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6th, 7th, and 8th Graders at East Side Community High School. A few "snapshots" from my classroom on September 22, 2006. The students are working to post to their blog in an elgg, "PersonalLearningSpace.com" Here's the routine that I introduced to them. The hope is that this will become routine as soon as possible. 1. In Writely, freewrite for 10 minutes about anything from your life, not school.
2. Focused Sentence -- one sentence that restates the entire freewrite, but in an precise way that could be argued with.
3. More freewriting, this time beginning with the focused sentence.
4. Copy and paste into Microsoft Word to check spelling and grammar. Also edit and revise.
5. Paste back to Writely and copy again. Add five tags.
6. Copy from Writely to your Blog. Be sure to have a good title, 5 keywords or tags. Make it "public."