Welcome

Hello!

I'm so glad you're reading this.  If you are, it means that you are a 7th grader in my 3rd block class. Yay!   This is your blog.  You will each be invited to join it, and after that, the world is yours to conquer!  I mean, just take a look at these conquering faces:

A blog is like a newspaper or magazine that has many people who contribute to it by writing articles, poems, essays, or short stories,  thus making it a collaborative work of art.

You are all authors.

I am the publisher, which means all final decisions about what gets published are mine.

As soon as you join, you will be a member of something very special - a group of brand new teenagers (y'all are turning 13 this year, right?) who get to share themselves with the world.



And when you publish here, anyone in the world can read it.

That's a lot of responsibility.  You have to choose your words carefully.  You also have to just, you know, not be afraid to say what you want to say.

The cool thing is -- you get to do this with a pseudonym.






You also have to do it with your absolute best grammar, spelling, and punctuation.  Perfect even.  It's a lot to ask of 12 and 13-year-olds, I know. But here we are, in the digital age, and blogging is one of the coolest tools I know of to get your voice out there. You need to make sure that people want to read it, and that means taking your time to do it right.

So welcome!

I'm glad we're all here.

Let's get the party started, shall we?

Assignment #1:

In the comments write a response to this post.  

Whatever you want to say is awesome.

(click on the word "comments" below)

PS>  

If you'd like to be one of my editors-in-chief for this project, please grab an application from the back counter.  If you like helping others improve their writing, can give honest feedback, and have a pretty good grasp of the rules of the English language, please apply!  I need all the help I can get.  :)