How I will grade your blog posts

Students — your posts will count as class participation credit. I will grade each one on a scale of 100.

You will receive 50 points for fully completing all parts of the assignment, and 50 points for correct grammar and spelling.

I will take off 5 points for each spelling or grammar error, up to 50 points total.

Essays posted on your blog will be graded using the standard rubric we will use all year.

How to post video

You can place video from your computer on your blog by clicking the "Add video"
button.

You will get this popup screen:
The video I've posted above was made by a 9th grade class in Brooklyn last year.

Using labels

Labels can be used to help organize your blog. Please use the label "Poetry project" for your poetry project so that I can easily find the required posts!

Labels are like the tabs on your notebook. Once you add a label to a post, it will be connected to all the other posts with that label. For instance, for the letters you are writing to students in Sweden, please use the label "Arvinge."

To add a label to a post, just type it into the "labels for this post" box.





To make sure the labels list appears on the right side of your blog, go to the "Layout" tab in your dashboard and select "add a page element." When the list of page elements pops up, select "labels."

How to make a link using blogger

Find the webpage you want to make a link to and copy the full address (including http://).



Type the text you want to link into your blog post and then highlight it.

When it is highlighted, press the "link" button.

Paste (control-V or "paste" in the edit menu) the page address into the window that comes down.

Don't forget to click your link to make sure it works!