Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Welcome to our online class!

This is kind of an experimental blog post. Hopefully it will be easy for everyone to respond...we'll see!

Today I would like you to give me a little bit of context for your book.

Context, if you remember, is the background knowledge or information that the audience needs to be able to understand a text.

Some things to include in discussing your context:

setting (where and when the book takes place)
characters (who is important so far)


I would also like you to tell me a bit about the beginning of your book, or the hook and introduction. How does your book begin? Is it, in your opinion, a beginning that is good enough to keep you reading? Why or why not?

Remember to check your blog guidelines!!