As you begin to read your novel be prepared to share your connections, questions, wonderings, and WOWs around what you read. Blogging is a wonderful way to share your learning 24/7. You can blog from home, from class, from Starbucks even when mom or dad is grabbing a coffee. Blogging also allows all members of your group to share their thoughts and opinions openly as sometimes some of you are shy to speak up in class. Finally, blogging allows others around the world a chance to see what deep thinkers you are!
To begin your blogging I have included some prompts to help get your brain moving forward.These are just suggestions and may help you on your very first blog post. As you become more comfortable with the process and dig deeper into the book, you will find that blogging will be something you are excited about as you have so many thoughts to share and cannot wait to hear what others think.
Grade 6s, I would highly recommend you take a look at a couple of the book club blogs from last year. You will find them under the tab 2012/2013. There were some amazing discussions going on and you could learn a lot.
A great starting for any blog post is sharing a powerful passage that really made an impact on you, or asking a great deep thinking question that swirled around your brain as you read. The importance is to demonstrate that you are thinking more deeply about what you are reading. Another key point to all your blog entries is to get other people thinking as well. You will know you have succeeded when your blog post receives thoughtful responses from your peers in your book club group.
One last thing - edit before publishing. We want to show our best most professional thinking which means each post should have minimal to no mistakes.
To begin your blogging I have included some prompts to help get your brain moving forward.These are just suggestions and may help you on your very first blog post. As you become more comfortable with the process and dig deeper into the book, you will find that blogging will be something you are excited about as you have so many thoughts to share and cannot wait to hear what others think.
- talk about how you feel when you read specific parts of the story, share details about that part
- tell what you are thinking about as the action is happening
- discuss anything you might identify with ie. similar experiences, similar feelings
- share a powerful passage or image you had as you read, explain why it was powerful to you
Grade 6s, I would highly recommend you take a look at a couple of the book club blogs from last year. You will find them under the tab 2012/2013. There were some amazing discussions going on and you could learn a lot.
A great starting for any blog post is sharing a powerful passage that really made an impact on you, or asking a great deep thinking question that swirled around your brain as you read. The importance is to demonstrate that you are thinking more deeply about what you are reading. Another key point to all your blog entries is to get other people thinking as well. You will know you have succeeded when your blog post receives thoughtful responses from your peers in your book club group.
One last thing - edit before publishing. We want to show our best most professional thinking which means each post should have minimal to no mistakes.
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