BLOGS!

BLOGS

** Specific Objectives: **
====**A blog lends itself to deep and thoughtful questions for students to take time to reflect on and think about. This is not always possible in classroom discussions. Students also feed off and learn from each other’s posts.**====

YOUR RESPONSES TO TEACHER 'S PROMPTS MUST BE MINIMUM FIVE COMPLETE, GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT SENTENCES NOT INCLUDING THE QUOTE AND PAGE NUMBER WHEN REQUIRED. PROMPT PTS VARY FULL CREDIT THE DAY IT IS DUE BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD 1/2 CREDIT FOR TWO DAYS BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD 0 CREDIT AFTER SECOND DAY. AVOID SLANG, PUNCTUATION ERRORS, AND TEXT LANGUAGE. READ RULES FOR FORMAL WRITING AND PROPER INTEXT CITATION. PTS WILL BE LOST FOR ERRORS.

//I DO NOT KNOW// OR //CARE// IS NOT A GRADEABLE RESPONSE AND INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE IS AN AUTOMATIC ZERO. REMEMBER TO TYPE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU POST OR AUTOMATIC ZERO. FOR BLOG BUDDY POSTINGS- TYPE YOUR NAME AND THEN YOUR BLOG BUDDY'S NAME.

**directions :**
BLOGS 1-A **1/31/14** - BEFORE START OF PERIOD OR CONSIDERED LATE REFERENCING YOU "D" HANDOUT" CHOOSE A DYSTOPIAN CHARACTERISTIC WHICH IS EVIDENT IN YOUR SOCIETY AND EXPLAIN WHY AND HOW. 1-B **1/31/14 -** comment to your blog buddy's response..
 * DUE DATES:**

//Remember for your comment type your name first then comment//. //do not forget to type your name first and then the blog buddy's name. type your comment and then click on reply//
 * due 2/14/14** --- "Harrison Bergeron"
 * A**.What are the author's (Kurt Vonnegut's) for the future? (refer to list-- pick one).
 * B.** Support your reasoning with ONE textual information/support from the story and parenthetical documentation. Explain your quote and how it ties into Vonnegut's concerns AND one of your enduring understanding prompts. You are to also tie into a similar concern for today's society.
 * C.** respond to your blog buddy's comment.

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DUE 3/13/14 BEFORE MIDNIGHT REMEMBER TO TYPE NAME IN COMMENT BOX FIRST. CLICK ON FILE BELOW FOR TURN OFF A CELL PHONE DAY.

due 4/3/14 before midnight. no extension for half points. five points on time. Your reaction to attached file pic the connection to the EU Dystopian Prompt

following blogs for __//**first semester..**//__ second semester students will be advised on which blogs to be responsible for and due dates.

1.due **_** __**chapter 1** part A. how do they use cloning in BNW?use one quotation with page number in your response. B. How is cloning used in our world today?-this will take some research on your part…How do you feel about it?__

__2. due__ __**chapter 2** .part A. How do they use conditioning in BNW? use one quotation with page number along with your response. how do you feel about its use in the book? part B. Are we conditioned in our world today? How?__

__**BNW blog#4**__ __DUE_____ **before midnight (five total pts each paragraph)**__ __**chapters 4-6 ( I posted 10/9)**__ __**Directions: two paragraphs minimum five sentences your own words for each paragraph( not including the quote and page number as a sentence when needed).**__ __//**Paragraph One**//__ __**Explain in your own words how there is no time for solitude in or reflection in BNW. Use minimum one quote**__ **and __page number in your response.__** __//**Paragraph Two**//__ __**When do you have time for solitude or reflection in your own life? Is this time important to you? Why?**__ **BNW BLOG #5** __2.5 PTS max each paragraph for lateness 10/16 -10/17 before midnight__ __**CHAPTER 11** MINIMUM THREE TO FIVE SENTENCES FOR EACH RESPONSE IN A PARAGRAPH- NOT INCLUDING YOUR QUOTE AND PAGE NUMBER FOR PARAGRAPH ONE.__ __**PARAGRAPH 1** -__ __HOW DO PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT AGING AND/OR DEATH IN BNW? USE ONE QUOTATION AND PAGE NUMBER IN YOUR RESPONSE.__ __**PARAGRAPH 2**-__ __HOW ARE SENIOR CITIZENS VIEWED IN OUR SOCIETY?__ __HOW IS DEATH VIEWED IN OUR SOCIETY?__ __IF YOU COULD CHANGE SOMETHING ABOUT HOW OUR CULTURE VIEWS AGING AND DEATH WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?__
 * _BLOG source assignment**
 * Print out a link from a peer to utilize for a source-- this is from the cloning and conditioning blogs for chapter1 and 2**
 * chapter 11 due __before midnight (five max pts each paragraph) (I posted__ __)__**

__**BLOG #6 posted on Boyertown hs home page**__ BNW CHAP 13-16 DUE 5PTS EACH PARAGRAPH 10/23 -10/24 2.5 PTS MAX EACH PARAGRAPH AFTER 10/24 ZERO PTS . MINIMUM 3-5 SENTENCE RESPONSE //PLUS QUOTE AND PAGE NUMBER// FOR PARAGRAPH ONE. PARAGRAPH ONE 1. IN BNW, WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT, TRUTH OR HAPPINESS? EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER. 2. WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU, TRUTH OR HAPPINESS? EXPLAIN.
 * PARAGRAPH ONE**
 * PARAGRAPH TWO**


 * BNW CHAPTERS 16-18 due 10/25/13 Friday five points each**
 * 10/26 through 10/27 2.5 pts each paragraph**
 * after 10/27 zero points**
 * paragraph**
 * 1. Paragraph One**
 * minimum three to five sentence response plus quote and page number for paragraph one.**
 * IN BNW, how do they feel about consumption and consumerism?Use one quotation and page number in your response.**
 * 2. Paragraph Two**
 * minimum six sentence response**
 * How prevalent is consumption and consumerism in our country? How do you feel about that?**
 * ANTHEM**
 * BLOG #1**
 * ANTHEM BLOG#1 ONE QUOTE NO EXTENSION FOR HALF CREDIT**
 * 1) **11/4/13 before midnight** 5 points
 * 2) chapters 1-6
 * 3) minimum 3-5 sentences –your explanation
 * 4) Chapter#, quote and page number
 * 5) Explain Why you feel this quote best fits one of the enduring understandings.
 * 1) Explain Why you feel this quote best fits one of the enduring understandings.

MRS. RICHTER’S SAMPLE Chapter 6 “Our discovery is too great for us to waste our time in sweeping the streets” (60). In Anthem, Equality uses his abilities despite fear of punishment. He invents something which will benefit all mankind and is willing to share with his brothers. Despite being in a society which controls information (enduring understanding)and the right to use their own abilities he still strives to be an individual. The importance of individuality in a dystopian society is always forbidden.

Either one of the two core novels---
 * BLOG to students 11/4/13**
 * due 11/11 before midnight - no extensions for half credit -10 points for on time**
 * type your name, then other student's name**