How to Start Your Own Blog

We will be using blogger.com for your final project. Below are the directions for starting a blog.

Part 1: Starting the Blog

1. 1 member of your group goes to blogger.com
2. Blogger will either prompt you to open a gmail account or log on using your existing gmail account. You might want to choose a group member with an existing account for this reason.
3. Blogger will prompt you to name your blog, create a URL, and choose from some design templates. It would be wise if you chose a URL that is easy to remember and relates to your project.

Part 2: Adding your group members.

Adding group members is kind of tricky on blogger. This is how I do it:

1. Click on "New Post" in the upper right hand corner.
2. Click on settings
3. Click on permissions
4. Enter the email addresses of your group members. Give them author privileges.
5. Now, each member must go to his or her email and accept your request to join the blog. Once this step is complete, every member of your group can contribute to your blog.

Recap Wednesday, July 13 - Thursday, July 14

Wednesday:
In your journal:

1. Response to "The American Dream: Is it slipping away?"

Question:

How does the author define the American dream? What is happening to it? What type of evidence does he use?

2. Definitions of the works porous, nebulous, and indignity

3. Cluster web on the American dream

Thursday:

1. Pre-viewing for "The Pursuit of Happyness"
In your journal: What are some of the causes of homelessness? How likely are you to give money to homeless people?

2. Read "Homeless Woman Sleeping in Car"
In your journal: Why is Diane homeless?

"Inside Stories" essay due tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!

Recap Friday July 8th and Monday July 11th

Friday: Notes for "God Grew Tired of Us" that respond to the following questions:

What were some of the boys' perceptions of America before they arrived? What did they have the most trouble adjusting to? Ultimately, do you think they'll be better off in America?

Monday: 

1. Response to the following question on Chapter 2 of "What is the What"

--Describe Valentino's interactions with African-Americans. Why do you think the author chooses to focus on these interactions?

2. An outline of your Inside Stories essay

Recap Tuesday - Wednesday, July 5 - 6

On Tuesday, you should have had in your journal:

4 significant events from the chapter you read and summarized with your group

On Wednesday, you should have had a response to the following question:

Define activism. What types of activism is Luis engaged in and for what causes? What issues do you care most about today?

Recap Wednesday through Friday, June 29 - July 1

In your journal, you should have:

A response to the following question on "Black Men and Public Space" by Brent Staples:
"What evidence does Staples use to combat the stereotypes of black men?"

Analysis of 2 quotes from Chapter 6 of "Always Running."

Response to quickwrite question:
"On a scale of 1-10, how difficult is 'Always Running' to read? What makes it easy or challenging? Discuss a challenging text you've read and strategies you used to understand it."

H.W.: Write a paragraph of your "Inside Stories" essay.