Dear Students and Families,
I am so excited to welcome you to my 2021 classroom blogging initiative! Student blogging has an important role in our classroom because each student will function as a "scribe" and be responsible for group learning.
We had a great deal of success with posting blogs in from 2018 and beyond.
Goals:
- To become effective global communicators.
- To have every voice speak with the same volume.
- To summarize and reflect upon each day's lesson.
- To become responsible digital citizens.
- To become creators of information.
Technical Requirements of the Blog
One student per class, per day, will be responsible for blogging. Blogs are expected to be posted by 7:00am on their respective due date. (For example: John Doe is in Period 7. If his blog date is November 8th, he must have the completed blog PUBLISHED by 7:00am on November 8th. This means that John will need to get his blog to the Blog Wizard in enough time for the Blog Wizard to post the blog on November 8th, 7:00am.]
Title of the blog should include:
Student's full name, class period, date, and cycle letter. (For example: John Doe, Period 7, 11/8/21).
Please use the DUE DATE.
Students MUST LABEL their blog with “Modern Mythology 2022.”
Students are responsible for keeping track of when it is their time to blog by completing the Blogger Sheet.
Students are to comment and respond to one another, including asking questions or asking for clarification.
Blogs will be published on the world wide web, so we must practice digital citizenship and remember that our audience is GLOBAL, so our tone is FORMAL.
What should the blog content include?
Pick ONE category and respond to all of the questions related to that category.
- Literacy & Learning
- Write about your thoughts regarding any of the fiction or non-fiction covered in class.
- Reflect on any new information you have learned in English class by considering how that learning influences your critical perception.
- How is what you’re learning applied to any other classes/the world around you?
- Goal Setting & Growth
- At this current point in time, what specific goal(s) do you have for yourself? Why
- How do you demonstrate resilience towards achieving this goal? (or these goals?)
- How does the world around you affect your perception of this goal? (or these goals?)
- Socio-political Consciousness
- What are your thoughts and feelings about issues of inequity, oppression, and/or power?
- How do you reflect critically on your own beliefs, assumptions, values, and experiences, and how these can influence your perception of self and others?
- Creativity & Fiction
- Craft a piece of fiction that addresses one or more of the following:
- Literary elements (i.e. structure, tone, diction, mood, irony, and figurative language) to craft a narrative and/or poetry.
- Structural features of drama (stage directions, character attributions/tags, dialogue, monologues, and/or soliloquies) to craft a script.
- Multidimensional characters to develop themes and create socio-political metaphors.
When Do I Blog?
Please refer to the Google Sheets Blog Date List.
Sample of Excellent Blogs (They had different requirements)
- https://msfusarosblog.blogspot.com/2021/05/christian-sheherlis-period-5-5102021.html
- https://msfusarosblog.blogspot.com/2021/03/connor-campbell-period-2-32421-day-a.html
- https://msfusarosblog.blogspot.com/2021/03/elizabeth-vesialou-pd-2-3112021-day-a.html
- https://msfusarosblog.blogspot.com/2021/02/ayman-rddad-period-2-22621-day-a.html
What does your blog grade mean?
- MASTERY (MAX): Great work, you nailed it! You covered an amazing multimedia summary of what happened in class using a clear, easy-to-read format. Most importantly, you absolutely included fantastic reflection which addresses all three main questions with depth beyond the classroom.
- APPROACHING (APP): Your summary got the general gist of what happened in class, but could definitely use some elaboration OR your formatting is not aesthetic OR your reflection may be basic (such as just reflecting on how it can be applied in your schooling instead of the real world).
- DEVELOPING (DEV): You probably didn’t include a reflective aspect at all or your summary was so minimal it was hard to have any idea what happened in class.
- NOT YET (NY): Incredibly basic and/or the tone was rude, offensive, or inappropriate for a school, public blog.
- M: No blog written on your assignment day.
Blog Revisions and Reflections
- Blogs will receive a mastery grade within 7 days of publication based on the rubric above.
- Blogs may be revised, edited, and updated if the student would like an opportunity to improve his/her grade. IF the student does opt for a revision, he/she MUST EMAIL ME with a direct link to the published blog to inform and notify me to check the blog again.
