Blogs

Over the course of the year, each of you will be responsible for creating and maintaining your own blog as well as for responding to the writing that your peers do on their blogs. The blog is //not// a personal journal, but rather a medium through which you can process your own responses to the texts we read, grapple with initial ideas as a part of the writing process and establish a record of your discussion of the ideas and texts at the core of our class.

Sometimes, I will require you to respond to specific questions or passages on your blog, and at other times, the responsibility to find a focus will be yours. A blog post should reflect about an hour of critical inquiry (reading, writing, responding). At times, I will assign you a peer with on whose writing I expect you to comment, and at other times, the directions for your response will be looser--for example to respond to the writing of at least two of your peers.

Above all, the blogs should make copious use of specific textual evidence, including appropriate citations, and should demonstrate critical thinking. Please see the blog rubric for more specific criteria. Blogs will be assessed at the end of each quarter.

[|Amanda Brenner's Blog] [|Claire Wiggin's Blog] [|Rosie Grinald's Blog] [|Rebecca Handler's Blog] [|Chelsea Liao's Blog] [|Connor Simcox's Blog] [|Carolyn Sohmer's Blog] [|Michael Frasco's Blog] [|Celi D'Angelo's Blog] [|Megan Langlais's Blog] [|Molly O'Connor's Blog] [|Liz Waldvogel's Blog]

I can't post Chelsea's post for her on her blog, so I'm posting it on the discussion page attached to the unit page (Individual...) -AP