Staten Island Technical HS Ms. Fusaro, Instructor
Mr. Erlenwein, Principal A Guide for Blogging 2024
Dear Class of 2024!
Welcome to Blogging with Ms. Fusaro!
I am very excited to have you here as I was the first teacher to start student blogging at Staten Island Tech (take a look at our published history). You will become a part of a time-honored tradition in the "Gods, Monsters, and the Apocalypse" classroom.
Below, is everything you need to know about blogging for this school year. (Which you can also find on our school syllabus.)
GOOGLE SHEETS VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ZRq1iE21tR8
LINK: https://msfusarostudent.blogspot.com/
Technical Requirements of the Blog
- One student per class, per day, will be responsible for blogging. Blogs are expected to be posted by 7:00 a.m. 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 7:00 a.m. 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, 7:00 a.m.]
- The title of the blog should include:
- Student's full name, class period, and DUE DATE. (For example: John Doe, Period 7, 11/8/23).
- Students MUST LABEL their blog with “Modern Mythology 2024.”
- Students are responsible for keeping track of when it is their time to blog by completing the Blogger Sheet.
- 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.
- If using any sources other than your own mind, use MLA-style citations.
- How to make sure your blog is formatted correctly.
What should the blog content include?
- Pick ONE category and respond to all of the questions related to that category. Blog categories cannot be repeated except for Literature Circle.
- Please note that these choices are all linked to our POWER STANDARDS. If you have a different idea, be sure it applies to the Learning Targets of our Power Standards.
- Literacy & Learning
- Write about your thoughts/feelings regarding any of the fiction or nonfiction 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?
- Literature Circle - Modern Myths
- Choose one of the selected texts to read.
- Circe by Madeline Miller
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
- A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
- Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
- Write max of two blogs about the book (halfway and upon completion).
- Do NOT summarize the text. You may:
- Reflect on how this book applies to what you have learned in class, such as how it influences/changes/enhances your understanding of the topic.
- Give a reactionary playbook, either chapter by chapter, scene by scene, or event by event (whatever is appropriate for that particular text), describing YOUR reactions and feelings to what is happening and why YOU’RE feeling the way you are.
- Critique the text through a critical theory analysis.
- Research Paper
- Consider any topic we have covered in class to write an informational research paper related to some modern discoveries around it.
- How does our study of folklore contribute and/or connect to this new discovery?
- Socio-political Consciousness
- CHOOSE a topic below and discuss your thoughts and feelings:
- Current topics around inequity, oppression, and/or power.
- Current events that incite strong feelings in you.
- How do you reflect critically on your own beliefs, assumptions, values, and experiences, and how these can influence your perception of self and others?
When Do I Blog?
- Please refer to the Google Sheets Blog Date List to know your precise due date.
- Please see the course contract for the policy around lateness.
- https://msfusarostudent.blogspot.com/2023/05/mars-reynoso-period-2-51123.html
- https://msfusarostudent.blogspot.com/2022/04/selina-zheng-period-1-04-01-22.html
- https://msfusarostudent.blogspot.com/2022/03/stella-vayner-period-7-32922.html
- https://msfusarostudent.blogspot.com/2022/03/talha-gondal-period-1-02282022.html
- https://msfusarostudent.blogspot.com/2022/02/nicole-duran-period-1-02162022.html
To achieve MASTERY, you must have written an in-depth piece that was beautiful, moving, meaningful, and on time.
Blog Revisions & 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/they MUST EMAIL ME with a direct link to the published blog to inform and notify me to check the blog again.
Academic Honesty
Absolutely any sort of plagiarism, use of artificial intelligence (Chat GPT, Bard, etc.), colluding, copying, or any other form of academic dishonesty will result in the highest possible consequences as well as banning from being publicly published.
