The Power of a Blog

Check out this story I found about a little 9 year-old girl from Scotland who uses a blog to "rate" her lunches (she calls them dinners). She uses it to raise money for a charity, but she almost had to close her blog down. Read an article about it here and visit her blog here! Cool Stuff!

High School.

For many of you in Creative Writing, this is your last year of high school. You have spent the last 12-13 years in this one place...and now you are all leaving to be your own person, do your own thing. Just think: Next week will be the last homecoming you have being a part of this school. The writing prompt for this week:

You have been sent back in time (to Kindergarten) and you have the ability to change your entire schooling experience. How do you change the next 12 years of your life or so to make your life better? Does it work?

Take some time and think about this. I want a well thought out response to this. Points will be given for the following requirements:

*well-thought out response (at least 2-3 paragraphs)

* A response that someone could respond to--i.e. that they could relate to, agree with/disagree with

* Grammatically correct (and follow all school policies towards topics, word choice, etc.)

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!

We've been spending this week trying different poems/writing styles. Today, I had you look at a piece of art and respond to it. A few of you had a little trouble with this. The best way I can describe it is this: Have you ever looked at a picture and thought: wow, if only pictures could talk. There is so much meaning behind the picture that is up for interpretation of the audience. Same with an Art Reflection: what does it make you feel? How do you react when you see it?

For this week's blog post: What is a picture that "worth 1000 words"? It can be a picture of you or of someone you know, of an experience you've had, etc. Attach the picture to your blog post. Make sure you spend time explaining your picture.


NEW THIS WEEK: Comment on at least 4 other blogs. They can be blogs from your class or the other period, but try to make sure everyone gets at least one comment.

Happy Blogging!

-Mrs. Seidl

P.S. Check my blog tomorrow for an example blog post.

Blog ideas- Week of 9/10

Happy Monday everyone!
I read all of your blog entries from last week. Now that we are well into understanding how a blog works, I need to reiterate/set a few ground rules.

#1: To receive credit for a blog post, it needs to be a well-developed piece of writing. I.E. a sentence or two will NOT work! Spend some time thinking about what you want to discuss. Ask your audience questions! Question yourself and what you got out of an experience!

#2: Please be smart about what you post on here. I know it is YOUR blog, but it is still a school requirement. If I find anything to be offensive, I will ask you to take it down and you will get zero credit for your blog that week.

#3: Read other people's blogs. Not just your friends' blogs, but any blog you can get ahold of! You can get great ideas for blogs from others. Starting next week, I will require that you start commenting on your peers' blogs. So you might as well start now.


FOR YOUR BLOG THIS WEEK, YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS:

1. It's starting to cool off (FINALLY!). Have a blog post about fall. Some examples may be: describe your favorite event of fall, write a descriptive scene during fall, why is fall your favorite/least favorite time of the year, etc. Be creative with this if you would like.

2. Tomorrow marks 11 years since 9/11. Talk about it. Examples: Where were you 11 years ago?, What does 9/11 mean today, What do you think about the war?,

Let's make these posts the strongest posts of the year so far!

Happy Writing!

-Mrs. Seidl