Blog Instructions

Greetings,

Our hope is that your summer reading experience will be interesting, thought provoking, educational, and will keep your brains sharp so you are ready to dive right into your humanities work in the fall.

*Please note that it is essential that you you use formal rules of spelling, punctuation and capitalization. Remember that though you are writing on a computer blog, this is not your buddy's Facebook wall. This is a school assignment that your teachers will read. Please capitalize the first word in each sentence, capitalize "I," spell out words (so, not "U," but "YOU), and use commas and periods when appropriate.*

1. Even before getting too far into the book, read all the questions (they are also in the "older post" section. You can can get there by clicking at the bottom of the page).

2. By August 21st (that is the due date), you need to respond to the following required blog questions:

A. Introduction (do this one first)
B. Colonization
C. Character Analysis

You also must respond to two additional blog questions, but you may choose which ones.


3. You must comment on at least two blog posts by your peers. Your comments must be more than "I agree" or "I disagree." Rather, they should be a few sentences long at least, and they should articulate your careful thinking about what your peer wrote (e.g. Why specifically do agree or disagree? What does his or her post make you think about, etc.)

So to summarize, you are required to write five complete posts, and respond to two posts by your peers. All of this MUST BE completed by August 21st.

Remember too that we will collect your book to evaluate your active reading work (see the letter about the summer reading for more information on this requirement). Also remember that you are not allowed to consult on-line help sites about the book (e.g. you need to read the entire book on your own).

Good luck! We look forward to meeting you in person in August.

Sam & Leslie