Monday, December 2, 2013

Students Blogs

The students blogs are already corrected.  Check the comments and verify your grade.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Attribution

Blog Instructions

English Portfolio

I.  The Portfolio will have a recollection of all the Works done in class.  All these works will be in the page call Port-Blog.
·        Oral Reports
·        Activities
·        Special Works
·        Assessments
·        Group Works

II. In the other pages of the Portfolio will be filled during the year having the value of a grade as follows.
·        Welcome page  and Autobiography = 100
·        Port-Blog will be evaluated separetly
·        Cook Book will be evaluated as a group work, value =100
·        Essay and A Cause to think of…=100

III. Instructions for next week:  Welcome and Autobiography.

               Welcome Page
·        Search for a Peace Nobel Prize winner.  Read why he/she won the prize. Write a Persuasive paragraph telling why you believe he/she deserve it and then write a second paragraph welcoming the readers of all over the world that are reading your blog.  Your welcoming paragraph should include that you are a student and you are learning English as a foreign language.  Value 50 pts
·        If is not a persuasive paragraph you’ll lose all the points, and for every grammatical error you’ll lose a (1) point.

Autobiography
·        The Autobiography is a narrative paragraph telling a story about yourself.
·        If is not a narrative paragraph you’ll lose all the points, and for every grammatical error you’ll lose a (1) point.
·        Use the following questions as a guide to build your paragraph.  As a bonus include a picture (5points).
o   Name (only the name not your last names)
o   Family members (only the name not your last names)
o   Things that you like, sports, hobbies and others (be careful what information you include)
o   Tell stories of things that happened to you during your life at least (three stories)
REMEMBER to write in the pages you need to edit them.


 Check the attribution part

Monday, September 16, 2013

Post on Your Blogs

If your invite me to your blogs, you found a post, that post is a checklist of the things that we have to do during the following days at the library.



CHECKLIST WORK
SEPTEMBER 17 AND 18


Ø  Change the name of the Blog
-The name of the blog is (your name) English Portfolio
       Ex.  Juana’s English Portfolio
Ø  Create the Pages to your Portfolio
-Welcome
-Autobiography
-Port-Blog
-Cook Book
-Essay
-A Cause to think of…
-Add your blog address in a comment box bellow.

Remember to personalize your blog!!

Start thinking about what is going to be your Welcome and Autobiography pages contents about.

Monday, September 9, 2013

Welcome to this new school year!

        The English Class Blog is an alternative to complement your learning experience in Mrs. Velázquez Classroom.  I invite you to explore, comment, and use the tools on this blog to your advantage.  While your are here make it yours!

Mrs. Velázquez 

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Read: What is a Blog?

What do you think is a Blog?
A blog (also called a weblog or web log) is a website consisting of entries (also called posts) appearing in reverse chronological order with the most recent entry appearing first (similar in format to a daily journal). Blogs typically include features such as comments and links to increase user interactivity. Blogs are created using specific publishing software.

Variations of the term blog:
    Blogging: The act of writing a post for a blog
    Blogger: A person who writes content for a blog
    Blogosphere: The online community of blogs and bloggers

The Birth of Blogs:
The earliest blogs started in the late 1990s as online diaries. Individuals posted information on a daily basis about their lives and opinions. The daily posts were listed in reverse date order, so readers viewed the most recent post first and scrolled through previous posts. The format provided an ongoing inner monologue from the writer. As blogs evolved, interactive features were added to create a two-way conversation. Readers took advantage of features that allowed them to leave comments on blog posts or link to posts on other blogs and websites to further the dialogue.

 Blogs Today:
As the Internet has become more social, blogs have gained in popularity. Today, there are over 100 million blogs with more entering the blogosphere everyday. Blogs have become more than online diaries. In fact, blogging has become an important part of the online and offline worlds with popular bloggers impacting the worlds of politics, business and society with their words.

Research: http://weblogs.about.com/od/startingablog/p/WhatIsABlog.htm