Blog Writing Assignment #3: How would your life be different without the Internet?

The internet is a valuable tool and a source of entertainment for many of us. Recently, with smartphones, people have access to the internet almost anywhere and anytime. I am old enough to remember what life was like before the internet, but many of you may not know. Therefore, for this week's blog assignment, I would like you to thing about the following question:

How would your life be different without the Internet?




Please complete this assignment by December 6th. Remember, you need to make at least 3 comments each week on 3 different classmate's blogs.

Please check back here for a new assignment on December 6th.

Blog Writing Assignment #2: How is English important for your job or future?

For your next blog due next week Friday, write a paragraph using paragraph form and organization to discuss the importance of English for your job or future. When and where do you think you will need or use English? Will you continue to study English after university? What is your goal for English?

Be sure to follow paragraph form we studied in class:

1) Paragraph has several ideas related to ONE topic.

2) First sentence is ALWAYS indented (further to the right of the paper)

3) Sentences follow each other with one space between them

4) Structure: Topic sentence, supporting sentences, concluding sentence

Blog Writing Assignment #1: Changing your hometown

For your 1-minute presentations, you talked about your hometown and what is good or bad about living there. Now, I would like you to think about what changes you would make to your hometown to make it more appealing for visitors. Please write a paragraph of at least 200 words about the changes you would like to make.  You may even include pictures of your hometown if you want to.

This is due next week on Friday!

Lansing at night

Setting Sail...

Today we are going to learn how to set up a blog and begin blog writing. Blogs are a fun way to communicate through multimedia writing. You can add photos, videos, .gif files, etc. to make your writing more dynamic and interesting for readers. Although there are several features of blog writing that are fun and interesting, the main idea is to communicate through writing!

Let's practice communicating in English through blog writing!