"You Can Vote However You Like..."

With the election upon us, I thought that you would really get a kick out of this YouTube video! It's a 7th Grade Debate Team performing their debate as a rap parody, or imitation, of T.I.'s "You Can Have Whatever You Like." Click HERE to watch. Towards the end it is difficult to hear what they are saying clearly. Click HERE for the lyrics. Your assignment is to post your reaction. What do you think? Write at least 3 complete sentences explaining your opinion.

Responses to this blog are due no later than Friday, November 7th, 2008 by 3:30 pm or before. Remember:

• Include First name & Last initial and Period # under NAME/URL.
• No personal information!
• Use proper conventions of writing. Run it through word or have someone help you edit if you have to.
• This is for a grade, do your BEST!

Welcome to the first posting of our blog!

We will be using this blog as another way to communicate with eachother... kind of like "Woobi, Jimmy..."; our red, yellow, green, purple and blue class journals. You will be asked to read my postings and those of your classmates and post your replies.

Even though we are on the internet, in this arena you must still use the conventions of good writing in your posts. That means no IM language, use capitals & proper punctuation and check your spelling. Before you publish your comment, you will be asked to Choose an Identity. I want you to select NAME/URL and enter your FIRST NAME & LAST INITIAL & PERIOD NUMBER ! If these requirements are not met, you will not earn points for your posting!

Let's start right now and ease into it. Being that this Friday is Halloween, post a comment about what your costume will be. If you don't have anything planned, write about one of your favorite costumes of the past. If you've never gotten dressed up for Halloween, write about a costume or character that you like. Whatever you write about, try to give us a visual picture with your words so that we can clearly see your descriptions!