The Real Duke’s English Blog

Current blogging is devoted to Frankenstein letters. Letters are due when the reading is due instead of notes or annotations. You will comment on letters written to you when you go to write your letter for the next reading assignment. The comments don’t have to be super long, but they should be thoughtful and adequately reply to questions and comments posed in the original letter to you. Your letters must be thorough explorations and reflections about your reading of the novel. Avoid plot summary or surface opinions. Be thorough and as with comments, be thoughtful. All blog rules apply.

Partners: (First column is writers, second is receivers. Look for your name in the receiver column to know to whom you must comment)

Garrett is writing to Rachel.

Trent D. . . Jared R

Laura. . . Kelley

Colin. . . Fred

Rachel. . . Jordan

Thomas. . . Matthew

Chelsea. . . Jeanne

William H . . . Laura

Camille . . . Joseph

Michael . . . Margaux

Pierson . . . Trent W

Eleanor . . . Niki

Jordan . . . Michael

Zachary . . . Garrett

Lindsey . . . Eleanor

Kelley . . . Justin

Parker D . . .  Ian

Joseph . .  . Huye

Niki . . . Zachary

Parker J . . . Parker D

Fred . . . Thomas

Jake . . . Katie

Austin . . . Lindsey

Matthew . . .  Parker J

Bria . . . Colin

Jared . . . Chelsea

Justin . . . Trent D

Ian . . . Camille

Katie . . .Jake

Trent W . . . Harrison

Harrison . . . Austin

Devote yourselves instead to good electronic annotations on Book Glutton. Go beyond the basics, so no blogs this week. Apply the same rules as blogging. Respond to others, don’t just say “I agree,” show opinions, show thought.

40 points: 2 posts, 2 comments

• What do you think about when you think about Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Don’t look anything up. Just write about what you already know. It doesn’t have to be literary in nature.
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FINISH YOUR PAPERS!!! Take this work seriously. Your lack of interest will be reflected in your grade.

As for blogging, you are getting penalized for not meeting requirements such as length or blogging throughout the week. Make sure you are commenting, also.

40 points: 2 posts and 2 comments

• Research Top 10- Create a Letterman-style Top 10 list based on your thesis and research. Top 10 Reasons Why. . . . (how you can support your thesis). Try to make each one as concise and interesting as possible.

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YOU SHOULD BE RESEARCHING AND WRITING OUTSIDE OF CLASS! Read your handouts!

50 points this week: 3 posts and 2 comments, with penalties for waiting until the weekend

Topics:

• What’s on your playlist and why? This refers to the music you listen to. It has nothing to do with class.
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• You thesis and how you got there

Instead, read, read more, think about what you are reading, take notes, be ready to write a paper.

Get your act together, as blogging all in one day or all in one weekend will get no better than half credit.

You survived a whole quarter of English class! As I told you in the beginning, if you listen to me and do what you should, things are fine. If you don’t, you do badly or give yourself lots of extra homework. Try to fix bad habits in the second quarter. I’ll also expect better writing in blogs.

This week: 2 posts, 2 comments:

• First Quarter Reflection- how you did, why you did, and what you are going to change; also, that old chestnut: what did you learn?
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These are the last blogs of the quarter, and they will be included on this quarter, so take this opportunity to pick up some points. Be sure to comment. Try setting specific “blog days” each week so that you don’t get behind. Try Monday, Wed, Sunday or Tue, Thu, Sunday, or any combo of your choice.

This week’s blogs are 40 points- 2 posts, 2 comments:

• Modernism brain dump: Help yourself and each other study for the test. Post all of the things rattling around in your head should be posted in your blog. You have great ideas about the book and the packet that you haven’t necessarily been able to share, so do so now. Give opinions, reflections, questions, anything. DO THIS BY FRIDAY, so that they can be of use and so that I can read and help you if I need to do so.
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• 2 comments

Good luck this last week. Email me for help. Spread your work throughout the week, look ahead, etc. etc.

You’ve got a week to finish your outside book. Get it done.

3 posts and 2 comments

• HOD Travelblog 3- do this at the end of the week, as ch. 3 is due next Monday
• Check in on your outside reading novel: how is it going, what do you think, how does it fit in with what we’ve been discussing?
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REMINDERS!-

Moderate comments and add my link. Points will be deducted.