Reflective Blog 5

Reflective Blog Post 5

Parents can have a significant impact on the development of their children.  We have been given ample evidence of this in the novel I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.  Craft a reflective blog of 300-500 words that traces the impact of the parents on the children in the novel.  Incorporate specific textual evidence to support your observations.  You may frame your observations with personal experience.  Is Angelou’s portrayal of the power of parents something you have seen in your own life?  

Reflective Blog 4

This post should be 300-500 words focused on Alice Walker's short story, "A Sudden Trip Home in the Spring."  You should draw on our class discussions, as well as the Canvas online discussion posts in order to consider the following points:

Why did Walker write the story?  Who is her intended audience?
What is she saying about the African American experience?
How does she examine the influence of family relationships on our development?
How does this story's protagonist compare to that of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?

You should choose one, or possibly two of these for consideration.  Be sure to use textual evidence to support what you are saying!!!

Reflective Blog Post #3: The Role and Responsibility of African American Athletes

Chapter 19 of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings examines the effect of Joe Louis's victory on the African American community in Stamps.

For this blog post, I am asking you to consider the role of African American athletes in the United States.  What is their responsibility to the citizens who share their race?  Is it appropriate for them to use their position in the spotlight to protest inequality in our country?  Following the models of the editorials in The Washington Post and USA Today , provide your personal opinion on this question.

You may cite any of the individuals or events that we mentioned in class, and you may also go beyond these instances and reference other African American athletes.  I am giving you extra time for this assignment because I would like you to incorporate some independent research.

I would also like you to make this a mixed media assignment.  Blogger has the ability for you to link images, videos and links to websites into your blog post.  In order to receive full credit for this assignment, you will need to include at least one image in your post AND use at least one link or video to enhance our understanding of your position on this issue.

If you need help learning to use Blogger's advanced features, please come to CP for assistance.

As with any reflective blog post, you need to edit carefully and meet the 300 word minimum.  I am looking forward to reading your thoughts on this!

Directions for Reflective Blog #2

Hello All,

First, I want to commend all of you who have met your blogging requirements in a timely manner and with a clear attention to detail.  Thank you.  Second, I want to urge you to be sure that by THIS SUNDAY you have completed the following:

1. Introductory Blog Post
2. Reflective Blog Post #1
3. Comments on Blog Post #1 for your triad members.
4. Reflective Blog Post #2

ALSO: Please be sure that you are meeting the length requirement for your reflective blog posts!  If you aren't sure how many words you have, write your post as a Google doc first and then cut and paste it into the new blog post.

Prompt for Reflective Post #2:

Choose a character from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.  Explore the way that the character has been indirectly characterized through his or her actions, thoughts and/or speech.  You may choose any character you like, even a minor character.  Be sure to focus on INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION.

As always, check your work for errors in grammar, usage and mechanics.  Also, check to see that you have met the 300 word minimum for your post.

Good luck!

Mrs. Jolliffe

Triad Groups and Commenting

These are the triad groups for the first half the semester.  You are responsible for commenting on the reflective blog posts for the people in your triad.  Please strive to provide a meaningful comment that incorporates or references and responds to an idea that is presented in the original post.  The quality of your comments will be graded.

Group 1:
Alex C.
Camdyn
Dakota

Group 2:
Izzy
Alex L.
Lia

Group 3:
Charmaine
Sam
Sofya

Group 4:
David
West
Joanna

Group 5:
Henry
Gavin
Malik
Stephen

Directions for Reflective Blog Post #1

Reflective Blog - Prompt #1

Siblings

For this first reflective blog, you are being asked to consider the sibling relationships in the three stories we read this week.  Questions to consider:

How do the three relationships we read about compare to one another?  Are there important similarities?  What are the differences?  How do you account for the differences?  

How does the sibling relationship helps to form and develop the personalities of the individuals?

Why do writers find the relationship between siblings a subject worth writing about?

In each story we read, the sibling pairs were of the same gender (brother and brother or sister and sister).  How might having a sibling of the same gender impact the sibling relationship?  

Can the behavior of a parent impact the development of a sibling relationship?  Where do you see this in the stories we read?

You do NOT need to answer all of these questions.  Focus on one or possibly two.  Be sure to answer the question(s) in relation to the stories we have read.  Be sure to review the qualities I am looking for in your response.  This is posted on the classroom blog in the first post.