Thursday August 27th

In Class
Writing Essays on "Choice" book (first essay)

Homework
Due Monday--Complete Lesson 16 in your Vocab Book
Due Tuesday
--Printed and mounted color "dream board"
1. Use at least 2/3 of your own found or made images
2. Fill up the board. Leave little white space
3. Label each picture
4. Be prepared to share your "dream board." Don't be too personal.

--Blog
1. Create your own blog using blogger or the blog tool of your choosing
2. Customize with a template you like and colors that speak to you
*remember legibility trumps everything in design
3. Write your first entry "Sea Creature Me"
--see my example linked in blog entry below this one
--research a sea creature that seems to have some characteristics you identify with. Use
wikipedia or Google to learn about sea animals you think might represent you with some
degree of similarity. You don't have to cite your research.
--import the image of your sea creature to your blog entry
--introduce us to your sea creature (YOU) by telling us things about yourself, your
habitat, the company you keep, hopes, fears, dreams, etc.
--your entry does not have to be long. Consider about 1 paragraph in length.

Odds and Ends
1. Create a gmail account
2. Bookmark our class blog (giraud10-2@blogspot.com) and put in you Toolbar
3. Become a follower of our class blog. In your Blogger profile, upload a picture of
yourself so we can find you easily in the follower section of our class blog.
4. Download Dream Board application to your computer from Oprah Winfrey's site. Note
that Oprah wants you to join her site first. Offer a real email account so you can validate
your existence before she lets you download her Dream Board.