Thursday, January 19, 2012

Your Reading Blog

This is where you will share what you're reading.  Here's what I want to know when I'm reading your blog posts:

1.  What book are you reading?
2.  Who wrote it?
3.  How far have you read?
4.  What's happened in your book (be very brief)?  If I want more information, I'll ask questions in the comments.
5.  What do you think about it?  Is it good?  WHY?
6.  Why did the author write this (other than making money)?  What makes you think this was his/her motivation?
7.  What's the theme?  What big idea did the author want us to think about when writing this?
8.  Who's the best character?  Why?  How has he grown or changed?
9.  Type out a cool quotation from your book.  Why is it important?
10. What questions do you have about your book?

Feel free to write anything else you notice about your book or author.

What questions do you have?

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Welcome!

This is your English 9 blog.  Through the course of the semester you will post to this blog at least six times.    You must blog about two books that you read this semester, one per quarter.  You will blog about each book three times.

We will discuss specific requirements later.  For now, just start thinking about what books you would like to read.

Have fun!

~Ms. Nielsen