Daily Archive for January 26th, 2007

Commenting on Historical Fiction

Today Ms. Nickles and I will show you how it is possible to develop a conversational thread in the comment section of a blog post. Some of you have done this already, but most of you have not. To give you an idea of how it works go here. As you will see, I made some mistakes! It is just as important to check your comments (for sense, punctuation, spelling, and capitals) as you do with all your other writing. If you make mistakes people won’t want to come visit again. And remember, we want to make your blogs public very very soon!

Once we have gone over this with you, please visit the blogs of classmates who read the same book as you did and write comments. (That will be two or three blogs depending on the book.) Try to think about some questions that will get a conversation going! And then don’t forget to go back to visit and add another comment. It can be fun!

Ms. Edinger

Email Accounts: Rules for Class 4 License

  • You may only e-mail teachers (ask their permission first)
  • No bad language
  • Don’t say anything over e-mail that you wouldn’t say in person
  • Don’t write anything you wouldn’t say to a large group
  • You may only e-mail teachers if those teachers have given you permission or have e-mailed you first
  • No sharing passwords
  • For Class 4, your accounts will be 30 minutes per day
  • Your e-mail mailboxes will be accessible to your teachers (personal not private)
  • Your password must be of the form “noun” plus “number” and is to be shared only with your parents and teacher. Examples might be: sneakers45, guitar246 or books617.