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New Directions Alternative H.S. Program is a cooperative program in Cedar County, Iowa. Kirkwood Community College sponsors the program and partners with area school districts including Tipton, North Cedar, West Branch and others. We aim to help students who struggle in a traditional high school setting become more successful by offering a variety of instructional strategies for a variety of learning styles.

Monday, January 24, 2011

Group Class Day 1: First Things First

In this class, you will do three things:

1. Review the mechanics of writing (parts of speech, punctuation and grammar)

2. Create your own blog

3. Write at least five blog posts that feature these types of writing: persuasive, comparison/contrast, evaluative, problem-solution, and research.

Details on each style will be coming later on. For now we're going to start some basics. Like this: What is a blog?  Well, you are here and you are reading on our brand new school blog. But do you know what exactly this is? Watch this video to find out:


Okay, so now you know what a blog is. But what does a blog (besides this one) look like? What does it say? Well....anything and everything! See for yourself!

Click here: Google blogsearch and locate the search bar. Type in anything you want: banana, Kanye West, poop, octagon, ANYTHING. See what blogs are out there. Go ahead....DO IT!!! Type any word in the search bar and then click a link to visit a blog. Visit as many as you want.

When you have looked at several blogs, come back to this blog and write a comment. You are going to be graded on your comment today, so don't forget to write a comment. In order to write a comment, you will need an email address.  It will be very easy to start a blog using Blogger if you have a Gmail address. So even if you have a different email address, please add a Gmail account. Set up an account here

In a nutshell HERE is your assignment for today:

1. Watch the video above

2. Use Google Blogsearch to look at examples of blogs

3. Create a Google account for Gmail and Blogger. Prove that you created this account by emailing me at nd.alt.school@gmail.com  Be sure to send your name in the email so that I know who you are.

4. Write a comment below. Paste a link to a blog you like and tell me why you like it. Paste a link to a blog you don't like and tell me why you don't like it.

5. Start thinking about your own blog. What do you want it to look like? What do you want to call it? What do you want it to be about? When you have some ideas, come talk to me and we'll get started on creating your blog!
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18 comments:

  1. FarmGirl2012January 24, 2011 at 12:06 PM

    i liked the lil video!!

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  2. whitney:)January 24, 2011 at 12:08 PM

    this video is kinda cool :)

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  3. kimiJanuary 24, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    nice

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  4. landisJanuary 24, 2011 at 12:13 PM

    the vid made me sleepy

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  5. MollyJanuary 24, 2011 at 12:15 PM

    I enjoyed the video.

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  6. polaris600January 24, 2011 at 12:26 PM

    sweet video

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  7. New Directions Alternative H.S. ProgramJanuary 24, 2011 at 12:26 PM

    Madison--glad you liked the video! :)

    Whitney--so important to me that you think this is cool :)

    Kimberli--yes! nice!

    Landis--WAKE UP!!!

    Molly--glad you enjoyed it!

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  8. samanthaJanuary 24, 2011 at 2:04 PM

    The video was really cute. :)

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  9. New Directions Alternative H.S. ProgramJanuary 25, 2011 at 10:09 AM

    Glad you liked it Samantha :)

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  10. LILTRUSTJanuary 25, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    this was a bad video to watch when your tired

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  11. KyleJanuary 25, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    boring video

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  12. 4204lifeJanuary 25, 2011 at 11:52 AM

    I agree with Kyle

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  13. landisJanuary 25, 2011 at 12:04 PM

    http://puregrainaudio.com/news/kottonmouth-kings-release-video-for-reefer-madness-from-new-album-long-live-the-kings-online


    I think reefer madness by the kottonmouth kings is awesome

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  14. 4204lifeJanuary 25, 2011 at 12:08 PM

    I agree with you Landis! :D

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  15. steveJanuary 26, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    it was great

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  16. ChaseJanuary 26, 2011 at 11:56 AM

    http://top10hollywood.com/mary-j-blige/kid-cudi-these-worries
    I don't like this blog because its way to boring!!!!!!

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  17. ChaseJanuary 26, 2011 at 12:14 PM

    http://www.myballard.com/2011/01/25/rep-dickerson-wants-to-legalize-marijuana-to-ease-budget-shortfall/
    I like this blog because they talk about why marijuana should be legalized and I'm for it!!!!

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  18. SchoolxStudentx46February 8, 2011 at 2:04 PM

    http://left4dead.wikia.com/wiki/The_Survivors
    I like this blog because they list all the info about the subject and only have facts.

    http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/gaming/gaming-news/odst-and-modern-warfare-2-atop-most-wanted-xbox-360-list/
    I don't like this blog because its statements are wrong, and it's written by a moron.
    It says one of the facts about COD: MW2 is that it's the most entertaining game on Xbox 360, which is a load of crap. That isn't even close to a fact. I hate morons that post things like that.

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