2nd class (April 19th)

In the first session, you should have added Labels (Tags) and a class feed to your blog sidebar. In the second session, after doing our first "Juppun ha Juubun", let's add the following items. (Use the Command key when you click on the links below.)

• Word count
• Recent Comments

Recent Comments and the Class Feed together help you to keep in touch with your classmates. Please read and comment on their posts often. Also, please use the 読者 feature with some of your friends' blogs.

Then we will learn how to write a book review. Please refer to the course map. Basically, a book review should consist of:

• a quote (clearly marked, and less than half of the post)
• your own comments on the book
• basic book information, usually the title, series, and ISBN

You will have some time to work alone. During this time, you should write a book review and write another blog post on a topic of your choice. I will hand out about 12 books. While half of the class is reading a book and writing a review, the other half should read other students' blogs and comment on them. Then, the students who have written a book review should pass the books on to the other students and visit other students' blogs to write comments.

Homework:

• Write your 3rd book review
• Write more blog posts
• Write comments on other students' blogs
• Choose the book for your 4th book review and bring it to class next time

Next week, we will create a LibraryThing account and start work on essays. Please don't forget to bring 1 or 2 books to class!

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