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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.

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.

Friday, November 7, 2008

A Favourite Song

One of my favourite songs is Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers. This song is about a man who is away from the girl he loves and he misses her very much. He wishes he could be back with her and hopes she will wait faithfully for him while he is away.

A few of my favourite lines from this song are highlighted in the lyrics below:

Oh, my love
my darling
I've hungered for your touch
a long lonely time
and time goes by so slowly
and time can do so much
are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
Godspeed your love to me

Lonely rivers flow to the sea,
to the sea
to the open arms of the sea
lonely rivers sigh 'wait for me, wait for me'
I'll be coming home wait for me

Oh, my love
my darling
I've hungered for your touch
a long lonely time
and time goes by so slowly
and time can do so much
are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
Godspeed your love to me


I like the personification and metaphor in the first set of lines. The lines speak about the loneliness of the river without the vastness of the sea. The river is on its way "home," but always there is still a lonely part of the river heading home and hoping the sea hasn't changed when it gets there. I love the connotation that the man's sweetheart will be waiting for him just as the sea always waits for the river.

I also like the second line, "I've hungered for your touch," because of the strong imagery and metaphor in the line. These lines link the images of starvation without food to the man's loneliness without his girl. The idea comes up that you can die of hunger and you can die of loneliness.

This song always makes me feel a little sad, but it also contains a sliver of hope. Check out the song below and keep reading.




I like that sliver of loneliness that comes up in the idea that the sea waits for the river. I can relate to this song in that I have and continue to feel lonely and sad from time to time, and this song reminds me that even though I feel this way now there is a great hope that things will get better.

I like this feeling of hope and I appreciate how this song can quiet my being and focus my attention. I would often listen to this song before going out to play baseball as it would provide the focus I needed and the hopefulness of the song would remind me to stay focused during the game even if I messed up on the field.
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