Rules of the blog:
1. Each member of the group is responsible for posting on the group blog under his/her personal account (This is how I will monitor everyone's posting according to the display names submitted to me).
2. Each member is to post the material he/she created or found according to his/her job for the day's assigned chapters. Some jobs will be easier to complete this with than others. For instance, the Imperial Illustrator should scan his/her illustration into a new post and discuss why he/she made the choices that he/she did, and the Character Captain should summarize his/her findings. The Literary Luminary and Critical Connector might also need to describe his/her findings, or provide an Internet link for the class to refer to, or upload a picture on the blog. The Discussion Director should write all the questions discussed as well as the answers that the group came up with.
3. All members are to help one another out in deciding what is to be posted and what isn't. You may be creative in your posting presentation, but the Discussion Director is "the leader" of the blog and should make sure all of the information discussed in the literature circle is accurately and clearly expressed on each member's post.
4. When all posts are completed, there should be "5 comments" listed under your blog, representing the five members of your literature circle (or "6 comments" if you have six members in your group).
5. HOMEWORK ON BLOGGING DAYS: Homework the night of Blogging days is to read comments posted by the other groups your class. When you've found 2 posts (from different people and different groups) that you've found interesting, respond to them in the appropriate box located at the bottom of the comment page you were viewing. Be sure to do this for TWO different people, and if possible, who are in two different groups.
Important: Remember what you've read and your comments as it is these responses that will run our class discussion the following day.
EXTRA CREDIT REMINDER: The group with the most responses to their blog posts by the end of the unit will receive an A+ added into their average at the end of the quarter. Please note, however, that this will be up to Miss Delach in my absence.
REVIEW A MODEL COMMENT AND RESPONSE BY CLICKING THE COMMENT BUTTON BELOW THIS POST
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THIS IS A SAMPLE DONE BY A PREVIOUS STUDENT
Critical Connector
Chapters 1-5 Book II-
In the first couple of chapters, many people are being put in prison or sentenced to death. This can be connected to life under Hitler where many people were executed and punished for outrageous reasons. If you were suspected of doing something "wrong", you were severely punished. Sometimes there would be trials but most of these trials were not fair. King Louis and King George were absolute rulers who abused their power just as Hitler.
Cruncher treats his wife terribly at one point in the book. He throws a muddy shoe at her and he thinks that because he is a man that he is superior to her. This can relate to any other society where males are believed to be dominant and superior. This can be connected to the Middle East where societies who practice Islam treat the women terribly.
When I read Chapter 3, the trial scene, it reminded me of the TV show Law and Order. It also reminded me of the movie Philadelphia that we watched clips of in class. Mr. Stryver can be connected to Denzel Washington because they are both ambitous lawyers.
In these chapters Sydney Carlton does a lot of drinking. He is an alcoholic. This is a major flaw in his character among other things. This drinking problem could lead to his downfall.
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