Instrucciones para las entradas

Comentario de texto Blog Posts:

Each student will sign up (at http://bit.ly/19VG6ho) to post a “comentario de texto” (250+ words). Students should do this at least once a semester.

Include for every post:

  • A pithy title that references the literary work you’re commenting on (whenever possible, choose literary texts, and not critical or theoretical ones for your comentarios).
  • Follow Spanish capitalization rules (only the first word of titles is capitalized).
  • Collapsed posts.
  • An image: use Creative Commons to avoid copyright violations (http://search.creativecommons.org/). If you use Google image search, link to the URL of the whole page from which you took it (available option in the Edit Media pane). Reduce the size of the image as needed, add a caption, align it to the left-hand side, and always wrap the text.
  • A quotation from the text under consideration. If it’s long, format it as a block quote using the quote button.
  • Introduce the quote to explain where it came from and follow up with analysis that explains its significance (see close reading guidelines below).
  • You should NOT cite any course readings, as your intended audience has read the same source. If you use any other sources besides class readings (not required), cite with a hyperlink to the original source if online or with an MLA Style parenthetical reference and corresponding works cited entry at the end of your post.
  • Tags: enter 2-4 key words from your post in addition to the author’s LAST name (or unique/compound name, such as Sor Juana, Ortega y Gassett), separated by commas, that will help you and your fellow students study for exams. The author’s last name must be one tag. Check the tag cloud on the lower left for any already used tags that apply to your post. These tags will appear in the tag cloud, and clicking on any one of them will bring up all posts that used the same tag.
  • Categories: Select Comentario de texto
  • Blog posts are due 24 hours before class.

Blog Comments:

  • Students are expected to post about one comment every other week on their peers’ blog entries.
  • Students must post 6-10 comments in the semester and keep track of their comments.
  • Students who leave all or most comments until the last weeks of class will not receive a satisfactory grade.
  • Comments must be added by 8:00am the day of class. Late comments do not count (unless you use a Ficha).

There are a number of ways to comment on a close reading in a post. You can pose a question based on the reading and try to answer it; you can introduce additional textual evidence that supports (or contradicts) the reading, explaining how; you can link the poster’s reading to other texts or student posts; you can build an argument or respectfully disagree with it; you can suggest ways the argument might be developed in a longer paper. Whatever you do, your comments should be substantive, clear, and respectful. They should develop the ideas expressed in the post, adding to the conversation, rather than simply chiming in agreement.

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