Student Blogging Challenge Week 2

Week 2 Introduction: Check to see if you have a mentor assigned to you. Remember to check your comments and reply to any left by your mentor. Their first comment will probably be on your first post or your about me page that you created last week in the challenge. You might also need to check your spam folder.

Also check to see you are only mentioned once on the spreadsheet. Do this by using CTRL F and typing in your name. It will then allow you to scroll through to find out if you are mentioned more than once.

Activity 1 – Write a post or create a poster about commenting. This might include tips to get more visitors,  guidelines for acceptable comments on your blog, or examples of good and bad comments – think outside the square. Remember you don’t have to approve all comments. It is your blog; send some to the trash, and if it is a company trying to get you to visit their blog to buy something, then label it as spam.

Here are some links to commenting guidelines written by students and classes. Class in New Zealand, grade 11/12 class in USA, Huzzah class blog in Canada, Abbey has a blogging guideline page, Mrs Allen created a poster about commenting, Shaffer writers, WarriorKat uses lots of visuals in her guidelines,  Sophie had a great post, the Blogging Frogs have some great tips, Cole wrote about commenting,

Activity 2 – Have a family member write a post for you to add to your blog. This is your chance to give one of your family members a writing assignment of  your choice. This post may attract more visitors or family members leaving comments. Family members are always welcome to view and comment on your blog as well as our classroom blog! One family member regularly blogs on Mrs Yollis’ blog – Where is nonno?

Activity 3 – Write a paragraph about how digital distractions can be harmful. Your paragraph should include at least one piece of text evidence in the form of a paraphrase or a direct quotation, and a sentence explaining how that evidence supports your central idea.

All assignments are due by Sunday evening.

Most of the above information was taken from the Student Blogging Challenge.