AIM: What do we watch out for, punctuation-wise, as we write our blogs?
1. You will need to continue with another post today. It will be your seventh post.
2. Go back to correct the grammar, spelling, and punctuation in your old blog entries. One thing I notice is incorrect use of the apostrophe, which looks like this: '
3. The apostrophe is for two uses: To show a contraction, like "don't" or "they're", and to show ownership, like "Mr. Power's bike" or "my blog's pictures."
4. In a contraction, the apostrophe always always always goes where you took out some letters to make the two words shorter: "they are" becomes "they're" by taking out the letter 'a', so you put the apostrophe where the 'a' used to be.
5. When using the apostrophe for ownership, remember that it goes before the letter "s." Many people (adults included!) think they need to put apostrophes after every word, but they are just overusing it. Fix up your apostrophes in your old blog entries!
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Friday, March 28, 2008
Fri. 3/28/08: Blog Links
AIM: (Today is the last day you don't need to copy it down) How do we provide more information to the readers of our blogs?
One of the ways we can make our blogs more informative and utilize the information on the internet is to put links into our blog entries. Links can quickly and easily point your blog readers to other websites related to your specific posts.
1. Post your sixth topic-specific blog post today.
2. Try putting a link in your post today to a webpage that relates directly to whatever you are writing about. You can also write about what viewers will see when they visit the link.
3. Type a sentence that includes the name of the webpage to which you are linking.
4. Highlight the name of the webpage in your post.
5. Click on the link button. It's the little world with a chain link on top of it next to the font color "T" button.
6. The URL field is the where you will type in the webpage address to which you are linking. Type it in and hit "Ok."
7. The highlighted text will become a different color and will be underlined. Now your blog readers can click on it and go directly to your link!
8. Example:
Try clicking on this link to go to Mr. Power's Other Blog - The Men's Fashion Blog.
Or you could do it by clicking here.
Check out my first post on my Men's Fashion blog here to see an example.
One of the ways we can make our blogs more informative and utilize the information on the internet is to put links into our blog entries. Links can quickly and easily point your blog readers to other websites related to your specific posts.
1. Post your sixth topic-specific blog post today.
2. Try putting a link in your post today to a webpage that relates directly to whatever you are writing about. You can also write about what viewers will see when they visit the link.
3. Type a sentence that includes the name of the webpage to which you are linking.
4. Highlight the name of the webpage in your post.
5. Click on the link button. It's the little world with a chain link on top of it next to the font color "T" button.
6. The URL field is the where you will type in the webpage address to which you are linking. Type it in and hit "Ok."
7. The highlighted text will become a different color and will be underlined. Now your blog readers can click on it and go directly to your link!
8. Example:
Try clicking on this link to go to Mr. Power's Other Blog - The Men's Fashion Blog.
Or you could do it by clicking here.
Check out my first post on my Men's Fashion blog here to see an example.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Thurs. 3/27/08: More focused blog stuff
Aim: (You do NOT need to copy today...again) How do we make our blog entries interesting?
Today we will be working on updating our blogs again. This will be our fifth topic-specific post. Remember that, if you think of something interesting to write, you can post a blog at any time! You can even get ahead of the class at home or in the library if you would like to.
Our blogs will be complete when we have ten topic-specific posts total. One of the requirements of your posts will be images.
1. At least two of your blogs should include some sort of image. Play around with the "add image" button. It's the one at the top of your post menu that looks like this:
Today we will be working on updating our blogs again. This will be our fifth topic-specific post. Remember that, if you think of something interesting to write, you can post a blog at any time! You can even get ahead of the class at home or in the library if you would like to.
Our blogs will be complete when we have ten topic-specific posts total. One of the requirements of your posts will be images.
1. At least two of your blogs should include some sort of image. Play around with the "add image" button. It's the one at the top of your post menu that looks like this:
2. Images make your posts more interesting, but shouldn't be so large or so numerous that they distract from what you are writing.
3. Check out Manny's blog for an example of how to do this effectively.
3. Check out Manny's blog for an example of how to do this effectively.
4. Continue to check out other blogs by your classmates by clicking the links to the right of this blog. Enjoy!
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Wed. 3/26/08: Blog entry #4
AIM: (You do NOT need to copy today) Focused blog-entry...continued.
We are continuing with our specifically focused blogs. Today you will be posting your fourth focused-topic entry. If you don't have four, you need to make some back postings up for full credit. DO NOT neglect spelling, grammar and punctuation -- you will just have to fix it later!
1. Check the spelling, grammar, and punctuation of your past three focused blog postings. Read it aloud to yourself to fix any errors. Fix your errors.
2. Post your fourth topic-specific blog.
3. Go to some of your classmates' blogs and check out the work they've been doing.
We are continuing with our specifically focused blogs. Today you will be posting your fourth focused-topic entry. If you don't have four, you need to make some back postings up for full credit. DO NOT neglect spelling, grammar and punctuation -- you will just have to fix it later!
1. Check the spelling, grammar, and punctuation of your past three focused blog postings. Read it aloud to yourself to fix any errors. Fix your errors.
2. Post your fourth topic-specific blog.
3. Go to some of your classmates' blogs and check out the work they've been doing.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Welcome to the NEW Classhomework
Students, I am pleased to announce that we will no longer have to use the ugly and outdated classhomework.com. Instead, at the beginning of each class period you can go to www.artsandtechlit.blogspot.com and check for the day's work here! Blogs have many more options than that classhomework site, and they look so much nicer, too. In addition, I can post pictures and links here much more easily. Welcome to the future.
Mr. Power
Mr. Power
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