Blog Writing for ELL Students Jan 2020

DISCUSSION 1 Hey, guys! We are getting closer to the midterm, so I think we have to discuss as well as decide regarding the following matters: The title and description of the blog . I have created a blog for our team and I have given you guys the access as contributing authors through email last week. As you can see, the name is currently The Chic Wanderers and I have not yet written an appropriate description. Do you guys have any other ideas regarding the title and the description? Project schedule. We should decide asap on when we will visit the places that we have put on our list, especially the cafes, and also when we will start making the post. The third post. We have not yet decided on what to post for the third post. Ideasss??? Job description. Considering that we will make three blog posts with three different topics, maybe we can just divide the workload by assigning one member to handle one blog post? or do you guys have any other suggestions? Group Members ...

Alika, Ayulina and Shena or named themselves as a part of whereverwego ’s blog’s members are just a beginner in group-blogging. The concept meaning of whereverwego is about the story that they told on their blog will mostly about their traveling experiences to some places in Indonesia or abroad. They will cooperate for make their blog alive for these couple of months. One example that they will do to make the blog alive is they should write at least once in a week. They can write anything related to their travelling experiences whether in Indonesia or in another country. Most of them are interested to visit a place that is intagramable rather than visiting to challenging destinations. It is because two of them are excited to be captured and one of them is interested in taking the picture. All of them may have the photography skills eventhough they are not an experts. They are also interested to write about some hostel or hotels that is affordable to pay for bagpackers.It will become ...

A place to sit and write! Dear students, This is Week 6. The topic for this week is still about improving our Blogs. We will pay a very special attention to different ideas of how to improve our Blogs. Some prolific and enthusiastic bloggers have shared their ideas on how enhance the look and the content of their blogs and we can learn from them.  Some of the ideas including the use of blogging tools and pictures, graphs, or charts. A cup of cappuccino to help us writing better! 1. Blogging tools  Well, do you have ideas of what blogging tools are? Read the following links:   https://blog.socialchamp.io/top-10-essential-blogging-tools-for-beginners/   https://www.thepragmaticparent.com/free-blogging-tools-for-beginners/   https://themeisle.com/blog/best-blogging-tools/ Or watch this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIgZ5LLOhvM 2. Pictures/Graphs/Charts We can also embellish our blog with some assorted picture...

Group 1's Discussion   Dear beloved friends, Here's our discussion for our traveling blog so far. - We are going to review  Pawvillion Dog Café - The title is " Is It A Cafe or A Dog Care?? "  - The post will consist of 4 paragraph (introduction, the place, the food and drink, and closing) - Marsa and Elis will be in charge for taking photos of the place, Inge will be in charge for taking photos of the menu, I (Vela) will be in charge for taking photos of the food and drink. Don't forget the most important object that we have to take pictures, THE DOGS.  How about that?  Btw, we haven't decided on the name of our blog. Any suggestion? Sincerely, Vela 

In life, it is a common thing to adore someone and make them our idol. Usually, when we become a fan of someone, we also feel we have to know their activity, it is the same as well with my college classmate that I have interviewed, Yasmina Namira. Yasmina has been idolizing Taylor Swift since she was in elementary school and she used Tumblr as her platform to express her fangirling. Tumblr is an American microblogging that allows users to post multimedia including images, GIFs and text posts that is conducive to obsessive fandoms. As a fangirl, Yasmina has some reasons that make her enjoy using Tumblr. The feeling of being connected with other people is a natural traits for us as a social human being. In Yasmina's case, she really likes using Tumblr because she feels connected with Taylor Swift and also the other fans. "I did feel like so much satisfaction from tumblring because I can keep in touch with people that love Taylor as much as I did and it is just fun...

Passion and Patience as the Essential Parts in Blogging Before I even have this interview, I always thought that women are so diligent that they even have their own blog page to support their life. After doing this interview, I finally know that men are also doing the same thing with blogging, although with different motivation and results. I have interviewed this man and he said that he once made blogs. He made several blogs with different topics, but in the end he chose to quit. He did that because he had a wrong motivation. He thought that by doing blogging he would be famous and made something out of it. But it is actually hard to do blogging in the beginning because you need to have a good passion and patience. He has a good point about this problem. Blogging is actually all about  pouring all of your passion, what do you like, into the writing. You also need to have a good motivation to blog. As he said, blogging requires passion and patience. First, you need to have...

"Remember, how you don't mind holding my hand and rest your head on me..." That is a reff of a song which written and composed by my friend... Let me tell you a little bit about him, his name is Deny Rizky. He likes to play a musical instrument especially guitar (his voice is also amazing) and now you know that he would be interviewee for my Blog Writing Assignment. this conversation took a place in our mate's house and we both chatted there until late night.. In a moment with two cups of coffee, 2 packs of cigarettes scattered between us, we sat down together and I started to asking and he held a guitar, played it softly while he was answering my several questions. "Do you like to write something buddy?" "Sure, but it depends on my feelings." "So, the more you sad the more you write? I'm just guessing..." "Not like that but more inclined to what I felt at that time so there's something that made me...

https://mainwp.com/three-ways-to-improve-your-blog-posts-and-gain-a-greater-impact-for-your-content-marketing/ Dear students, you have done your interview and written your ideas and put them down in the class blog. What is next? Ask yourself the following questions: 1. Are you satisfied with the post? 2. Are there any spelling errors in your blog entry? 3. Is the content valid, relevant and reliable? 4. Is there a room for you to improve your blog post? 5. How will you improve your writing? 6. What exactly that you are doing when reviewing and editing your posts? Below is an example of a post by a teacher. What do think about the blog? Will you improve it?  Why or why not? _________________________________________________________________________ When this topic came up on the blog, it struck my mind right on its peak. I used to use this method in reading comprehension. but not anymore. Frankly speaking, I can't remember the reason why I stopped using t...

by Shena Lova Afrieza Zaqi, a content writer of DBL Indonesia, has made a blog once and posted one writing on his blogger for the sake of individual assignment when he was studying at Universitas Airlangga. He posted a story of recent news at the moment. His blog had been left behind after the blog assignment was submitted.  Blogging has never been his ‘thing’ and he isn't really into it. That is why he has just posted once on his personal blog. However, writing and journalism has always been his passion since high school. He has been a journalist since he was in 2nd grade of high school. Zaqi, his nickname, started to work in Jawapos as a reporter of the youth rubric. He has written numerous news articles on the company website and newspaper. “I write article and soft news, but I don’t do blogging. It is not my ‘thing’,” he declared. When I asked him why he doesn’t do blogging, he stated that he has another platform to share and publish his writing. The company h...

FINANCIAL GAIN: TAKE YOUR BLOG TO THE NEXT LEVEL I interviewed Dwina Sasakia; a student from Bahasa Indonesia Department. She mostly uses blog as her platform for writing short stories, opening up her thoughts, or simply writing random stuff. However, there is something more than that; blogging can be used to get money. Yes, money from blogging. When I asked her about this, she mentioned that she had already known it that any writing products, including writing in blog, can give us financial gain because she has been in the field of writing for more than 5 years; she has made earnings from the books she wrote. However, she mentioned that there is a distinctive point that must be fulfilled to get earnings from blogging which is different from writing in printed books; your blog must be appealing enough besides having a good content. In other words, blogging is another skill to master to get financial benefit from blogging platform. I asked her the criteria of a...

The Way You Write The Way You Enjoy Your Life A blog is a platform to share information or personal journal on websites. For some people, a blog is a way to describe their hobbies or a template to share their experiences or just a place to archive their stories. Last Monday, I meet my friend and sharing my blog class. So, for some reason, I exchange ideas with him and he gives me good feedback and this article was created. I asked him some questions, and he answered it without a doubt. He starts to write on his blog last December last year. The reason he writes a blog, he wants to write down his experiences when he visits other cities. In his blog, he chooses a traveling theme, but he did not tell how he traveled to the places but he writes about the unique culture, traditional food, and how the characteristics give a big impact on their social life. The fun fact in his blog is, he already writes two articles there. He said that he has a lot of ideas to write down b...

A few days ago, I hung out with a closest friend of mine. As usual, we talked a lot of things at that time. Not long after, he invited me to the bakery ingredients shop. As we entered the shop, I just realized that the day was Valentine's Day because the store sells lots of chocolates with all-pink and red decorations. They also sell a lot of cake topper that reads "Happy Valentine's Day." I thought we would hang out like most couples when celebrating Valentine; a fancy dinner, exchanging chocolates, etc., but apparently, he wanted us to celebrate it by baking together. I was just, wow. Long story short, we were baking together in his house. His mother also helped us prepare the tools. While baking, suddenly Ma'am Anik's face flashed in my mind as if to remind me to immediately interview someone. Without waiting too long, I asked my friend to be my interviewee. "Have you ever had a blog? I asked. While making whip cream he replied, "Yes, I...

Hello guys! 😄 One beautiful morning, with a cig between my index finger and my middle finger I was chilling in Q3 canteen, scrolling my phone when there was suddenly a message of duty, as I called it popped in. "*Blog Writing Assignment week 4* *Assignment 1:* Interview a person or two who have used or haven’t used blog and write a blog post in the Class Blog (Individual assignment) *Due date : 18/02/2020, 11:59 AM*" The moment I saw that message, chills run through my blood, my neck hair shriveled, and I was ready to finally be part of my childhood dream: a writer. That's what I thought when I joined this class. Of course, when I knew that I actually have to write a blog, I was super confused because I don't think I have a good writing, whether it is hand writing or writing a content. But since this is an assignment I have to do it anyway. So for the past three days, I have been interviewing a friend of mine who was a blogger in 2013. As she d...