Story Blog #4

Story Blog #4

This is the fourth story blog. You should be sure to do the same things that you've done on all the others. This time, please be careful to include a conflict that needs resolved in the course of the story (plot).

I'm looking for these:

• PLOT
• SETTING
• CHARACTER
• THEME

Otherwise, be creative and have some fun! This blog is due on Wednesday, May 9th.

Second Quarter Blog Assignment

Welcome, bloggers!

For the remainder of this quarter, you will be blogging regularly. The goal of this assignment is that you will, once a week, go outside of class assignment and read a news article (of your choosing) and write a brief review of it.

Click here for the full assignment.

This is an example of what that might look like.

Also, use of the appropriate unit's vocabulary is nearly always an added bonus (hint, hint).

Please see me if you have any questions.

Frankenstein Blog #4: The final blog-down.

Victor never did get a final showdown with his monster. That has always bummed me out a little. What I would like to see on the final blog post for Frankenstein (which I keep typing 'ie' instead of 'ei') is your impression, desire, or whim constructed into a storyline of a rewrite for the last chapter.

Please don't get me wrong; I am not asking you to write a chapter. I am asking you to give me a storyline for a chapter (also called a plot).

I really like dictionary.com :)

Just the high points of how you would have ended the story is all you need. How's that for a fun excercise to prepare for the test Friday?

Good Luck, and Good Writing!

Frankenstein Blog Post #3 Assignment

Hey there, everyone!

The blog post assignment for the third section of the book is, as I discussed in class today, due on Tuesday, November 1, 2011. Here is the assignment description:

Victor Frankenstein did some pretty amazing things using science. However, he didn't seem to have much regard for the potential outcome of his work. Do you think, considering either all of the things that happened to him in the story or just the end, that he received his comeuppance?

From dictionary.com

Or rather, do you think that his pain and suffering was beyond the reasonable consequences you would give him (if you were the author)?

That's it, but heads up: there will be one more blog post after this about Frankenstein.

Frankenstein Blog Post #2

In a similar vein to the last post, this one will look at the second section of the book (chapters 9-17) and you will be finding three connections (just like last time).

Identify three connections between nature and a character in this second section of the text. Use those connections to help identify some philosophical belief the author may have held toward nature and the natural world.

Be sure you make that philosophical connection, as that is the point of discussing these types of detailed interactions in the story.

Lit. Crit. Day Two

AFTER reading the other blogs of people who shared your criticism type, you should comment on their blog with some insight about their definition (keep all comments constructive).

THEN:
In the interests of getting things together, we will need to share what we now know of our individual types of literary criticism with each other. Your assignment for this is Right Here.
Please work on this collectively with the people who also have the same topic as you. I have made you each an editor of a file in your Google Docs as a starting point. Check your Google Docs for a file named the same as the type of criticism you were assigned.

What is Literary Criticism?

For today's lesson, we will be learning a little about Literary Criticism. Instead of me doing all the work, you will be doing some if it yourself...

Look into the writing... really look!

Click Here for the in-class activity for today. We will discuss this in class prior to working on it. Please pay attention to who is assigned the same criticism as you, as they will become important to you.

Good Luck, and have fun!

Blog Post Assignment #2

For those of you who prefer to be able to refer to your assignment, I am putting it here:

Click here for the assignment

It is a retelling of the tale of Beowulf using our vocab words.

Setting up your Blog, 2011-2012 Edition

The documents which I have linked to here are what you need in order to set up your blog for the school year 2011-12. With Blogger, you will use your school Google account to set up your class blog. If you wish to set up a blog for non-school purposes, please use a separate account.

• Blog Instructions

Once your blog is set up, please email Mr. Becksfort with the address for your blog and then proceed to answer the question on the following document:

• First Blog Assignment

Thanks for completing your blog setup and your initial blog post.
Keep writing!