BLOGGING WEEK 4

You have two blogs entries this week. At Becca's suggestion, you can chose your topics. You need 30 lines for the week. Be sure to use paragraphs, figurative language and creative thoughts. This should take no more than the first 20 minutes of class. If you are missing entries, you can make them up at home.

If you have not finished the "Business Card" assignment, you can complete it on your own. Save it to a flash drive for printing.

MAKING MOVIES

It's time to become more familiar with the software on your computer and learn something about a famous visual artist.

1. Select an artist from either site: 100 top artists or Top 200 artists

2. Write down 10 short facts. Include birth, death, country, medium and whatever else you find that would be important about the artist. Make note of the web site where you found the information.

3. Find 10 images. Save them in a folder on your desk top. Keep track of where you get your images.

4. Open I-Photo, import all of your images.

5. Open I-Movie. Use this tutorial for help when you need it.

6. Make your informative movie.

7. The first frame needs your artist name and your name

8. Your last frame should include a list of sites that you used for information.

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FEEDBACK FRIDAY

Now is your time to leave comments to your classmates and make suggestions to your teachers.

You can read what your classmates have written and write your thoughts or you can give some feedback to your teachers. You can even suggest new and better ideas for the 2nd quarter. Here's your chance, to be heard.

You can also catch up on your missed blogging assignments.

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Bayshore has received a D as a school grade for the past 3 years. Do you feel this is an accurate assessment of our school, our students, our teachers and our administrators? If you were principal, what steps would you take to improve our school grade? How would you motivate everyone to try harder and work more? What things need to change? What things need to be added?

Our next assignment is short and easy. It is designed to introduce you to some ot our computer programs. You are going to design a business card to promote yourself. It needs to include your name, phone number, address and blog url. You also need to include a picture. It can be clip art, your avatar or a real life picture of you. You can use “Pages” which has a tutorial and lots of interesting templates, or you can use “Appleworks”. You will be able to print one page of cards in color.

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REFLECTING ON LORD OF THE FLIES

Your project is due today. Reflect on your work. How do you feel about what you accompllished?. Are you prepared? What problems did you encounter. What did you learn about Lord of the Flies and about yourself. What would you have done differently?

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YOUR TURN

What if...? Finish the sentence anyway you like. This is your chance to pick a topic. Use examples, descriptive words, elaboration, creativity and your brain to express your thoughts.

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OBSTACLES

As we go through life we encounter obstacles that we need to overcome. What are some of the challenges you are facing during your senior year and how are you planning to overcome them? What are some of the things you will need to do to make this happen?

PRAISE AND DEADLINES

Congratulations! Your first two posts were impressive. Many of you are using figurative language and are including vocabulary from English class. I also liked the comments you gave each other.

We're off to a good start.

You have this week to complete you LOF project in class. Presentations begin on Monday, October 19th. Use your time wisely.

CREATING COMMENTS

Today you will do more reading than writing, but the writing you do will require more thought and some etiquette. You are going to read your classmates posts and make some intelligent comments. Commenting is a way to connect with the author. This allows an interaction between author and reader. Colleges are now asking students to comment on their assignments and readings through blogging formats.

Here are some guidelines for our class blogs:

Post meaningful comments: “ Good job!” “Right On!” might make a person feel good but it doesn’t tell him what you liked.

Be specific: “You made a good point about making friends by joining clubs, that’s how I met my best friend”

Add to the conversation: “I agree with you about skipping, but not paying attention to class assignments is just as bad."

Respect each other: You can disagree with what a person has written without being disrespectful to that person.

Make 5 great comments.

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WORDS OF WISDOM

Think back to your freshmen year. Are there things you would have done differently? Did you make any bad choices? What are some good things you did that are paying off now. With those thoughts in mind, write a letter to a freshman offering advice. Please take this seriously and practice expanding your thoughts by using figurative language.

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Let the Writings Begin!

The main purpose for creating your blog is to improve your writing. You will write the first 20 minutes of class each day before beginning the class assignment. Writing is just like a sport. The more you practice, the better you get. And just as in any sport there are rules to follow. Here are the rules:

Title your post. This title should relate to the topic.

Use correct spelling and grammar. This includes using paragraphs. You are not texting, everything you write needs to be school appropriate. Your teachers, your classmates and whoever stumbles on your blog will read what you write.

You need to write a minimum of 15 lines.

You can include images, humor, creativity and please use some figurative language.(try this, click on each word to expand) You will be given a weekly grade based on the number of lines you write. I will give bonus points for use of vocabulary from Ms. Ladd’s class, great images or spectacular creativity.

Today’s Topic: You are finally a senior! What do you want to accomplish this year? What are the things you’re looking forward to doing? What are things you want to avoid? What are your goals? image: clickntry.wordpress.com