Blog Prompt #4: Goals

v  Reflection Post:

o   Write down your goals from the worksheet we did in class. First list these goals with the appropriate label (ie, long-term goal:  get B.A. degree).  Then, pretend at least one year has passed.  Write a letter to a friend, a family member or me (your instructor) describing the success you have experienced in achieving these goals.  Be specific and detailed about what you did.  Date this letter the day you are imagining writing from.

o   Use three vocabulary words from the class list (Semester Vocabulary Lists One through Six) in your reflection post.  You will get points for putting the word in bold and using the word correctly.  You may change the word form.

o   Label:  Reflection

v  Calendar/To Do List:

o   Add this week’s schedule into your Google calendar and embed into a blog post.

o   Add a “To Do” list.

o   Label: Weekly Calendar

v  Comments: 

o   Choose two blogs from our class list and write 3-5 sentences of comments, then post to their blog.  Type the comments in MS Word and cut and paste the URL of the student’s blog underneath the comment.  Print this page and submit on the due date given to you by your instructor.

Blog Prompt #3: Looking Backward and Forward

Read 96 Blog: Entry #3

v  Reflection Post:

o   This week’s post will ask you to look back at the past week, as well as forward to the next. What plans did you make?  Did you follow those plans?  What reading strategies and study skills did you plan to use?  Were you successful?  Now look forward to the coming week.  What adjustments do you need to make from last week to this week?

§  Entry post should be 250 words minimum.

o   Label:  Reflection

v  Vocabulary:

o   Post entries for three vocabulary words following the vocabulary picture instructions below.

o   Label: Vocab or Vocabulary

v  Calendar/To Do List:

o   Update your Google calendar for this week listing your class times by topic, your work time, your study time and any other obligations this week.  Use general labels without specific details as to location(s).  After you embed the calendar, start a new post, label it:  To Do List.  Create a To Do List for one day this week, in which you list your top three priorities for the day you are posting.

o   Label: Weekly Calendar

v  Comments: 

o   Choose two blogs from our class list and write 3-5 sentences of comments, then post to their blog.  Type the comments in a Word document and cut and paste the URL of the student’s blog underneath the comment.  Print this page and submit to the instructor in class.

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Blog #3  Vocabulary

DIRECTIONS:

1. Choose a word and find a picture that represents the meaning of the word.

2. List the word and create a hyperlink to the dictionary for that word.

3. Explain how you think the picture illustrates the word’s meaning.

4. Write an original sentence using the word.

You can also look at instructions here.

EXAMPLE:

Poise

The image shows the equilibrium or balance of the dollar signs between the slats of wood.

Gabby Douglas showed great poise on the balance beam during the Olympics.

Blog Prompt #2: War Stories

Vocabulary

Find three unfamiliar vocabulary words in your day-to-day reading. (Do NOT use our vocabulary lists or a dictionary site as a source) Use context clues to determine the meaning and post that process, along with an original sentence for each word on your blog.

Time Management

Post your Google calendar, with any important schedule items and your study plan. Also post a To Do list for the day of your top three priority items.

Reflection Post

Author Tim O'Brien, known for his writings about the Vietnam War, states:

War stories, like any good story, are finally about the human heart.  About the choices we make, or fail to make.  The forfeitures in our lives.  Stories are to console and to inspire and to help us heal... And a good war story, in my opinion, is a story that strikes you as important, not for war content, but for its heart content.

Your reflection post assignment is as follows:

• Reflect on a story that made an impact on your life and tell why

OR

• Think of an event in your life and how you would share that story with somebody--not in a way that shared all the facts, but in a way that would speak to the human heart.

Remember that your post should be a minimum of 250 words.

Comments

• Choose two blogs from our class list and write 3-5 sentences of comments, then post to their blog.  Type the comment in MS Word and cut and paste the URL of the student’s blog underneath the comment.  Print this page and submit to your instructor in class.

Ms. Bogan Needs Some Information

I like to have my students complete an evaluation each semester. If you complete the survey and print out the screen shot that indicates you completed the survey, I will give you 20 points extra credit. You may put the printed page in my mailbox on campus or bring it with you to your exit conference.

Calendar for March

To Do List: 1. Marley to Ballet Class 2. Grade 3. Sleep

Ms. Bogan Needs Some Information!

Please take this survey to help my evaluate my instruction this semester.

The survey is password protected. I will give you the password in class or you may email or text me for it.

After taking the survey, print the last page of the survey, which indicates you have completed the survey. Turn it in to me at your exit conference for 20 points.


Ms. Bogan Needs Some Information