Blogging update

Well, I am happy to report that the blogging with my students is going great! They are reading " Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins. The are choosing a reading response log question for each chapter and them blogging their answers. When we are back from vacations I will be showing students how to follow each other using my blog. Students will them be reading each others blogs and making comments or asking questions about the blog posts.  When I was specking to my department head she was asking me what objectives the students were covering and I became amazed when I thought in depth about all the objectives I am fulfilling. From the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks:


1.3 Apply understanding of agreed-upon rules and individual roles in order
to make decisions
3.10 Present an organized interpretation of a literary work, film, or dramatic
production
4.20 Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words using context clues (contrast,
cause and effect).
6.7 Analyze the language styles of different characters in literary works.

8.19 Identify and analyze sensory details and figurative language.
8.20 Identify and analyze the author’s use of dialogue and description.

8.21 Recognize organizational structures (chronological order, logical order,
cause and effect, classification schemes.)
8.22 Identify and analyze main ideas, supporting ideas, and supporting details.
8.24 Interpret mood and tone, and give supporting evidence in a text.

8.25 Interpret a character’s traits, emotions, or motivation and give supporting
evidence from a text.

8.29 Identify and analyze patterns of imagery or symbolism.
8.30 Identify and interpret themes and give supporting evidence from a text.

10.4 Identify and analyze the characteristics of various genres (poetry, fiction,
nonfiction, short story, dramatic literature) as forms chosen by an author
to accomplish a purpose.


12.4 Locate and analyze elements of plot and characterization and then use an
understanding of these elements to determine how qualities of the central
characters influence the resolution of the conflict.

17.4 Identify and analyze the similarities and differences between a narrative
text and its film or play version (The movie is coming out in March!)