Task 3 (Nov. 19-25): Exemplification in an Image

Choose a picture from you school days that reflects the content of your posts in Task 2. The picture should be coupled with a caption explaining the idea that it represents.

Here is a photo that I took of classmates and teachers at the end of a school year showing the friendliness of faculty posing with their students. At my Alma Mater, we rarely felt a distance between the teachers and ourselves.

Rubric for Evaluation of Blog Posts in Connection to Readings

6+1 Trait Writing Model : Journal Writing in Connection to Readings

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Focus on Topic (Content)	There is one clear, well-focused topic. Main idea stands out and is supported by detailed information.	Main idea is clear but the supporting information is general.	Main idea is somewhat clear but there is a need for more supporting information.	The main idea is not clear. There is a seemingly random collection of information.
Support for Topic (Content)	Relevant, telling, quality details give the reader important information that goes beyond the obvious or predictable.	Supporting details and information are relevant, but one key issue or portion of the storyline is unsupported.	Supporting details and information are relevant, but several key issues or portions of the storyline are unsupported.	Supporting details and information are typically unclear or not related to the topic.
Adding Personality (Voice)	The writer seems to be writing from knowledge or experience. The author has taken the ideas and made them "his own."	The writer seems to be drawing on knowledge or experience, but there is some lack of ownership of the topic.	The writer relates some of his own knowledge or experience, but it adds nothing to the discussion of the topic.	The writer has not tried to transform the information in a personal way. The ideas and the way they are expressed seem to belong to someone else.
Sentence Structure (Sentence Fluency)	All sentences are well-constructed with varied structure.	Most sentences are well-constructed with varied structure.	Most sentences are well-constructed but have a similar structure.	Sentences lack structure and appear incomplete or rambling.
Recognition of Reader (Voice)	The reader\\\\'s questions are anticipated and answered thoroughly and completely.	The reader\\\\'s questions are anticipated and answered to some extent.	The reader is left with one or two questions. More information is needed to \\\\"fill in the blanks\\\\".	The reader is left with several questions.
Sequencing (Organization)	Details are placed in a logical order and the way they are presented effectively keeps the interest of the reader.	Details are placed in a logical order, but the way in which they are presented/introduced sometimes makes the writing less interesting.	Some details are not in a logical or expected order, and this distracts the reader.	Many details are not in a logical or expected order. There is little sense that the writing is organized.
Sources (Content)	All sources used for quotes and facts are credible and cited correctly.	All sources used for quotes and facts are credible and most are cited correctly.	Most sources used for quotes and facts are credible and cited correctly.	Many sources used for quotes and facts are less than credible (suspect) and/or are not cited correctly.
Conclusion (Organization)	The conclusion is strong and leaves the reader with a feeling that they understand what the writer is \\\\"getting at.\\\\"	The conclusion is recognizable and ties up almost all the loose ends.	The conclusion is recognizable, but does not tie up several loose ends.	There is no clear conclusion, the paper just ends.
Reacting to a Peer's Post	At least two comments are posted on a peer's entry in an interactive style with direct reference to the main idea.	One comment is posted on a peer's entry with direct reference to the main idea.	A comment is posted on a peer's entry but does not directly refer to the main idea.	No comment is posted on a peer's entry.

Task 2 (Nov. 12-16)

After having read Samuel Long's: "The American Way of Learning", reflect on your way(s) of learning at school. Some of you were in a French,English ,or even German system with distinct features. What were the shortcomings of the system that you belonged to? Focus on the teachers,students,or the system itself just like Long did when he evaluated the American system from his experience . Looking forward to reading your input on the subject!

Participation 
The board is graded on a weekly basis, and your overall discussion board
grade is an average of the individual grades you receive for the board worth 10% on the final grade for this course. Each week’s grade represents activity in the current lesson’s threads only.
Each lesson contains two or three prompts that are connected to that lesson’s
learning outcomes. In addition to responding to these prompts, you should
engage in the board by initiating posts and responding to the posts of others in
ways that advance the conversation. You might, for instance:
• Post an opinion based on reading/research you do on the topic.
• Respond thoughtfully to a topic from your own experience.
• Provide links and resources related to the topic that would be of interest
to other participants.
• Pose a thought-provoking question related to the topic.
• Collect multiple perspectives on a topic or provide an alternate
perspective to the one currently dominating the discussion.
• Thoughtfully rebut another participant’s comments.
• Synthesize the current class discussion by summing up arguments or
discussion points.

Task 1:(Nov.5-9)

Student Council Elections are to be held tomorrow Nov. 9 on your campus. This exercise is done at LAU for better student representation. In one post , describe what you already know about the process and list possible demands that candidates promise to fulfill and give your opinion regarding the present elections. If possible, illustrate the ways in which this kind of elections is similar to a presidential elections such as the one that the US recently witnessed. After publishing your post , comment on a classmate's post in at least two sentences.

Use at least 2 of the following vocabulary words in your post: ballot, campaign, candidate(s) , cast, delegate, pledge, term.