Introduction...

An introduction.

Welcome to the world of blogging!  There are a few basic guidelines 

to make sure that this experience is one that helps you grow as a 

reader, writer and thinker:

1.  Each semester for the rest of the school year, you are required to write two posts about your   

independent reading book and one post in response to a non-fiction article that you have read.  

2. Generally, your posts on your independent reading book should be focused on micro details (observation+inference) if you are in the middle of it, and macro details (whole book interpretation+extension) if you have finished. You should be using vocabulary that we have learned in class (Prefix tree), helping those concepts sink more deeply into 

your brain (see next post for ideas).

3. Your post should be FOCUSED and ORGANIZED.  Have one main idea that you are exploring.   

4. Even though you should be using CORRECT GRAMMAR (capitalize! no texting abbreviations!) your post can/should SOUND LIKE YOU. This is not a formal essay, but an informal way of conveying to your audience what you've been thinking about in your reading life. 

5. Refer back to this blog if you need help or direction. 

6. Check out my own blog http://mybutlerlife.blogspot.com/ to see what I am reading.