We finished setting up our web logs today.

HOMEWORK:  Work on your first posting.  It’s due on Monday.

I was out today, but students had a chance to read from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  The first 88 pages are due next week.

I was out today, but students had time to work on the assignments discussed on Monday.  See Monday’s entry for information.

I was out today, but here’s the assignment:  Read 342-350 and 372-373.  List the 10 most important things you learned about each poet.

We began term three with the following presentation on satire:

[slideshare id=244162&doc=satire-presentation-1201540241419095-5&w=425]

All homework assignments and projects are in the presentation.

HOMEWORK: Read the assignments from the presentation. All written work on the reading is due on February 5.

We spent the entire class evaluating the layout of our latest issue.  We identified some areas where we could improve the look of the paper.

HOMEWORK:  First set of story generators are due February 5.  First articles are due on February 13.

We continued to attempt to create our web logs.  Most students got to work on changing the look of their site.

HOMEWORK:  Continue to work on developing the look for your blog.

We spent the period beginning to read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and setting up our reading web logs on http://learnerblogs.org. Instructions for the web logs and the reading schedule for the novel can be found at http://varnumreading.edublogs.org.

HOMEWORK: Read the novel (1-88 due by Feb. 6) and set up your web log.

We began term 3 by creating weblogs on http://learnerblogs.org for our own weblogs. The criteria for the weekly submissions can be found here.

For ideas about writing topics, click here.

HOMEWORK: Confirm your learnerblogs account and experiment with themes and layout.

We began term three with the following presentation on satire:

[slideshare id=244162&doc=satire-presentation-1201540241419095-5&w=425]

All homework assignments and projects are in the presentation.

HOMEWORK: Read the assignments from the presentation. All written work on the reading is due on February 4/5.