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The importance of writing your weekly blogs cannot be understated. Read my post on "Why the blogs are not going away". 

Completing your blogs in a timely manner increases your standing in Eventyr's Hall of Honor, allows you to gain power, successfully train your dragon and can sometimes be used to give you access to different projects. 

 

You may choose to type direcly into blogger, or you may create a video or audio blog. Your blogs are graded acording to a rubric. Read it, understand it make sure you make corrections. The blog points are cummulative throughout the whole year and will allow your dragon to grow. 

The purpose of this type of blog is for you to explore a topic you are interested in. 

 

Here are some links to good places to find articles:

 

You must answer one question in each section, and except for the citation, they should be in paragraph form.

 

Surprise 

Give one sentence (or two) to the following:

  • ​Context (What were you doing when you were surprised)

  • What was the surprise?

  • Why was it surprising?

  • What this tells you - What can you learn from the surprise?

 

 

Summary

  • Write a brief summary of the article.  Click here for a summary template

 

 

Complete citation

  •  In order for your readers to be able to find the article and read it for themselves, it is important to provide an accurate citation. Giving the URL is not enough since there are times when URLs change or get moved. Use easybib to cite the work appropriately.

 

 

Backward-Looking: 

  • How much did you know about the topic before you read the article? What do you now know about the topic that you did not know before?

  • What connections can you make between the article you read and work you have read/done previously?

 

Inward-Looking: 

  • What does your choice of article reveal about you as a learner? 

  • Have you changed any ideas you used to have on this subject? How/Why?

  • Why did you choose this article?

  • How did the information provided in the article affect you?

 

Outward-Looking: 

  • How does the information provided in this article affect the community?

  • How does the information provided in this article affect the environment?

  • How does the information provided in this article affect the future?

 

Forward-Looking: 

  • One question you have after reading the article. How would you go about answering that question.

  • What would you suggest to the author as a possible expansion on the topic?

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