Welcome to your class blog!

For the rest of the term, you will be posting, commenting upon, and reading the blogs of this class, Writing Commons One through Writing Commons Seven. When you compose a post, you may want to write it in Word first and save it. Then paste it into the blog post block. By composing in Word, you won’t get frustrated if the posting doesn’t work the first time.

You may respond to other people’s posts through the comment feature. You may read and respond to the blogs of the other groups by going to:
http://writingcommonsone.blogspot.com
http://writingcommonstwo.blogspot.com
etc. through http://writingcommonsseven.blogspot.com

You can add a comment to other blogs by using the comment feature. You can only post to your own blog.

Your first assignment is to post your cinquain, a poetic form described on p. 134 of Kolln. Then you will give each other responses and suggestions for revising.

Your second assignment is to respond to one of the following questions related to Lisa Delpit’s “The Silenced Dialogue.” Aim for about 100-150 words, and post it to your team blog. Please follow the following guidelines:
1. Identify your entry with a title that suggests the content.
2. Single space.


Questions (choose one):
1. If you are preparing to teach, what are you taking away from Delpit’s article regarding language and power that might help you as a teacher, and how could you apply these ideas to your proposed level of teaching?

2. One student asked, “Why do we have to discuss teaching minority children the language of power? Why not just teach everyone acceptance?” Respond.

3. For one of Delpit’s specific proposals (refer to the article), discuss the challenges of implementation. How could these challenges be addressed?

4. If you are not planning to teach, how do issues of language and power apply in the field you plan to enter? Does Delpit offer relevant insight?