A Copied Strategy-Blogger!

In my Spanish classes we do a lot of short writing activities. Spanish IV writes daily journals, and Spanish I and II students have a short/long writing components with each unit. In an attempt to make these journals more fun for Spanish IV students, I set up a blog for them. Each time we blog I post a question or prompt. The students answer the prompt on the blog and then read each others blogs. They also have to respond to the other blogs. I ask them to find any errors and offer corrections, but they also respond to what the students mentioned in their blogs.

In example, the students wrote a blog about their school schedules and what they like or don't like in various classes. One student mentioned disecting cats in their biology class, and another student responded that they couldn't do that to a cat. They also asked each other questions about how they like those classes and how they are taught. All of this is written in Spanish (with Spanish IV students) so it is really neat to see the students read, understand, and respond in Spanish to one another. It's great to meet our written communication standards as well as incorporating literacy in Spanish!