Taming of the Shrew

IB English Classroom Blog

Blog Instructions:

Make sure you are following the directions on the Blog handout that is attached to your syllabus and the directions below:

Blog entries for each reading assignment are due the NIGHT BEFORE you have class.  For example, your first blog post will need to be completed Sunday night 9/19 since we have class on Monday 9/20.  You will earn a COMPLETION grade for these--only posts completed ON TIME will be counted.  Remember, the blog will "date and time stamp" your entries so I will know if your post was, in fact, completed on time.

At the end of the unit, you will pick two of your posts to be turned in at the end of the semester to be evaluated for a CONTENT grade.  Only posts completed ON TIME (see above) are eligible to be submitted.

For each reading assignment you will be expected to find and respond to ONE PASSAGE from the novel/play.  You need to include the passage (cite it correctly) and then write a 250-300 word analysis of the quote.  Go beyond the surface.  Discuss the significance of the passage to the chapter or novel as a whole, OR go in-depth and do a close-reading of the passage to discuss the techniques Hesse uses AND the effect these have on YOU, the reader!  Remember to use your DIDLS and SCASI notes to guide your analysis!

Also, you will be required to RESPOND to 2 of your group members’ posts.  Your responses should be 100-150 words in length.  In order to do this thoughtfully and well, we’d like you to try using these sentence starters to help get you started.  Here they are. . .

·       My idea is similar to (piggybacks on, is like, complements, etc) your idea.  For example. . .

·       We both think that ____________.  However, I also think _____________ . Evidence from the text to support this is . . .

·       You make a very good point about ______________ . However, I’d like to argue that . . . .

·       Another example from the text that would also support your analysis is __________ .  I think this because . . .

·       Your analysis is really interesting. It made me think about (another section of the book, another text, a movie, an experience I had, a story I heard on the news, the background presentation about _______) because. . .

·       I had a different reaction to this passage.  I think . . .

·       The other literary device/element/technique that I saw in this passage was __________.  It affected mood and tone . . .

You will be part of a blogging group--so it's easier to manage reading all those posts!  Remember your number when you receive it--that is where you'll blog! :)