TODAY'S AGENDA
DOUBLE PERIOD
Period 1
* Class photo (2 minutes)
Period 1
* Class photo (2 minutes)
* Collect email addresses (1 minute)
* Go over jobs (10 minutes)
* Go over jobs (10 minutes)
* Go over homework (10 m.)
* SLANTS (5 m.)
The Lesson:
Learning How to Set Up a Blog (20 m.)
The Steps:
1. Go to www.blogger.com
2. Sign in to your Google account, or start an account.
(It's free.)
3. Begin to set up your blog. It's fairly easy, but if you have any problems, email classmates or me.
*Homework assignment for tomorrow:
Set up your blog for essays.* In notebook, place covered topics in margin.
* Rise, push in chairs, exit quietly with thanks
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The Lesson:
Book Talks,
and Getting Ready to Do Some Serious Personal Reading This Year
~ Two book talks by Mr. Salsich
~ Book talks by students??
~ How do you choose a new book to read?
~ Setting up a reader's blog
The comments should be at least three sentences long,
and should include the title of the book,
the pages you read,
and a brief summary of what happened.
This much will earn you a B for personal reading.
In order to get an A, you would have to write
more than three sentences,
and put up at least three different posts each week.
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Period 2
The Lesson:
Book Talks,
and Getting Ready to Do Some Serious Personal Reading This Year
~ Two book talks by Mr. Salsich
~ Book talks by students??
~ How do you choose a new book to read?
~ Setting up a reader's blog
Homework assignment, due Friday:
Set up a second blog for reading, and send me your blog address by Friday morning.
Post two comments about your book each week,
one by Monday night, and one by Thursday night.The comments should be at least three sentences long,
and should include the title of the book,
the pages you read,
and a brief summary of what happened.
This much will earn you a B for personal reading.
In order to get an A, you would have to write
more than three sentences,
and put up at least three different posts each week.
