Feb 22--Blog Commenting and idea gathering

Published Writing Self Assessment--Feb 16

February 13th--FFA Say Something Activity and Reflection

Part 1: Say Something Online Discussion
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Part 2: Discussion Reflection

February 2nd--Writing Workshop Piece Self-Assessment

Directions—Using Diigo, complete the following self assessment of the piece that you recently published to your blog.     To receive full credit, your response should be clear, specific, and completely explained.


To begin, go to your blog, click on the title of your post, then open up Diigolet.

1. Look over the piece your published to your blog, and find a part that shows you are a thinker.  Highlight it, click “highlight and stickynote”

•     On your stickynote, write “1″ and a clear and thoughtful explanation of how this part shows you are a thinker.

2.  Find part of your writing  that shows the most important revision you made to your piece.  Highlight it, click “highlight and stickynote”

•  On your stickynote, write “2″  and an explanation of how you revised that part AND the effect the revision had on your piece. 

 3. Find part of your piece that presented a challenge for you to write.  Highlight it, click “highlight and stickynote”

•  On your stickynote, write “3″  and explain why that part was so challenging for you. 

4. Find your favorite line from your writing.  Highlight it, click “highlight and stickynote”.

• On your stikynote, write “4″  and an explanation of why that part is your favorite

5. Place a floating stickynote on your blog, in it write "5" and explain one idea that you got from someone else's blog that you now have for a future piece of writing.
To finish, click the “bookmark” button, add some tags, and under “save to group” select “Fulton’s ELA”

January 26th--FFA Say Something

Part 1: Say Something Online Discussion
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Part 2: Discussion Reflection

January 19th, Writing Quote Posters

For this assignment, you will create a poster that features a quote about writing that you can related to based on your own experiences with writing.

Here are the steps you need to take to complete the assignment:

1. Search the web for a site containing quotes from writers about writing. There is a lot of them out there.   Take time to find the right one....you'll know it when you do.

2. Create a quote poster either on the computer (using Open Office) or a blank sheet of paper that:
    -Features the quote, in big, bold, readable font
       *be sure to also include the author
    -Contains images/symbols/graphics/decorations that support or give meaning to the quote.  Make it awesome, we will use them to decorate the room!
    -Save it

3. Go to your email and compose a new message.
     -for the message, write a paragraph or two telling the story of your own writing experiences that caused you to select that particular quote.
     -attach the poster that you created to the email
     -send the email to me at  steve.fulton@kcs.k12.nc.us

January 11th--Narrative Writing Self Assessment

Directions—Using Diigo, complete the following self assessment of the narrative writing piece that you recently published to your blog.     To receive full credit, your response should be clear, specific, and completely explained.

To begin, go to your blog, click on the title of your post, then open up Diigolet.

1. Look over the piece your published to your blog, and find a part that helps your reader re-live an experience from your story .  Highlight it, click “highlight and stickynote”

•     On your stickynote, write “1″ and a clear and thoughtful explanation of how this part made your experience more real to the reader.

2.  Look over your blog post(s).  Find something you wrote that best shows something new you tried in your writing.  Highlight it, click “highlight and stickynote”

•      On your stickynote, write “2″  and a complete and thoughtful explanation of what you tried AND why.

3.  Find part of your writing  that shows the most important revision you made to your piece.  Highlight it, click “highlight and stickynote”

•  On your stickynote, write “3″  and an explanation of how you revised that part AND the effect the revision had on your piece. 

 4. Find your favorite line from your writing.  Highlight it, click “highlight and stickynote”.

• On your stikynote, write “4″  and an explanation of why that part is your favorite

To finish, click the “bookmark” button, add some tags, and under “save to group” select “Fulton’s ELA”