Welcome to the 8th grade! This will be an exciting year as you prepare for high school! We have a lot of work to do, but also a lot of fun along the way!
Blogging is a relatively new idea! We will use this blog as a means of communication between us as students, classmates and teacher! This will give us a better chance to get to know one another too! You will need to check the blog often because there will be extra credit opportunities on here, and these will be very time sensitive!
When responding to the blog, please let me know who you are. If you don't want to "follow" the blog, simply state your first name, with last initial and class, along with your response. For example, if your name is Charlie Brown, and you have my class 3rd period, you would simply respond something like this:
Charlie B. (3) Mrs. Sweet -- I totally agree with your point of view! I really enjoyed learning this information! It was awesome!
or
Charlie B. (3) Mrs. Sweet, I really don't agree with your opinion of the book. I feel like the author is really trying to . . .
Get it? Each blog entry comment will give you "1" extra credit point that will be calculated into your total points for the 9 week grading period. You may NOT comment more than once per extra credit opportunity for actual extra credit! You are welcome to comment as much as you'd like though! As well, comments should be positive, helpful and appropriate.
Okay -- here is your first extra credit assignment:
What is blogging?
Do you write or read blogs on a regular basis? If so, which one(s)?
Why or why not?
All responses should be posted by August 22nd!
