Thursday, February 23, 2012
CHECKLIST FOR SATURDAY FEB. 25
PLEASE HAVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS DONE BY 1:00
SATURDAY, FEB. 25, 2010
- READ- Ch 12 ("Independent . . ." pp. 292-301
- POST - one piece of literature for your unit plan, any genre, on your unit blog.
- WORK on your Student Treasures book. It should be in the last stages. Due next week (March 3).
- POST a reading response in the comment section of the Day 4 blog (this is the weekly blog that I send you--not your theme blog). Please review on the Day 4 blog as to what you should be responding to, word length and directions.
- I would recommend that you begin reading Slave Dancer you will need to have this read and ready to discuss on March 3.
- You will need to inform me of when and where your literature circle group will be meeting at class on March 3. Your off campus literature circle meetings need to happen between March 3 and March 10th.
Checklist for March 3
CHECKLIST FOR DAY 6- MARCH 3, 2012
We will be meeting on campus today!
- Please bring your Student Treasure's Book. I will be mailing them off to be published.
- READ- Slave Dancer
- Read portions of Ch 8 ("The Fiction Family") --focus on: section on pp. 178-179 & pp 194-196
- BRING one book of historical literature for your unit plan
- Watch video on Day 5 Blog
- Post a reading response on Day 5 Blog (This is a response to Chapt 12 and the video)
- PRESENTATIONS: Gretta Kesselring AND Amy Klein
GUIDELINES FOR READING RESPONSE
So welcome to our shared Reading Response Journal Blog. Keeping a shared response journal will give you an opportunity to not only express your own opinions about theories, research and content, but you will also be able to read each others and give feedback. Here is a friendly reminder of your task:
1) You will be writing a journal response to the assigned readings (chapter 12) for this week and juxtaposing it to the P PowerPoint presentation that you hopefully already viewed on this blog (see above).
2. In your journal entries (reading response - post onto this blog), you can discuss anything that interests you about the material you are reading. Think about the leading questions that I gave you on the Powerpoint
3. Reading response entries should be at least 500-750 words.
You are free to choose what you want to take up.
4. Read all recent journal (reading response) postings and give feedback.
Your journal is an opportunity for you to explore what you think is important, as well as, become active participants in your own learning by collaboratively problem solving and giving/getting appropriate feedback. This is our place to process meaning and develop understandings. Please feel free to respond to additional issues or questions that you feel are most relevant to your experiences and interests. You can discuss anything related to the course.
1) You will be writing a journal response to the assigned readings (chapter 12) for this week and juxtaposing it to the P PowerPoint presentation that you hopefully already viewed on this blog (see above).
2. In your journal entries (reading response - post onto this blog), you can discuss anything that interests you about the material you are reading. Think about the leading questions that I gave you on the Powerpoint
3. Reading response entries should be at least 500-750 words.
You are free to choose what you want to take up.
4. Read all recent journal (reading response) postings and give feedback.
Your journal is an opportunity for you to explore what you think is important, as well as, become active participants in your own learning by collaboratively problem solving and giving/getting appropriate feedback. This is our place to process meaning and develop understandings. Please feel free to respond to additional issues or questions that you feel are most relevant to your experiences and interests. You can discuss anything related to the course.
HOW TO WRITE INSIGHTFUL BLOG COMMENTS
Step 1: First you will obviously need to read the post in question. Read it carefully and then read it again.
Step 2: Determine what you have to add. No matter if the author appears smarter than you, you probably bring a different perspective to the topic at hand.
Step 3: Next, you should read the existing comments, if any exist. They may have already covered the information you wanted to add. They also may have started the discussion down a different path and it sometimes feels awkward to derail that. As long as your comment is related to the blog post don't really worry about it.
Step 4: As with writing blog posts themselves, make sure any facts you present are right. A disproved fact can damage your credibility. Opinions cannot be refuted as easily, but still make sure they are well thought out.
Step 5: Try to keep your comment short and to the point. It takes more than a few sentences to get your point across, use paragraphs for easy readability.
Step 6: Sometimes an example helps state your case. Concrete examples are often very useful in making a point.
Step 7: Proof-read your comment before you hit submit.
Step 2: Determine what you have to add. No matter if the author appears smarter than you, you probably bring a different perspective to the topic at hand.
Step 3: Next, you should read the existing comments, if any exist. They may have already covered the information you wanted to add. They also may have started the discussion down a different path and it sometimes feels awkward to derail that. As long as your comment is related to the blog post don't really worry about it.
Step 4: As with writing blog posts themselves, make sure any facts you present are right. A disproved fact can damage your credibility. Opinions cannot be refuted as easily, but still make sure they are well thought out.
Step 5: Try to keep your comment short and to the point. It takes more than a few sentences to get your point across, use paragraphs for easy readability.
Step 6: Sometimes an example helps state your case. Concrete examples are often very useful in making a point.
Step 7: Proof-read your comment before you hit submit.
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