Tuesday Post Directions

Below are some ideas for blog posts.  Do as many as you want.  Aim for quality, not quantity.


Step 1.  Talk to a partner.  A. Edit Monday's post if you need to.  B.  Decide what you want your first post to be about.  Talk to your partner about your ideas.


POST POSSIBILITIES

• Finish any unpublished posts from Mon. 
• Use your journal from class. Choose an entry or two and put it on the blog. (Make sure it is something you are comfortable sharing with your audience.)
• Write about a topic from class: developing relationships, understanding potential, communication, leadership, choices, goal setting, problem solving, team work, leadership, etc.
• Write about some activities you have done: Campus Tour, Kickball, Getting up at 6:00 to run, Challenge Course, Bowling, Bridge of Knowledge, and Dodgeball, blogging.
• Apply what you are learning: What are some ways that you can take what you have been learning back to your school and apply them?

Step 2: Edit with a partner. (Read it out loud.)

• Does it have your name and the day in the title and labels?
• Do all of your sentences begin with a capital letter and end with punctuation?
• Is your "I" capitalized? It doesn't want to be a small i. Don't hurt it's feelings.
• Is everything spelled correctly? (You can use the spell checker.)
• Can you or your partner think of any details or descriptive adjectives/adverbs that can make it more interesting?

Happy blogging!

Tuesday Writing Process

You're going pro with your blogging skills! Today's your day to choose your own topics. (See the post above this for some possibilities.) After you finish a post, edit with a partner in your group and discuss what you will post about next.
This walks us thru a "quick" version of the writing proccess:

• choose topic
• write
• edit
• publish!

At each point in the process, it's a good idea to talk about and share our writing with others!
Happy blogging!

Tuesday Shout Outs

Hey Bloggers,
I see some great things happening both in terms of team work and writing. Here are a few of the many things I've seen so far.

WRITING

• Improvement in posts AFTER editing with partners yesterday!
• Some use of details and adjectives bringing the writing alive.
• Reflective thinking. Including ideas from your classes.

TEAM WORK

• Talking to each other to get ideas to get started, develop ideas, and edit.
• Using each other as a network of resources.
• Focusing on strengths of others in your group.

SHOUT OUTS (These are only a few.)

•  Group 1: Miguel  (descriptive words)
• Group 3: Gustavo (read descriptive phrases he uses)
• Group 6: Jose (follows format of directions-- a lot of people did this :-)
• Group 2: Alin, Christina, Janellie (developed)
• Group 4: Estaphano, Mayra, Yesenia, Esmeralda
• Group 5: Rafeal
• Everyone who is doing there best! This includes your best in expanding your writing/editing abilities, typing, becoming more comfortable on a computer, and being mindful of your audience in your posts.
• Other shout outs discussion...

Happy blogging!