Last Week to Get Things Done!

Happy Monday Students!

As you all know, this is the last week of GLPS, and that means CRUNCH TIME.  That means you have to start hitting those keyboards and banging out some good posts, finishing up your essays.

I will introduce some more things you can write IF you are done everything else, but what I really want to see are:

1) The Compare and Contrasts HIGHRISE Essay. How long should it be?  At least 400 words, but more like 500.  I've read some, and some are very good, but what you all need to include is a strong introduction that explains the 5 W's:  Who you are writing about, Where they live, Why it is interesting, What you learned, and one more big WHERE - where you got all this information, which is the Highrise website.  This should be the first sentence in the essay. If people don't know this, it makes the essay a bit pointless.

Here's a very nice essay with a good intro from Emily at Certainly Loves Writing.  It appears she certainly does!

2) The Ode.  I've read some good ones, but most are too short.  Remember, this is more of a letter than poem, and should be longer than a poem.  I want it to be poetic, but it is not a poem.  At least 300 words, but closer to 400.

IF you are done these assignment, write whatever you want!  For example, Kevin at Shrimp Bro has been writing lots of video game reviews.  This is excellent, and he enjoys blogging about games.  Maybe he will become a professional game reviewer and get free games someday.  Who knows?

Also I've seen some good book reviews, Jiyoon's at Every Word a Star.  So, keep blogging and keep in mind that the two best blogs from each class will be picked this week.