General Directions

Thank you for participating in this online conversation among students from two different freshmen composition classes. Please read the complete directions below before you write and post your discussion comments.

This blog comment exchange will increase your understanding of persuasive rhetoric, broaden your understanding of pertinent world issues, strengthen your researching and summarization skills, facilitate group discussions, and add to your abilities as critical thinkers. You will also partake in research for this project, and further your computer skills.


Project Overview

We are reading various articles about Brazil from differing perspectives. You’ll be corresponding with small groups of students and will be able to read each other’s comments and respond to them.

When asked to identify yourself for posting your letters as comments at the blog, select “Other” and provide either your full name or your first name with last initial plus your class section number (for example, “Pat Smart, 19” or “Maria L., 34”). You do not need to provide a webpage or any additional information. You DO have to log in to Blogger.com to post here, and you must provide (sign your posts) your name and section number to receive credit for your comments.

No exceptions.

Please address your messages to each other as informal "letters" with an appropriate greeting and closing – whatever feels comfortable to you. Specific directions and deadlines for writing each comment appear below and are posted as a Guide at the blog. Compose your "letters" in your word processor and save them before you copy-paste them to the blog.

Steps:
Read the article assigned to you and your group.

Compose your comments and save them into a word processing file, and submit your comments by the deadlines.