You have already been provided with a rubric. Therefore, you know exactly what you have to do to excel. However, all of this talk about rubrics, blogs, and posting, and you've never even been told what you are supposed to be blogging about.
As a class, we will be reading the play
A Doll's House. There are three Acts and before each Act, I will be giving you vocabulary handouts that you must complete for homework. It is your responsibility to become familiar with these vocabulary words because you will choose the ones that you will want to include in your blog post. For example, if one of the vocab words were “self-sufficient”, then you would include the word in your post as you are discussing your views on the play. Therefore, I would write, “It is hard to tell whether Nora could ever become a
self-sufficient female because of the constant suffocating nurture that her father and husband have provided for her.” That means that when you post for each Act, you want to focus on the vocab words for that Act. To become a Platinum Blogger, you must include more than two vocab words from the Act in your post.
Furthermore, you want your post to focus on your views and opinions of the plot, characters (inner struggles), and the setting. It is important for you to be able to analyze the plot and the characters development, individually. In addition, you want to tie in any important themes and symbols that you find to be appropriate. Most importantly, I want you to relate the play/ its characters to the media/ personal life. I need to see (and so do your peers) that you can make that connection between literature and your own lives.
After you publish your post, you want to go visit other blogs and you want to comment on what your peers have written. Hopefully, your peers will post higher- level thinking questions that will help you all initiate discussions. You must, however, do the same. This contributes to becoming a Platinum Blogger.
Please make an effort to reply to at least three posts (three different bloggers). If you do not make this effort, then it will affect your grade (look at the rubric).
In another post, I am going to provide you guys with links to some excellent blogs from other students at BHS. It is vital that you understand what I am looking for and that you see a model of an exemplary (excellent) blog.
Are there any questions? (This is where you hit the comment button and you type in the question ;) Then I’ll reply back)
ps: I shouldn’t even have to mention this, but I will anyway. Do
NOT forget to write properly. You are not to be writing as if you were texting or IM’ing. Transition words will become your lifeline (they will connect your thoughts and ideas) and the proper tense usage is important. It is best if you type your post into Microsoft Word first, and then copy and paste it into Blogger. Again,
read the rubric thoroughly since all of these details are included in it.
pss: Get creative!!! Include pictures and videos that relate to the play/your post!
