truly a great idea and give praise where praise is due. (Like this list of things to blog about by Mr. Groff)
10. Think about things that you think could be improved and blog about your ideas for improvement.
BONUS: Ask your readers what they might want you to blog about. At least some of your readers know who you are and may want to get to know you better; or maybe they just want to hear your opinion on a topic of interest to them. If you ask them, they may give you some good ideas for future posts (and asking them will be a post in itself).
It would be very nice of you to make a link on your post back to this page if you decide to use any of these ideas. You could say something like:
I was inspired to write about this today by Mr.Groff's post of Blog Ideas.
I have scoured the inner workings of my brain, and of course the internet--though the internet has been very unhelpful in this regard--for some ideas to help you out. Here are my top ten ideas. Okay you caught me, these are just the first ten ideas I thought up for things you can blog about.
1. Interview a friend and post his/her reply on your blog. But don't just come up with the common questions, this is a blog, think of some really interesting questions that your other readers may want to learn the answers to. (Be sure to return the favour for your friend's blog.)
2. Do a bit of research into a topic and supply the answer to your readers. Here are some ideas:
a) your ideal vacation
b) what you might want to do after high school
c) your favourite author or musician or film director
d) a question you have always wanted answered (Why do hot dogs come ten to the package and buns eight to the package?) Then ask your readers to come up with some questions that you can answer in future posts.
3. Post a poem or short story or other text that you have been working on.
4. Do a review of something that tells others if they should give it a chance or not.
a) Put up a video or song clip and do a review of it.
b) Read a book and do a review.
c) Watch a movie and do a review.
d) Play a video game and do a review.
5. Post your comments to one of the Quotes of the Day.
6. Pick an issue from local, national, or world news and share your opinions and ideas.
7. Tell us about your favorite school subject AND why. (Bonus marks for saying it's L.A.)
8. Write about something that really ticks you off. Then ask others to share about their pet peeves.
9. Write about something that is truly a great idea and give praise where praise is due. (Like this list of things to blog about by Mr. Groff)
10. Think about things that you think could be improved and blog about your ideas for improvement.
BONUS: Ask your readers what they might want you to blog about. At least some of your readers know who you are and may want to get to know you better; or maybe they just want to hear your opinion on a topic of interest to them. If you ask them, they may give you some good ideas for future posts (and asking them will be a post in itself).
It would be very nice of you to make a link on your post back to this page if you decide to use any of these ideas. You could say something like:
I was inspired to write about this today by Mr.Groff's post of Blog Ideas.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
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2 comments:
you could've given us a bit more notice than that, now we're going to be in a huge rush to try and get things done for homework, we have a long list of things to do now when we're at home...Blogging, Acts 3+4, All the USUAL things we do at home, Act 5 worksheet, Act 5 Character Journalling, Studying for the test, And the 2 huge assignments that we have to do by the end of the month... I certainly hope there will be no more things planned to get done before the end of the month, because we sure need all the time we can get during class to do the stuff that was already assigned to us
I am glad to see a few of you are looking at this; it would be helpful if you weren't too afraid to leave your name--it would help me respond more accurately to your concerns.
In response: blogging is a given. You were aware of Act 3 and 4 character journals last week. You were given, and told to start working on the 2 huge assignments weeks ago. As for studying, you should be going over your notes regularly and if you have been attending class and paying attention the test shouldn't be too difficult. (I told you you would have one when we began Romeo and Juliet.) The Act 5 worksheets should be nearly finished--those working in class today had only a few questions left.
Stay on top of your work, come to class, stay on task in class, and you will be fine. Come see me if you have any questions. And NO there will be nothing else due before this report card.
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