From time to time, I'll give you a required topic that's not related to media.  Well, your answer could relate to media but it's not necessary.  I do this to learn more about you as my students and I always find your answers interesting.  For this week's required blog topic, I'd like you to answer this question:  What's the scariest thing you've ever done?  I want you to really think about this and not just write about an obvious answer, like catching a huge spider or something like that.  Think about the experiences you've had so far in your life and think back to a time in which you were terrified at doing something, I mean really terrified that it maybe even made you cry.  Remember to give me three reasons why it was the scariest thing you've ever done and write it in the constructed response format.  I'm looking forward to your answers!

Now that we've started our 1st quarter project, for this week's blog post I'd like you to tell me how things are going.  Are you way ahead to meet your deadlines, on track, a little behind, or a lot behind?  Choose one and then provide me with three reasons to back up your choice.  Remember that it needs to be written in the constructed response format with 5 paragraphs.  

Welcome back to school and the CKTV Media Productions Class!  I hope you're excited as I am to begin the new year as we have a lot to do in the coming months.  We're starting our blogs this week so for all you newbies, everyone is responsible for writing two blog posts per week by Sunday night.  You can write them anytime in the week as long as it gets done by Sunday night.  Procrastination is a grade killer in this class so get these posts done early and don't wait until the last minute.  You will need to write one blog post based on the topic I provide each week.  For my topics, you are required to write them in the constructed response format.  What is that you say?  Well, basically you need to write 5 paragraphs on my topic.  The first paragraph is your introduction.  Here you will state the topic that I've given you and briefly answer the question.  In the second paragraph, you'll write about the first reason that backs up your statement.  For example, if the topic given was, "What are the top three things you are looking forward to this year?", then your first paragraph would be to list all three briefly.  Then your second paragraph would state the first thing you are looking forward to.  The third paragraph would state the second thing you are looking forward to.  The fourth paragraph would state the third thing you are looking forward to.  Finally, the last paragraph would restate all three answers again in a conclusion.  Go check the blogs of our returning students to see how they wrote it last year.  

Your second blog post can be written about anything you want to as long as it relates to media.  You could write about your first week in media or the media camp in the summer if you went to it.  You could write about the cool movie you saw over the weekend and write a review about it.  It can be about anything as long as it relates to media in some way.  For this blog, you have to write a full paragraph.  How long does it have to be?  As long as it needs to be to fully write about your topic.  Here's a hint though.....the more you write, the better your blog will probably be which should equal a better grade.  

Are you ready for the first topic?  For your first blog post of the week, I'd like you to tell me about your first week of school.  Was it a positive week, a so-so week, or a negative week?  Explain with three reasons to back up your answer.  Good luck!