Post # 107

Last Day! Finals grades are about to go in.

NEW!

Cool advice about visiting colleges!

http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/college-visit/?ref=us

Aim: How do we use local news sources to find a topic to write about for our blog?
Obj: SWBAT read about a topic related to their blog's theme
                       research local newspapers for topic ideas
                       write a blog and post it by the EOP

1.We are again returning to your blog for the next week, but this time use the local newspapers as a source for ideas to blog about..
2. You will write a daily blog related to the research you have done on your blogsite.
3. You must write ONE-A-DAY. This is your J-O-B for the next week.
4. After we write for the next week you will again go visiting each blogsite in the class. You will then critique each of your peer's blogs.

*Your blog is still evolving. Don't confine yourself to too narrow a range of topics. Feel free to continue exploring and developing your blog's identity.*

Post # 106

Last call! Finals grades are going in soon so...

NEW!

Cool advice about visiting colleges!

 

http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/college-visit/?ref=us

Aim: How do we use local news sources to find a topic to write about for our blog?
Obj: SWBAT read about a topic related to their blog's theme
                       research local newspapers for topic ideas
                       write a blog and post it by the EOP

1.We are again returning to your blog for the next week, but this time use the local newspapers as a source for ideas to blog about..
2. You will write a daily blog related to the research you have done on your blogsite.
3. You must write ONE-A-DAY. This is your J-O-B for the next week.
4. After we write for the next week you will again go visiting each blogsite in the class. You will then critique each of your peer's blogs.

*Your blog is still evolving. Don't confine yourself to too narrow a range of topics. Feel free to continue exploring and developing your blog's identity.*

Post # 104

Last call! Finals grades are going in soon so...

(Only Newton, Cassidy, Jaice, and Karizmah, Diamond, and Pablo have submitted this assignment.)

By the end of the period today, email me (wmullig@schools.nyc.gov ) a hard copy of your final post for last week. This should summarize succinctly (briefly and to the point: expressed with brevity and clarity, with no wasted words) the news stories you wrote about last week.

NEW!
Once you are done, read the article you'll find in The Daily News by following the link below, and write your regular daily blog about this topic.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/york-city-shelter-population-hit-record-april-advocacy-group-article-1.1091837



Aim: How do we use local news sources to find a topic to write about for our blog?
Obj: SWBAT read about a topic related to their blog's theme
                       research local newspapers for topic ideas
                       write a blog and post it by the EOP

1.We are again returning to your blog for the next week, but this time use the local newspapers as a source for ideas to blog about..
2. You will write a daily blog related to the research you have done on your blogsite.
3. You must write ONE-A-DAY. This is your J-O-B for the next week.
4. After we write for the next week you will again go visiting each blogsite in the class. You will then critique each of your peer's blogs.

*Your blog is still evolving. Don't confine yourself to too narrow a range of topics. Feel free to continue exploring and developing your blog's identity.*

Post #103

Last call! Finals grades are going in soon so...

(Only Newton, Cassidy, Jaice, and Karizmah, Diamond, and Pablo have submitted this assignment.)

By the end of the period today, email me (wmullig@schools.nyc.gov ) a hard copy of your final post for last week. This should summarize succinctly (briefly and to the point: expressed with brevity and clarity, with no wasted words) the news stories you wrote about last week.

Once you are done, read the article you'll find in The Times by following the link below, and write your regular daily blog about this topic.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/business/more-young-americans-out-of-high-school-are-also-out-of-work.html?_r=1&hp


Aim: How do we use local news sources to find a topic to write about for our blog?
Obj: SWBAT read about a topic related to their blog's theme
                       research local newspapers for topic ideas
                       write a blog and post it by the EOP

1.We are again returning to your blog for the next week, but this time use the local newspapers as a source for ideas to blog about..
2. You will write a daily blog related to the research you have done on your blogsite.
3. You must write ONE-A-DAY. This is your J-O-B for the next week.
4. After we write for the next week you will again go visiting each blogsite in the class. You will then critique each of your peer's blogs.

*Your blog is still evolving. Don't confine yourself to too narrow a range of topics. Feel free to continue exploring and developing your blog's identity.*

Post # 101

Last call! Finals grades are going in soon so...

(Only Newton, Cassidy, Jaice, and Karizmah have submitted this assignment.)

By the end of the period today, email me (wmullig@schools.nyc.gov ) a hard copy of your final post for last week. This should summarize succinctly (briefly and to the point: expressed with brevity and clarity, with no wasted words) the news stories you wrote about last week.

Once you are done, write your regular daily blog.
FYI... another cannibal was discovered in Maryland,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/31/alexander-kinyua-kujoe-agyei-kodie-ate-brain-heart-roommate-maryland_n_1560149.html?fwcc=1&fwcl=1&fwl
AND another one is in Paris! http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/cannibal-porn-star-killed-student-mailed-body-parts-lam-paris-cops-article-1.1089197

What a theme to end on. Check it out.


Aim: How do we use local news sources to find a topic to write about for our blog?
Obj: SWBAT read about a topic related to their blog's theme
                       research local newspapers for topic ideas
                       write a blog and post it by the EOP

1.We are again returning to your blog for the next week, but this time use the local newspapers as a source for ideas to blog about..
2. You will write a daily blog related to the research you have done on your blogsite.
3. You must write ONE-A-DAY. This is your J-O-B for the next week.
4. After we write for the next week you will again go visiting each blogsite in the class. You will then critique each of your peer's blogs.

*Your blog is still evolving. Don't confine yourself to too narrow a range of topics. Feel free to continue exploring and developing your blog's identity.*

Post # 100

Last call! Finals grades are going in soon so...

(Only Newton and Cassidy have submitted this assignment.)

By the end of the period today, email me (wmullig@schools.nyc.gov ) a hard copy of your final post for last week. This should summarize succinctly (briefly and to the point: expressed with brevity and clarity, with no wasted words) the news stories you wrote about last week.

Once you are done, write your regular daily blog.
FYI... another cannibal was discovered in Maryland. Check it out.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/31/alexander-kinyua-kujoe-agyei-kodie-ate-brain-heart-roommate-maryland_n_1560149.html?fwcc=1&fwcl=1&fwl


Aim: How do we use local news sources to find a topic to write about for our blog?
Obj: SWBAT read about a topic related to their blog's theme
                       research local newspapers for topic ideas
                       write a blog and post it by the EOP

1.We are again returning to your blog for the next week, but this time use the local newspapers as a source for ideas to blog about..
2. You will write a daily blog related to the research you have done on your blogsite.
3. You must write ONE-A-DAY. This is your J-O-B for the next week.
4. After we write for the next week you will again go visiting each blogsite in the class. You will then critique each of your peer's blogs.

*Your blog is still evolving. Don't confine yourself to too narrow a range of topics. Feel free to continue exploring and developing your blog's identity.*

Post # 99

Last call! Finals grades are going in soon so...

(Only Newton and Cassidy have submitted this assignment.)

By the end of the period today, email me (wmullig@schools.nyc.gov ) a hard copy of your final post for last week. This should summarize succinctly (briefly and to the point: expressed with brevity and clarity, with no wasted words) the news stories you wrote about last week.

Once you are done, write your regular daily blog.

Aim: How do we use local news sources to find a topic to write about for our blog?
Obj: SWBAT read about a topic related to their blog's theme
                       research local newspapers for topic ideas
                       write a blog and post it by the EOP

1.We are again returning to your blog for the next week, but this time use the local newspapers as a source for ideas to blog about..
2. You will write a daily blog related to the research you have done on your blogsite.
3. You must write ONE-A-DAY. This is your J-O-B for the next week.
4. After we write for the next week you will again go visiting each blogsite in the class. You will then critique each of your peer's blogs.

*Your blog is still evolving. Don't confine yourself to too narrow a range of topics. Feel free to continue exploring and developing your blog's identity.*