The Blog Post Competition

NOW YOU HAVE DISCOVERED MORE ABOUT THE WORLD OF BLOGGING...

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THE BLOG POST COMPETITION 

     As the name suggests, you will be competing to write the best blog post. Use what you have learned to create the most compelling story you can tell!

DETAILS:

1. You will work in groups of 3 or 4 

2. Your blog post can be about anything of your interests but must send a powerful message to the readers. 

3. You will write your blog post on a Google Document 

4. You will have 1 week to finalize your blog post with your group and share with 1kimminso@isb.be or 1sahapr@isb.be

5. The winning blog post will be published on the middle school social media! 

6. Any blog posts that were not shared will not be considered. 

Quality of Writing and Originality- Mora

Quality

• Good Flow
• Easy to Understand
• Engaging

Originality

• Creates Community
• Draws Attention
• Your audience wants to know what YOU think

Concise/clear message

Hello people !!! Today I will tell you something that will help your blog and make it GREAT!!!
HOW TO MAKE YOUR MESSAGE CLEAR AND CONCISE (Victor):

• Make your message clear, you should make your sentences clear and vary the type of sentence
• Make a plan of your blog so people can understand exactly what you are talking about
• Make sure to re-read yourself so you don’t forget any important details or any words

Searching for Something to Write About?

The Topics You Write About:

Don't you hate reading about a boring and a WAY TOO PERSONAL topic? So, when you blog, try not to go too personal. It is important that your audience can relate to what you write about. Though, it is also very essential, that the audience can see that your ideas or opinions on a topic; come from you, and not from someone else, or something else. Also, if you want a big audience, then don’t start writing about boring topics. Try to blog about interesting, educational, and fun subjects. I don’t think that others would like to read about the different kinds of things you have at your house!!!! Or what you ate last night, etc.

• Furthermore, (and only if you want to,) your blog can have a theme. Many blogs don't, and many do. It just depends on what you want to write about.

The Five Most Important Aspects To Choosing Your Topics:

Your blog posts will be more concise and well done, if you make sure that your topics are...

-Interesting

-Educational/Informative

-Fun to read. Sometimes, it is nice to read a blog post that is funny. Though, not all blogs have to be funny.

- Try to make it not too personal. Though, you still want it to come from you. ( so that others could relate to it. But sometimes, they don’t need too. Just not too personal:-)  

Paris is always a good idea.

Audrey Hepburn

The Purpose of Blog

  Purpose of Blog

Why is it important to have a purpose?

The purpose of a blog is to convey your message to the community through the simple task of writing.

You need to have a purpose when you blog.

When you blog, blogging randomly will not attract an audience.

Your opinion matters and you deserve to be heard and blogging is an excellent way to express your feelings to an audience. 

People want to know your story and they are here to listen. 

Express your feelings and emotion to the whole community. 

And this impact can be made through blogging!!!

Audience Awareness

WHEN YOU WRITE YOUR BLOG POSTS, DO YOU KNOW WHO WILL BE READING THEM?

Audience = the people who watch, read, or listen to something

AUDIENCE AWARENESS:

• What General Group in Society?
• age, gender, interests
• What Do They want/expect?
• information, entertainment, advice

• It helps because you know who is reading your blog and therefore helps you figure out about what or how often you should blog. Also, if you direct your blog posts for a specific range of audience, you might get more regular readers.

Personal Experience

You should write about your Personal Experiences because:

- It's easier for people to relate to

- It's easier to write (for the writer)

- It comes from the heart (so more original and more empathy)

- It's more with your own thoughts and opinions and not of others (less plagiarization)