First round of blog posts

I’m enjoying all of your posts on Mather and Edwards. In the original assignment I asked you to post 2-3 substantial paragraphs. I think it might be a bit hard to tell how long a paragraph should be in the blog post since we’re used to looking at them in Microsoft Word, so a better measure of length might be word count. Your post should be at least 350 words. I’m grading the posts on a 3-point scale, which corresponds to check minus, check, check plus. Your grades are posted on Blackboard.

I’ve also left comments on your blogs with questions and suggestions. If you would prefer not to have comments, let me know and I’ll just post your grade to Blackboard.

For some examples of excellent posts, check out:

http://mennaatunc.blogspot.com/2007/01/balance-essential-element-in-christian.html

Menna has done a great job of integrating and explaining quotations from the text in her post.

http://joe-engl122.blogspot.com/2007/01/edwards-and-rationality.html

Joe takes issue with Edwards’ use of scripture and provides his own reading of the passage.

http://springenglish122.blogspot.com/2007/01/sermon-by-jonathan-edwards.html

Many posts mentioned that Edwards’ sermon was straight-forward or carefully structured; Chelsea gives a detailed account of the effects of that structure on the reader.

http://rossct.blogspot.com/2007/01/sermon-or-self-glorification.html

Courtney’s post provides a good example of incorporating and explicating quotations from the text.

Introduction and Links

I've already told you about myself, but I'm enjoying all of your introductory posts. On the left of the page there is a list of the links to your blogs that I've received so far. Check them out--you can learn about your classmates' feelings toward reading, Apples, baseball, and unicorns. For the record, I love reading; I own an iPod but not a Mac; Cal Ripken, Jr. is my favorite baseball player too; and I'm indifferent about unicorns.

Don't forget that your first post on one of the readings is due by this Friday, so make sure you've blogged about Cotton Mather or Jonathan Edwards before class.