Pabon's+English+II+Blogs

=Pabon's English II Blogs =


 * Title: || Pabon's English II Blogs ||
 * Subject: || English II ||
 * Grade: || 10th Grade ||
 * Time Frame: || 1 class period to set up; maintain blogs year-round ||
 * Summary: || Students will maintain a daily journal in class. Once a week, students will choose one of their journal entries to revise, edit, and publish on a blog. ||
 * Tasks: || 1) Set up: "Blog Pass Activity" In small groups, students will use iPads to examine notable 4-5 blogs. Students will compare characteristics of the blogs and determine what are the most important characteristics for a successful blog. Students will use this information as inspiration to create their own blogs using Google Sites.

2) Daily writing: Students will respond to daily journal prompts, based on readings in class.

3) Weekly publishing: Students will choose a journal entry and spend class time revising and editing the piece before publishing to their blogs.

4) Monthly collaboration: Periodically, students will review their classmates' blogs. Students will be required to leave feedback on each other's blogs. Students can e-mail the teacher a screenshot of their comment to show they have fulfilled this part of the assignment. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Objectives: || * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Students will use technology to self-publish their own writing.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Students will collaborate to improve each other's writing.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Students will prepare for EOC and other writing assessments by building their endurance with daily writing.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Students will use elements of the writing process to compose texts (TEK 13 A, B, C, D, E Writing Process); focus is on the revising and editing portions of the process. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Assessment: || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Teacher uses a class-constructed rubric to asses blog posts.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Teacher monitors student blogs weekly for posts.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Teacher compares written journal to blog posts to check for appropriate editing and revision (students are not just re-typing their journal entries). || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Reflections: || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">10-10-13 The project is going very well. Most students have 4-5 blog entries posted. Several students are asking about how to update their blogs from home, exhibiting their motivation for the project. Most students are just posting the daily journal prompts that I provide, however I am encouraging some students to pursue their own topics for their blogs. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Resources: || * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Laptops or iPads with Internet access
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Blogspot account
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Journals ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Teacher
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