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Famous Last Words

The Famous Last Words assignment is something you will post in your Ning blog. It is kind of a "note to yourself" about how you are doing so far in the class. You can use these weekly blog posts as a way to record your progress and experiences week by week - then you'll have something to look back on at the end of the semester to see how your semester evolved week by week.

Here are some questions to help you get started. You can write a lot about just one question, or write a little bit in response to several questions - it's up to you.

• Your best writing this week. Where did you do your best writing this week - your weekly "My Story"? your essay? your Storybook? Did you write something this week that you thought was really excellent?
• Your writing style. Did you experiment with a new creative writing style this week? Would you say the experiment was a success or not? Are you going to work with this style again in the future?
• Other people's writing styles. Did you see a writing style used in someone else's "My Story" or in their Storybook that you really liked? What made the story successful in your opinion? Is this a writing style you might want to try out yourself in the future?
• Your Storybook progress report. How is your Storybook project going so far? What do you like most about your Storybook? What do you want to focus on next week in order to improve your Storybook?
• Other people's Storybooks. What are you seeing in other people's Storybooks that you really like? Is there a Storybook you saw this week that made a big impression on you? Please include the name of the student and title of the Storybook and explain why you liked it.
• Outside of class. Do you have a item you'd like to share about a topic that is important to you and which appeared in the news this week? Something important going on in your other classes? A useful website that you discovered? An exciting event you attended on campus? A book or movie or song you want to recommend?

Requirements. Your post needs to be a minimum of 300 words long (maximum of 1000 words). Make sure you do a spellcheck and a word count, and that you proofread your post by reading it out loud. You need to include the words "Famous Last Words for Week ___" in the title you give to the post ("Famous Last Words for Week 2," etc.)

When you are done, complete the Gradebook Declaration.