This year in my reading class students created a noteshare notebook where they kept track and reflected on a variety of non-fiction readings. These readings came from on-line articles, magazines, textbooks, and newspapers. Students seemed to enjoy choosing their own readings and templates for reflection. I would like to expand this project by having students create a blog where they keep track of all their independent reading assignments. I usually assign 6 or 7 novels per year in addition to the non-fiction readings.
Blog entries related to the novels might include reflections on their reading, vocabulary words, links to related current events or related novels, or links to personal experiences. Photos and video could definitely be incorporated.
In order to monitor their blog reading, students would link blogs that they follow to their own blog. They would also be responsible for making posts about the blogs they read and linking to those blogs.
I wonder if I could create a blog template, or create a sample blog about a class novel that we have all read and include some posts about the blogs I read. This might be a good way to kick off the assignment.
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LOVE the linking and reading to other blogs, especially if it's an author.
Have you thought about inviting an author virtually to talk with students. They could read/share their feedback.
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