1. HOW TO WRITE
BLOG POSTS

2. 1. Compelling Post Headline
2. Well-written Content
3. Direct vs Indirect Sentence Structure
4. Short Paragraphs
5. Spelling
6. Grammar
7. Punctuation
8. Statistics
9. AP Style
10. Embed:URL, Photo, Audio, Video*
*Include at least one embedded item after you have learned them in class.

3.  Posts Returned Sunday Evening
 Points 10
 Edit Notes-Click on point box for critique of
your post.
 Post Edit-Edit your posts right away.

4. Topic

5. Topic and You
Something you know about.
Something you want to know about.
Conduct a computer search.
Conduct a statistical search.

6. Topic and Platform
• Print
• Photo
• E-book
• Audio
• Film

7. Topic and Wordpress Headline
 Shelflife
 Question
 Cutesy
 Compelling

8. Topic and Wordpress Tagline

9. Wordpress

10. Writing is a Process

11. 1. Select Topic

12.  1. Select Topic
2. Search Topic

13.  1. Select Topic
 2. Search Topic
3. Search Stats/Trends

14.  1. Select Topic
 2. Search Topic
 3. Search Stats/Trends
4. List Points

15.  1. Select Topic
 2. Search Topic
 3. Search Stats/Trends
 4. List points
5. Priortorize Points

16.  1. Select Topic
 2. Search Topic
 3. Search Stats/Trends
 4. List points
 5. Priortize Points
6. Write Post-Visualize

17.  1. Select Topic
 2. Search Topic
 3. Search Stats/Trends
 4. List points
 5. Priortize Points
 6. Write Post-Visualize
7. Read Out Loud

18.  1. Select Topic
 2. Search Topic
 3. Search Stats/Trends
 4. List points
 5. Priortize Points
 6. Write Post-Visualize
 7. Read Out Loud
8. Edit

19.  1. Select Topic
 2. Search Topic
 3. Search Stats/Trends
 4. List points
 5. Priortize Points
 6. Write Post-Visualize
 7. Read Out Loud
 8. Edit
9. Rewrite

20.  1. Select Topic
 2. Search Topic
 3. Search Stats/Trends
 4. List points
 5. Priortize Points
 6. Write Post-Visualize
 7. Read Out Loud
 8. Edit
 9. Rewrite

21. Read Outloud

22. 1
As listeners, we need the order of ideas in a
paper to make sense. We can't flip back and
forth from page to page to try to figure out what
is going on or find information we need.
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/reading_aloud.html

23. 2
 When you hear your paper read out loud, you
may recognize that you need to re-order the
information in it or realize that there are gaps
in your explanation
 . http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/reading_aloud.html

24. 3.
Listeners also need transitions to help us get
from one main idea to the next. When you hear
your paper, you may recognize places where you
have moved from one topic to another too
abruptly.
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/reading_aloud.html

25. 4.
We all make errors in our sentences. Sometimes
we leave out a word, mess things up as we copy
and paste text, or make a grammatical mistake.
These kinds of errors can be hard to see on the
page, but sentences that contain them are very
likely to sound wrong .
 http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/reading_aloud.html

26. 5.
Reading out loud is one of the most
powerful proofreading techniques
around.
 http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/reading_aloud.html

27. 6.
Sometimes sentences aren't grammatically
incorrect, but they are still awkward in
some way—too long, too convoluted, too
repetitive. Problems like these are often
easily heard.
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/reading_aloud.html

28.  7.
 Sometimes hearing your words helps you get a
more objective sense of the impression you
are creating—listening puts in you in
something more like the position your reader
will be in as he/she moves through your text.
 http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/reading_aloud.html

29. Grammar
www.newsroom101.com

30. Evaluation
6. Grammar
1. Compelling Headline 7. Capitalization
2. Compelling Topic 8. Punctuation
3 Sentence Structure 9. Statistics
4. Short Paragraphs 10. AP Style
5. Spelling