Guidelines for Posting and Responding

Your goal for responding to the posts of your classmates should be to add to the direction of their responses by elaborating on the evidence they have given, or to offer an alternative idea or concern. You do not need to weaken the arguments in your classmates' blogs. You should be respectful and polite. While you may offer an opposing viewpoint, please do so cordially. Your responses should be written in a well-written paragraph of approximately five sentences.

Your work will be evaluated using the following criteria:

Initial Blog Post

• How well does the blog post address the prompt?
• Is the point of the blog clear?
• How well does the blog provide the necessary context?
• To what extent does the student support his/her thoughts with references to the core text or material?
• How well does the blog provide a space for response?

Response Blog Post

• How well does the response address the issues raised in the earlier blog?
• Is the point of the response clear?
• To what extent does the response provide necessary content?
• How well does the responder support his/her thoughts with references to the text and the initial post?
• How well does the response incorporate ideas or thoughts from the other person's blog?