Lesson #1 - What do I write about?

A few Guidelines

1. This blog is a part of Reading Workshop.  Therefore, all content on your blog must be related to your reading and writing life in some way.  Please do not use this blog as an online journal.
2. My expectation is that we are a community of readers and writers.  I will be monitoring all blogs and trusting that your words that appear online will come from a place of respect for your fellow classmates as well with a tone that is appropriate for school. 
3. Also, please type in readable colors and fonts.

For the time being, starting now, the minimum requirement for blog length is 3 Paragraphs.  (at least 7 sentences/per paragraph)  

Here are some Sample Blog Prompts to get your fingers clicking...

Character/Protagonist Questions: 

1. Describe a character relationship that has evolved or changed over the course of the story.  Do you think that all relationships change over time? Why? How? Or why not? Explain.
2. How did your protagonist change by the end of the story? Was it for better or worse? What does this teach you about character change in the lives of real people? Yourself?

Conflict/Resolution/Theme Questions: 

1. Describe both the internal and external conflicts in the story.  Do you agree with how they are being handled? Explain. Can you relate?
2. Why do you think the story resolved the way it did? What theme did it reveal? Did you like the ending? What does it teach the reader about life?
3. How would you rewrite the ending or a scene? Why? What would that change about the theme and what a reader would take away? 

Zooming in On Details Questions:

1. Quote a line from the story that really spoke to you personally.  Unpack it and describe why. 
2. Connect with the story!

Happy Writing...