Title: Book Blogs - Journals for Book Club Discussions (Grades 3-8)

Students read and respond to literature independently or in groups using blogs to facilitate the discussion. Kidblog.org is the resource used to implement classroom blogs. It's a free service that does not require student email addresses to create user accounts. Students will work in small groups and publish blog posts about their reading. Then they'll comment on each other's posts in order to create discussion centered around their chosen text.

Role: Student — Students generally have fewer privileges within a course.

Section 1
  Blogs are a powerful (and fun!) tool for sharing ...
Section 2
  Before blogging with your book club, we need to ma...
  Digital Citizenship Video
  Online Safety Tips
  Digital Citizenship Discussion
Section 3
  You will be a part of a team of 4-5 students. You...
  *Teachers, you'll need to create choice options f...
  Choose Your Book Club
  Next, your team will need to decide how to break ...
  Breaking Your Book Into "Chunks"
  Finally, it's time to choose a job for your firs...
  *Teachers, create a choice activity for each book...
  Catcher in the Rye
  To Kill a Mockingbird
  More book titles go here...
Section 4
  You've chosen a book and divided it into 4 sectio...
  Book Club Instructions & Rules
  There are three important days to keep in mind ea...
  Weekly Schedule
  One of your responsibilities will be doing your w...
  Job Descriptions and Examples
  After the first week, use the job rotation schedul...
  Job Rotation
Section 5
  Use these video tutorials to help you get started...
  Writing a New Post
  Leaving a Comment
  Editing a Post
Section 6
  Assignment Submission
  Click here to go to our class blog space at Kidblo...
  *Teachers, update this link to reflect your actua...
  Our Kidblog Class
  Submit your blog post URLs here. Paste one URL pe...
Section 7
  Glossary of Blogging Terms
  Glossary of Blogging XML file is located in course...
  Tips for Leaving Insightful Comments
  Tips for Publishing a Great Post
Section 8
  Each week, you will be able to earn 25 points for ...
  Scoring Checklist for Book Blogs
  Standards Alignment Document