Blogging
Nearly every week, you'll need to publish a 300-500 word post on your own personal blog. These will be graded out of 20 points, based on the following categories:
Concision -- Your writing should be concise and precise, meaning that you should not waste words unnecessarily.
Clarity -- Your reader should be able to understand what you mean, which happens through clear/direct language and a strong organizational structure linked to your purpose.
Cogency -- Make sure your actual purpose or point is sound rather than overly bizarre, abstract, or simplistic. This is the basis of any good writing -- you need to have something compelling to share with your readers.
Remember these three Cs when you're writing!
Summer Reading HW
You will need to write five blog posts
related to The White Tiger over the course of your summer holiday. Each
post should be between 300-500 words and should follow a particular format. In
the first half of your blog posts, summarize that section of the novel or
include one or two quotations you find interesting. In the second half of your
blog posts, respond to that summary or quotation by analyzing the
ideas/storytelling or by making connections between the text and your own experiences
in India or your own country.
You should write one entry at each of the following points
in the novel:
1. Pages 1-91 - The First & Second Night
2. Pages 95 - 169 - The Fourth Morning & Night
3. Pages 173 - 222 - The Fifth Night & Sixth Morning
4. Pages 225 - 287 - The Sixth Night
5. Pages 291 - 321 - The Seventh Night (and reflections
on the story overall)
Blog 1 (due Sunday 3 August): See main page in blog - response to other WT blogs.
Blog 2 (due Sunday 17 August): Write a blog in which you make a comparison between the poet you annotated and one other Indian poet. I’ve posted the other packets of poetry on our google drive folder, and you can access it from the "Homework" page.
For this blog, you might want to compare two specific / individual poems, or think about several different poems or major topics / approaches. It's pretty open-ended, but make sure you think through a logical structure and in some way address the poems' / poets' similarities and / or differences.
Blog 3 (due Friday 5 September): This is an "open" post week, meaning you can write about whatever you'd like! Feel free to be creative and share poetry or short stories if you'd like, or just a personal essay about something you care about. If you feel really lost, let me know and I can help you brainstorm a topic! Keep in mind that you still need to have a purpose and consider how you'll reach that purpose through your writing...
Blog 1 (due Sunday 3 August): See main page in blog - response to other WT blogs.
Blog 2 (due Sunday 17 August): Write a blog in which you make a comparison between the poet you annotated and one other Indian poet. I’ve posted the other packets of poetry on our google drive folder, and you can access it from the "Homework" page.
For this blog, you might want to compare two specific / individual poems, or think about several different poems or major topics / approaches. It's pretty open-ended, but make sure you think through a logical structure and in some way address the poems' / poets' similarities and / or differences.
Blog 3 (due Friday 5 September): This is an "open" post week, meaning you can write about whatever you'd like! Feel free to be creative and share poetry or short stories if you'd like, or just a personal essay about something you care about. If you feel really lost, let me know and I can help you brainstorm a topic! Keep in mind that you still need to have a purpose and consider how you'll reach that purpose through your writing...
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