Literary Blog Assignment #1: Thursday, October 4th

In your next blog post I want you to write about the current book you are reading. Assignment #3: Write a 250-300 word blog post introducing your book. You have freedom to write what you wish, but you may want to explore some of the following themes/questions:

·           -Provide a few sentences to introduce the reader to the book (e.g., name, author, some basic context).

·          -How did you come across the book?

·          -What made you want to read this novel?

·         -What had you heard about this book?

·          -How does what others have to say about the book compare to your experience reading this novel?

This assignment is due Thursday, October 4^th

Evaluation:

For this assignment you will be marked based on the sentence structure section of the PAT rubric. This includes mixing the length of your sentences, varying your sentence openings, and controlling the grammar of your sentences.

Example of varied openings:

• Start with adjectives or adverbs.
  • Deep green, shiny, and clear, the emerald sparkled in the jeweler's case. (adjectives)
  • Loudly and insistently, my mother called me to dinner. (adverbs)
• Start with a prepositional phrase.
  • During rush hour, I avoid the freeway.
• Start with a participle or participial phrase.
  • Shouting his dog's name, Ross headed for the park. (present participial phrase)
  • Cooked to perfection, my father's meal beckoned us to eat. (past participial phrase)
• Start with an absolute phrase.
• All things considered, it was a good day.

Example of varied sentence lengths:

Example: Many really good blues guitarists have all had the last name King. They have been named Freddie King and Albert King and B.B. King. The name King must make a bluesman a really good bluesman. The bluesmen named King have all been very talented and good guitar players. The claim that a name can make a guitarist good may not be that far fetched.

Revision: What makes a good bluesman? Maybe, just maybe, it's all in a stately name. B.B. King. Freddie King. Albert King. It's no coincidence that they're the royalty of their genre. When their fingers dance like court jesters, their guitars gleam like scepters, and their voices bellow like regal trumpets, they seem almost like nobility. Hearing their music is like walking into the throne room. They really are kings.