Provide a comment and a question about the section in the book that is due. The following is a rubric for the commentary. 20 points possible. Write your name after your comment. (The comment will only appear after I have approved it). After your post, bring your comment to class and be prepared to discuss it in a Socratic Seminar. Late postings will not be accepted. Comments must be posted before the start of class. The second blog is due on Friday, March 29th

 

Use these sentence starters for your comments

 

• What puzzles me is…

 

• I’d like to talk with people about…

 

• I’m confused about…

 

• Don’t you think this is similar to…

 

• Do you agree that the big ideas seem to be…

 

• I have questions about…

 

• Another point of view is…

 

• I think it means…

 

• Do you think…

 

• What does it mean when the author says…

 

Rubric for Online Commentary and Responses: 

 

Content (8 points): Each commentary and response should be thoughtful. Give reasons for your opinions, not just your opinions. Show that you have thought about the podcast and give the class something to think about.

 

Reference to text (8 points): Each commentary and response should include specific references to the text.

 

Language (4 points): Language of commentary and response should be academic. Use respectful, academic vocabulary and correct punctuation and spelling.