Sunday, April 1, 2007

Discussion Blogs

Attention: Updated!

As I told you folks, some UB graduate students are reading these books as well, and they are creating blogs to collect pertinent information and to host discussions. The blog addresses are as follows. You will also be able to find these in the sidebar.


Pretty Birds

1984
Feed
Enrique's Journey
Persepolis

Ok, now...your responsibility is as follows: You are to discuss the book in the comment areas of these blogs. Each time you post, end the post by putting your first name, last initial, and the period of your English class. The first post is due Thursday, April 5th.

Grading guidelines:
Folks, I am changing my requirements for this portion of your project, because we are running short on time. If you post multiple times, I will give you full credit. If you post once, I will give you 90/100 pts. You must post to the discussion once.

In an ideal situation, here are the criteria that make for good discussions:

  • student posts under different questions
  • comments are insightful and developed
  • comments have appropriate tone and awareness of audience
  • student discusses book...comments not only on the original question but also to other student's viewpoints