My enjoyment during this round of blog entries came in the form of the depth and liveliness of your posts. Continue to fully explain your thoughts as well as the purposes of your examples. Making connections to our world and to your lives also added an interesting dimension to much of what you wrote.
Overall, many of you still seem to struggle with the verbage. NO SIMPLE VERBS in the posts or the comments. These include: is, are, am, was, were, be, being, been. Use PRESENT TENSE when you discuss the novel's events. For instance, "The main character thinks back to a time when she uncovers the meaning of life." Notice how I use all present tense, even when the character thinks about the past. Fixing these issues will not only enhance your blog grades, but will also make your life much easier once school starts and we move full steam ahead.
Next up: Olive Kitteridge! To give you some context, each chapter reads like its own short story. However, the main characters appear in each one of them. This means you need to analyze each chapter on its own, and you need to work on how and why the author ties all of the chapters together for a full-length novel. Keep this in mind as you read and annotate. We will go into much more depth with this book, as we will study it in its entirety once school commences. Also, please note that you must complete all blog work on this novel by August 23.
Please check back next week for another inspiring blog post which will detail what you need to bring with you for the onset of your senior year.
Continue to enjoy your summer and to bask in the glory that you have me to keep you from letting your brain rot!
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