Bloggger for English Class Not Really Private

Blogger
Well after having spent time trying to figure out how to make my English class Blog on Blogger private I came to find out that it's not really private.  In the settings, as I wrote on Setting up a Blog... you can make the selection so that only readers you enter are able to read your blog.  Well, in reality in Blogger it is not really accurate.  The truth is, is that people who happen to land on your blog will be able to see it, read it, but they won't be able to make comments.  Yes it is important that they can't leave comments if they are just a passerby, but why even let them see it and navigate the blog if it is supposed to be private.

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Restricting your Blog’s readers isn’t as secure as you thought

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Go For Your Dreams

Source: justfindit4u.com via NextStepU on Pinterest

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Opportunities for Blended Learning

I like this infographic because the idea of doing a Blog and Wiki came from trying to explore blended learning. I think there are a lot of possibilities for blended learning. Education is changing. People's living situations are not what they used to be. People are looking for educational opportunities outside of their neighborhood, town, country and blended learning offers options that were not available before. But as this infografic states it has to be planned out. Like anything in education it has to be about the learning.

I have many university students and even some of my adult students who have a difficult time getting to the classroom, but who are very interested in the class for these cases I have been pondering about blended learning.

Source: digitallearningnow.com via Frédéric on Pinterest

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Teachers Are Using Blogs and Wikis

35% Have students and/or instructor-run blogs  22% Are involved in creating or maintaining Wikis.

From trying out both,so far, I have gotten a lot more out of the blog than the wiki. It makes me wonder why more Teachers are using blogs than wikis? What has your experience been with Blogs or with Wikis?  

Source: degreesearch.org via Alicia on Pinterest

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Work Vocabulary

Exercises and Games

catch on	(v.) become popular; understand
come up with	(v.) to think of; to produce.
an idea / a plan / a suggestion etc.
cut back on	(v.) reduce
figure out	(v.) find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
find out	(v.) get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
get ahead	(v.) succeed
give up	(v.) stop maintaining or insisting on
go under	(v.) go bankrupt or out of business
hand in	(v.) submit work or school work
lay off	(v.) dismiss, usually for economic reasons
pass over	(v.) bypass (as for a promotion)
set up	(v.) make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
stick with	(v.) not change something / stay near someone / not be forgotten / continue with something difficult or unpleasant
take off	(v.) leave; remove clothes
get away	escape potentially unpleasant consequences
get back to	respond to a contact / respond when you know the answer / start doing something again after an interruption
get by	come to terms or deal successfully with
get into	become involved or interested / become involved in something bad or criminal / be accepted or admitted / become or be accepted as a member / start a habit or way of acting or behaving / be small enough to wear something / criticise
goof off	waste time doing nothing important
got behind	to lag or linger behind
opportunity in disguise	an opportunity that is not readily seen as so
come around	change one's position or opinion
have butterflies in stomach	to be nervous
so to speak	in a manner of speaking

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Mysteries Vocabulary

Practice and Games

devoted	dedicated
document	record in detail
evidence	information and facts that help prove something
incident	a single distinct event
witness	someone who sees an event and reports what happened
authority	an expert whose views are taken as definitive
out of the ordinary	adj. unusual or striking.
can't tell apart	can't distinguish
run into	meet by chance
premises	land and the buildings that are on it
whereabouts	the general location where something is
outskirts	outlying areas (as of a city or town)
stranded	left behind or in a helpless situation
sought	looked for
vanish	disappear suddenly
adopt	take into one's family
seemingly	apparently
twist of fate	unplanned events that has a big impact on the future
inexplicable	incapable of being explained or accounted for
intuition	instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
malfunction	a failure to function normally
observe	observe with care or pay close attention to
previous	Earlier; happening before
routinely	regularly, frequently, typically
speculate	Form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence.
trigger	an act that sets in motion some course of events

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Story Pyramid Instructions

The story pyramid doesn't have to be written in complete sentences.  Instead,
try to think of the most descriptive, most important words to describe each element of your book.
Book Title
Author/Illustrator

1- Write the name of the main character
• 2- two words describing the main character
• 3- three words describing the setting
• 4- four words stating the story’s problem
• 5- five words describing the first important event in the story.
• 6- six words describing a second important event.
• 7- seven words describing a third important event.
• 8- eight words describing the solution to the problem.

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BERTA
THE FIRM
JOHN GRISHAM

1 Mitchell
2 Intelligent Ambicious
3 Firm corruption joining
4 Murder associates taxes FBI
5 Extrench dead boat lawyer investigation 
6 Authorities contact Character explain illegal activity 
7 Trick Girl Photos blackmail quiet kill secrecy
8 Wife silence approach police help husband against criminals

ELENA
Book Title: The Grapes of Wrath
Author: John Steinbeck

1 Joad
2 American family
3 The dust bowl
4 Find a better life
5 Moved to California for work
6 Sadness and suffering on the road
7 They are betrayed by chiefs and society
8 Laws that encourage a better lifestyle for everyone.

DAVID
Round the world in Eighty Days
Jules Verne

1- Fogg
• 2- Calm, habits
• 3- London, India, America
• 4- Bet, travel, robbery, confusion
• 5- Robbery, London, bet, travel, world
• 6- India, Passepartout, save, Aouda, widow, priests.
• 7- America, Train, Indians, Shots, Fogg, rescue, Passepartout
• 8- Steamer, Liverpool, one, day, early, win, bet, marriage.


JOSE D.
Book Title: Tales of Mistery and Imagination

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

1. Roderick

2. Sick Anxious

3. Old Dark Mysterious

4. Ghosts in the house

5. Friend come to the house

6. Stange things happen in his room

7. A ghost try to enter the room

8. The friend escape from the house very fast

BEGOñA
THE HOUSE OF STAIRS

1.- Bell
2.- terribly evil
3.- England, thirtyes decade
4.- human relations among neighbors
5.- a murder in strange circumstances
6.- the loving relationship between two woman
7.- Second protagonist able to kill for money
8.- second protagonist goes to prission rejected by all

MARIA JOSE

The Body
Stephen KING

1. Gordon
2. Unwanted child
3. a dangerous forest
4. Desapereance of a boy
5. Adventure of four american teenagers
6. Looking for a young boy disappeared
7. Four friends facing dangers on their way
8. Four friends discovering how cruel the world is

                               

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