Website questions for you

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The Outsiders - characters

Find some (small) pictures to use on a blog post to show your idea of the characters from The Outsiders. Write a little about each one with a quote from the book. Include at least 4 Greasers (Ponyboy, Two-Bit, Sodapop, Darry, Dally, Steve, Johnny) and one Soc (Cherry, Bob). Here is an example

SODAPOP, age 16 going on 17

Ponyboy's brother Soda "never cracks a book" and "is different from everybody; he understands everything, almost." This high school drop-out has a "finely drawn, sensitive face that somehow manages to be reckless and thoughtful at the same time." He feels caught in the middle between his brothers when they argur and fight with each other.

Also, here is a link to your (quizzable) Outsiders Questions (pdf file: explanation of quotes & and some optional reading). Questions?

Deleting Unwanted Comments

If someone leaves a comment you don't want on your blog, you can delete it. Make sure you're logged in to blogger, then open your blog and click on the comments. You should see a trash can by the comment if you want to get rid of it. I'm very impressed with the quality of the class blogs so far, although I've seen one or two comments which are inappropriate and should be deleted by the blog owners (e.g. stuff with offensive language). If you leave a comment you want to remove, do the smae thing -- make sure you're logged in, go find the comment and click the trash can icon.

Addresses & 4 required posts

Your addresses have been posted to the right on the sidebar. Check to make sure they work -- if not, leave a comment on this post and let me know the correct address.
My Tuesday, March 8th, your blog should have 4 required posts (work on them today!):
1. An introduction to yourself, perhaps based on the bio you shared with the class at the beginning of our course
2. A response to the short story "To Build a Fire" (see previous post)
3. A response to the short story "Leiningen Vedrsus the Ants" -- a one or two paragraph personal response to the story which addresses questions 1, 3, 4, 5, and 7 from pgs 165-166. You may also wish to compare the "attitudes towards Nature" in this story (Leiningen...) and the last one (To Build a Fire).
4. Your choice -- you could talk about the library novel you are reading, post the results of your image wheel or sentence re-writes, a poem, thoughts on something that interests you, thoughts about the short story "Decision," a picture of something you do or like with a caption, etc.
You are also welcome to check out other classmates' blogs and leave (positive) comments there. All 4 of these posts (plus comments found elsewhere) will be used to determine your blog mark on next week's unit evaluation.