Blogtopias due

Students are almost done creating their own utopias (or dystopias) on blogspot.com. They have been working with a partner or small group to create 10 posts about their utopia on their blog. Click here to see the Grading Rubric. I'm looking forward to reading these creations!

Students, the day your blog is due, I will want three things from you. First, the Grading Rubric stapled to the back of your packet. Second, be prepared to give me your blog's URL: www.___________.blogspot.com. Third, I will ask you to evaluate how much work you did and how much work your partner(s) did.  I will give the blog a grade, and then I'll give individual students a grade based on how much work each did.

Due 10/8--A-day
Due 10/9--B-day

The objective of this assignment is for students to--

•  Consolidate and synthesize connections between the text we're reading (Fahrenheit 451) and themselves. Fahrenheit 451 is an example of a dystopia (a society that has gone awry). As we've discussed what the Fahrenheit society is like, the students have asked themselves, what do/don't I like about our society; what do I think the perfect society--or utopia--would be like?
  
•  Integrate facts, events, or ideas to create new ideas. Each Blogtopia is a likely an original creation, as students have considered what events and ideas they would adopt from our current culture/society to create a new one.
• Provide detailed examples to explain their utopias.
• Edit posts for correct spelling.
• Write complete sentences.