"Podcasting: Part two"

   

  Last week, Mrs. Anne Davis who used to be a web logger here at J.H.House, came and pod casted us again. But this time we had to do a HUGE comment to some of Miss Neville's web logging students. I commented to two of her students, Mimi and Brittany I didn't just comment to her but I told her the comment by pod casting to her. I also got nervous like last time. But this time I felt confident.

  The reason I felt better this time is because I knew that the pod casts had many details and tips so that both Mimi and Brittany could feel confident and motivated to be better writers, along with being a web logger. I really think that my comment will make them feel good and great to have their names be called out in a pod cast. I was so glad to be able to speak to someone who is so far away and give them great advice.

   If you aren't a web logger or very good at writing great stories maybe you should read the followings questions you should ask yourself to make your writing pop out.

Ideas and Content

·       What is my topic?

·       Is my paper clear?

·       Did I try to make my writing come alive?

·       Do I have enough details?

·       Do I have a good beginning, middle, and end?

·       Does my reader understand what I'm trying to say?

·       Have I included any dialog?

·       What about writing my ideas down and choosing the best one?

·       Do I have an organization?

·       Do I have enough ideas?

Organization

·       How does my topic start?

·       Are the details in order?

·       Is my paper easy to read?

·       Is my paper in time order?

·       Does my writing have a good beginning?

·       Are all the details in the correct sequence?

·       Do my links go with my message?

·       How does my topic end?

Voice

·       Is this interesting to me?

·       Did I give my opinion?

·       Did I say everything I wanted to say?

·       What did I like the most?

·       Did the readers feel like they heard my voice?

·       Do I like what I wrote?

·       Am I comfortable with what I wrote?

·       Does the story match my attitude?

·       How do I want my readers to feel?

Word choice

·       Does your writing flow?

·       Have I used any exciting words?

·       Did you use vivid vocabulary?

·       Did I use interesting words?

·       Do I have descriptive words?

·       Did I grab my reader's attention with my words?

Sentence Fluency

·         Did I use a lot of sentences?

·         Did I use complete sentences?

·         Did I use correct sentences?

·         Did my sentence beginnings have big and different ideas?

·         Do my sentences make sense?

·         Does my story sound real?

·         Did I complete what I was trying to say?

·         Did I use the same starting words?

·         Does my paper sound smooth when I read it aloud?

·         Did I use some long and short sentences?

Conventions

• Do my words have spaces between them?

• Does my title go with my story?

• Does my punctuation show my sentence expressions?

• Do I have spelling errors?

• Do I have the correct capitalization in my sentences?

• Can people understand my writing?

• Does my paper have a main idea?

• Is my paper understandable

• Did I use correct punctuation?

Comments

[Anne Davis]

Hi Graciela,
It is wonderful to see you gaining confidence. Your hard work is paying off!

The questions you ask the students to ask should make their writing "pop out"! I like that expression. I get a picture in my head of colorful words dancing around and having fun. I use the expression "Let's bump up our writing!" It's fun to play with language. Do you enjoy having fun with words?

I think you have shown lots of improvement yourself! Keep it up!

Mrs. Davis

[graciela]

Mrs. Davis, I really enjoyed being podcasted. I feel really glad that I got to actually give advice to the wonderul students in Miss Neville's class. I was really excited. I hope that we will soon be podcasted again. Maybe if we did get podcasted again, I would like the topic to be about our pets. Did you enjoy podcasting us? Did you like the first time you podasted us or the first time?