Welcome

Finally. . . your chance to be you. It is a chance to experience reading different writing styles, experiment writing with different styles, and a chance to show your classmates how you express yourself with the written word. Weekly, I will present the class with a prompt that you will be required to not only respond to in writing, but also respond to a few classmates’ entries as well. Here are the requirements, also outlined on the class website--https://sites.google.com/site/phswriters/



1. Blog assignments will be posted each Wednesday on this website. To receive full credit for the assignment you must first answer the prompt in at least 250 words.



2. Also, within the week, you should try to read as many of the posts from your classmates as possible. At the minimum, however, you must read and respond to at least TWO of your classmates, totaling 50 words or more.


3. The grading rubric for this assignment is on the class website.



Notice how you can change the letter size, color, and even add pictures (you will learn to do it for an assignment soon). You can also spell check, so at least give us the dignity of a clean-up. Spell check doesn't catch everything, but it's a start. Don't learn the hard way that misspellings at the best make you seem lazy, and at the worst, incompetent. I mean, they happen, but do your best to control it.



You begin this process by clicking on the "posting"tab, then click on "create." When you are finished, click "publish post" at the bottom.



To respond to someone when reading the responses on the site, just click on the "comment" hyperlink after their response and your editing page will pop up. If you didn't log in, it will prompt you to do that first.



If you are struggling from home, email questions to me: ruggierij@pbsd.k12.pa.us



Can't wait to read and respond to your posts. Remember, the more serious you take this, the better writer you will become. There is no substitute for practice!