English 1301 Blog Entry Assignment

One assignment for this course is for each student to complete one entry for the class blog. You can choose any topic, provided it is not obviously offensive or inappropriate to the college classroom climate. The requirements are as follows:

·        Clearly use a specific writing genre, such as personal narrative, descriptive writing, comparison / contrast, how-to, analysis (of film, literature, music, etc), persuasive.

·        Do not use the same topic or materials you are using for the major essay you are writing for class.

·        Write in blog style (see accompanying materials and websites).

·        Entries should be short, about 250-300 words.

·        Include at least one picture.

·        Include at least one link.

·        Edit your grammar and mechanics.

·        Email your completed entry to me in the course and submit it to the course drop box and turnitin.com link by the due date you have chosen when you signed up. I will then post your blog for the class.

Besides writing your blog entry, you must read the entries of your classmates and comment on them in a meaningful, adult, intelligent way. We have all had the misfortune of reading the other kind of comments online, and we will not accept such behavior here. I hope that you develop the same disdain for unpleasant commenting and discourage it among your acquaintances. The requirement for commenting is that each student must comment once on each entry, including his/her own. Your comment on your own entry should respond to a classmate's comment. After all, the ability to converse online is one of the reasons blogs are so popular. Comments will count for 50% of the blog grade and are due within one week of each posting.

*Important note re: comments - Be sure to sign your name at the end of your comment to receive credit!  I cannot give credit for Anonymous posts unless they are signed within the comment.