Day: November 20, 2023

Posted in English 1103, Teaching, Writing

ENG 1103: Commenting on a Classmate’s Blog

Posted on by janemlucas
Rosenwasser, David and Jill Stephen. Writing Analytically, 8th edition. Wadsworth/Cengage, 2019.

Today in class you will read a classmate’s final essay and annotated bibliography and compose a response to it.

Directions

  1. Go to the class blog page, https://janelucas.com/english-at-high-point/, and click on the link for the blog of the classmate whose name precedes yours on the roster. If you are first on the list, go to the blog of the student whose name is last on the list.  
  2. If the student’s blog is not accessible, email the student and ask that he/she/they email you a copy of his/her/their final essay and annotated bibliography. If the student does not respond, choose another classmate’s blog for review.
  3. Read the classmate’s final essay and annotated bibliography and compose a response (75 words, minimum). If the essay or bibliography includes one of the nine basic writing errors (Rosenwasser and Stephen 341-68), include the specific error and identify it by name and number in your response. If the final essay and bibliography does not contain one of the nine basic writing errors, quote a line that you find particularly effective.
  4. Does the blog post include an image that documents part of the blogger’s writing process away from the screen? ___ (yes or no)
  5. Does the post include a relevant embedded link? ___ (yes or no)
  6. Write your response on the handout provided in class.
  7. After you have composed your handwritten response, type your response as a comment for the blogger. You should see a leave comment/reply option at the top or bottom of the post. If you do not see that option, click on the title of the blog post, and scroll down. You should then see leave comment/reply.
  8. Submit the handwritten copy of your response at the end of class today. You will submit that handwritten copy because the blogger may not choose to make your comment visible. You will receive credit for this assignment only if you submit your handwritten copy at the end of class today.

Next Up

Next Monday’s class will be devoted to reviewing and updating your own blog and to planning for your final reflection, which you will compose in class on Wednesday, November 29.